Tony Bill
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gerard Anthony "Tony" Bill (born 23 August 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. The Sting became one of the highest grossing films in history. 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.
Born: August 23, 1940
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Guardian Editor
as Self - Filmmaker
as Self
as Pierson
as Walter
as Kurt Lascher
as Detective Mike
as Mickey Calvin
as Foster
as Narrator
as Thomas Quinn
as Bradford Easton
as Self - Actor
as Terry Hawthorne
as Scott Huntley
as Mark Lee Reynolds
as Paul Corsini
as Brian Whitehill
as Mike
as Alan
as Richard
as Beau Simpson
as Niles
as Dick
as Neil Osborne
as Peter Turner
as Paul Yates
as Aaron Canfield
as Adam Gardiner
as Bob
as Johnny Pope
as Lyle
as Eleven Snowflake
as Mute
as Lt. Amberjack
as Steven Garrow
as Florian
as Lt. Russell Walker
as Raef del Grado
as Lee Harvey Oswald
as Biff
as Jim Blake
as Jody Merriman
as Charlie Carson
as Air Crewman Keller
as Steve Garrow
as Grayson Hinks
as Jerry Meltzer
as Chris Herrod
as Buddy Baker
as Clipper Ellis
as Thomas Hartwood
as Charlie Two