Tony Bill
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 23, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
Biography
Gerard Anthony "Tony" Bill (born August 23, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. He produced the 1973 movie The Sting, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips. He majored in English and art at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1962. Bill began his career as an actor in the 60s, first appearing on screen as Frank Sinatra's ingenuous younger brother in Come Blow Your Horn (1963). Bill specialized in likeable but none-too-bright juveniles and young leads. His acting credits include None But the Brave (1965), You're A Big Boy Now (1966), Never a Dull Moment (1968), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Shampoo (1975), The Little Dragons (1980), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Less Than Zero (1987). Bill continued to act in TV-movies, miniseries, and guest spots though with decreasing frequency as he segued into directing. He appeared in the 1966 episode "Chaff In The Wind" of the long running western The Virginian. He then appeared in 1967 episode "The Predators" of NBC's western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan. In 1980, Bill directed his first film, My Bodyguard. From there he went on to direct Six Weeks (1982), Five Corners (1987), Crazy People (1990) A Home of Our Own (1993), and Flyboys (2006) which Bill claims was one of the first features shot entirely with digital cameras. In television Bill directed Truman Capote's One Christmas, Harlan County War, and Pictures of Hollis Woods, among others. In 2009, Bill published the book Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set. The book traces the etymology of the language of the movie set and is filled out with stories from the Bill's career in film. From 1984-2000, he co-owned with Dudley Moore the celebrated 72 Market Street, a restaurant in Venice, California. He is married to his second wife, the former Helen Buck Bartlett, his producer/partner in Barnstorm Films in Venice. The couple have two daughters, Madeline and Daphne. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Bill, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Crown
TV · as Guardian Editor · 1 ep
Salinger
Movie · as Self - Filmmaker
Casting By
Movie · as Self
Leverage
TV · as Pierson · 1 ep
Must Love Dogs
Movie · as Walter
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Kurt Lascher · 1 ep
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Lying in Wait
Movie · as Detective Mike
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Movie · as Mickey Calvin
Barb Wire
Movie · as Foster
A Home of Our Own
Movie · as Narrator
The Killing Mind
Movie · as Thomas Quinn
Citizen Steve
Movie · as Self - Actor
Less Than Zero
Movie · as Bradford Easton
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie · as Terry Hawthorne
Moonlighting
TV · as Scott Huntley · 2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Mark Lee Reynolds · 1 ep
Running Out
Movie · as Paul Corsini
Washington Mistress
Movie · as Alan
Hotel
TV · as Mike · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Brian Whitehill · 1 ep
Freedom
Movie · as Richard
The Little Dragons
Movie · as Niles
Portrait of an Escort
Movie · as Beau Simpson
Heart Beat
Movie · as Dick
The Initiation of Sarah
Movie · as Paul Yates
Are You in the House Alone?
Movie · as Neil Osborne
With This Ring
Movie · as Peter Turner
Having Babies II
Movie · as Aaron Canfield
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV · 14 eps
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
TV · as Adam Gardiner · 6 eps
Shampoo
Movie · as Johnny Pope
Las Vegas Lady
Movie · as Bob
The Lion Roars Again
Movie · as Self
Haunts of the Very Rich
Movie · as Lyle
Flap
Movie · as Eleven Snowflake
Castle Keep
Movie · as Lt. Amberjack
Lanton Mills
Movie · as Mute
Never a Dull Moment
Movie · as Florian
How to Steal the World
Movie · as Steven Garrow
Ice Station Zebra
Movie · as Lt. Russell Walker
You're a Big Boy Now
Movie · as Raef del Grado
Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Biff
Lee Oswald: Assassin
Movie · as Lee Harvey Oswald
Marriage on the Rocks
Movie · as Jim Blake
None but the Brave
Movie · as Air Crewman Keller
Run for Your Life
TV · as Charlie Carson · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Lee Harvey Oswald, Biff · 1 ep
The Loner
TV · as Jody Merriman · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Steve Garrow · 2 eps
Theatre 625
TV · as Grayson Hinks · 1 ep
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie · as Buddy Baker
Soldier in the Rain
Movie · as Jerry Meltzer
Mr. Novak
TV · as Chris Herrod · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Tony Pitts · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Clipper Ellis · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Thomas Hartwood · 6 eps
Bonanza
TV · as Charlie Two · 1 ep