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person_profile-Tony Bill

Tony Bill Age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Tony Bill

Date of Birth:

Aug 23, 1940

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Tony Bill

    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.

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Filmography of

Tony Bill

Found 33 Movies in total

Salinger

Self - Filmmaker ( Actor )

... 2013

Casting By

Self ( Actor )

... 2012

Must Love Dogs

Walter ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2003

Lying in Wait

Detective Mike ( Actor )

... 2001

Barb Wire

Foster ( Actor )

... 1996

A Home of Our Own

Narrator ( Actor )

Director

... 1993

The Killing Mind

Thomas Quinn ( Actor )

... 1991

Less Than Zero

Bradford Easton ( Actor )

... 1987

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Terry Hawthorne ( Actor )

... 1985

Running Out

Paul Corsini ( Actor )

... 1983

Washington Mistress

Alan ( Actor )

... 1982

Freedom

Richard ( Actor )

... 1981

Portrait of an Escort

Beau Simpson ( Actor )

... 1980

The Little Dragons

Niles ( Actor )

... 1980

Heart Beat

Dick ( Actor )

... 1980

Are You in the House Alone?

Neil Osborne ( Actor )

... 1978

With This Ring

Peter Turner ( Actor )

... 1978

The Initiation of Sarah

Paul Yates ( Actor )

... 1978

Having Babies II

Aaron Canfield ( Actor )

... 1977

Las Vegas Lady

Bob ( Actor )

... 1975

Shampoo

Johnny Pope ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1972

Flap

Eleven Snowflake ( Actor )

... 1970

Castle Keep

Lt. Amberjack ( Actor )

... 1969

Ice Station Zebra

Lt. Russell Walker ( Actor )

... 1968

How to Steal the World

Steven Garrow ( Actor )

... 1968

Never a Dull Moment

Florian ( Actor )

... 1968

You're a Big Boy Now

Raef del Grado ( Actor )

... 1966

Marriage on the Rocks

Jim Blake ( Actor )

... 1965

None But the Brave

Air Crewman Keller ( Actor )

... 1965

Soldier in the Rain

Jerry Meltzer ( Actor )

... 1963

Come Blow Your Horn

Buddy Baker ( Actor )

... 1963