Tony Bill
ActingAlso Known As
Gerard Anthony Bill
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.
Movies
(37 total)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Terry Hawthorne
Must Love Dogs
as Walter
Barb Wire
as Foster
Less Than Zero
as Bradford Easton
Shampoo
as Johnny Pope
Ice Station Zebra
as Lt. Russell Walker
A Home of Our Own
as Narrator
Castle Keep
as Lt. Amberjack
Salinger
as Self - Filmmaker
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
You're a Big Boy Now
as Raef del Grado
Casting By
as Self
None But the Brave
as Air Crewman Keller
Are You in the House Alone?
as Neil Osborne
The Initiation of Sarah
as Paul Yates
Soldier in the Rain
as Jerry Meltzer
Come Blow Your Horn
as Buddy Baker
Heart Beat
as Dick
Never a Dull Moment
as Florian
How to Steal the World
as Steven Garrow
TV Shows
(21 total)
The Crown
as Guardian Editor
Bonanza
as Charlie Two
Murder, She Wrote
as Mark Lee Reynolds
Leverage
as Pierson
Moonlighting
as Scott Huntley
St. Elsewhere
as Brian Whitehill
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Steve Garrow
The Virginian
as Clipper Ellis
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Kurt Lascher
Hotel
as Mike
Dr. Kildare
as Thomas Hartwood
BBC Play of the Month
as Lee Harvey Oswald
BBC Play of the Month
as Biff
Run for Your Life
as Charlie Carson
Theatre 625
as Grayson Hinks
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as Adam Gardiner
The Loner
as Jody Merriman
Mr. Novak
as Chris Herrod
