Tony Bill
Biography
Gerard Anthony Tony Bill is an American actor, producer, and director who was born on August 23, 1940, in San Diego, California. He majored in English and art at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, graduating in 1962. Bill began his career as an actor in the 1960s, first appearing on screen as Frank Sinatra's younger brother in the 1963 film Come Blow Your Horn. He specialized in playing likeable juveniles and young leads. His acting credits include None But the Brave in 1965, You're A Big Boy Now in 1966, Never a Dull Moment in 1968, and Ice Station Zebra. He also produced the 1973 film The Sting, sharing the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips.
Career overview
Gerard Anthony Tony Bill was born on August 23, 1940, in San Diego, California. He majored in English and art at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, graduating in 1962. Bill is an American actor, producer, and director who began his career as an actor in the 1960s. He first appeared on screen as Frank Sinatra's ingenuous younger brother in the 1963 film Come Blow Your Horn.
During his acting career, Bill specialized in playing likeable but none-too-bright juveniles and young leads. His subsequent acting credits include None But the Brave in 1965, You're A Big Boy Now in 1966, Never a Dull Moment in 1968, and Ice Station Ze. As a producer, he worked on the 1973 movie The Sting, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture alongside Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips.
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- Going in Style (2017) Executive Producer
- The Crown (2016) as Guardian Editor
- Salinger (2013) as Self - Filmmaker
- Casting By (2012) as Self
- Leverage (2008) as Pierson
- Leverage (2008) Director
- Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) Director
- Flyboys (2006) Director
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as Kurt Lascher
- Must Love Dogs (2005) as Walter
- Keen Eddie (2003) Director
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self
- Monk (2002) Director
- Glory Days (2002) Director
- Last Call (2002) Executive Producer
- Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002) Director
- UC: Undercover (2001) Director
- In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) Executive Producer
- Lying in Wait (2001) as Detective Mike
- Harlan County War (2000) Director
- Felicity (1998) Director
- To Have & to Hold (1998) Director
- Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (1998) as Mickey Calvin
- Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families (1998) Director
- A Chance of Snow (1998) Director
- The Visitor (1997) Director
- Oliver Twist (1997) Director
- High Incident (1996) Director
- Barb Wire (1996) as Foster
- Beyond the Call (1996) Director
- Beyond the Call (1996) Producer
- Next Door (1994) Director
- One Christmas (1994) Director
- A Home of Our Own (1993) as Narrator
- A Home of Our Own (1993) Director
- Untamed Heart (1993) Director
- Untamed Heart (1993) Producer
- The Killing Mind (1991) as Thomas Quinn
- Crazy People (1990) Director
- Dirty Dancing (1988) Director
- Less Than Zero (1987) as Bradford Easton
- Citizen Steve (1987) as Self - Actor
- Five Corners (1987) Director
- Five Corners (1987) Producer
- 2 1/2 Dads (1986) Director
- Moonlighting (1985) as Scott Huntley
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) as Terry Hawthorne
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Mark Lee Reynolds
- The Princess and the Pea (1984) Director
- Love Thy Neighbor (1984) Director
- Running Out (1983) as Paul Corsini
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Brian Whitehill
- Hotel (1982) as Mike
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) Director
- Washington Mistress (1982) as Alan
- Six Weeks (1982) Director
- Freedom (1981) as Richard
- My Bodyguard (1980) Director
- Heart Beat (1980) as Dick
- Portrait of an Escort (1980) as Beau Simpson
- The Little Dragons (1980) as Niles
- Boulevard Nights (1979) Executive Producer
- Going in Style (1979) Producer
- The Initiation of Sarah (1978) as Paul Yates
- Are You in the House Alone? (1978) as Neil Osborne
- With This Ring (1978) as Peter Turner
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977)
- Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977) as Adam Gardiner
- Having Babies II (1977) as Aaron Canfield
- Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) Executive Producer
- Shampoo (1975) as Johnny Pope
- Hearts of the West (1975) Producer
- Las Vegas Lady (1975) as Bob
- The Lion Roars Again (1975) as Self
- The Ransom of Red Chief (1975) Director
- The Sting (1973) Producer
- Steelyard Blues (1973) Producer
- Haunts of the Very Rich (1972) as Lyle
- Flap (1970) as Eleven Snowflake
- Castle Keep (1969) as Lt. Amberjack
- Lanton Mills (1969) as Mute
- Ice Station Zebra (1968) as Lt. Russell Walker
- How to Steal the World (1968) as Steven Garrow
- Never a Dull Moment (1968) as Florian
- Death of a Salesman (1966) as Biff
- You're a Big Boy Now (1966) as Raef del Grado
- Lee Oswald: Assassin (1966) as Lee Harvey Oswald
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Lee Harvey Oswald
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Biff
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Charlie Carson
- The Loner (1965) as Jody Merriman
- None But the Brave (1965) as Air Crewman Keller
- Marriage on the Rocks (1965) as Jim Blake
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Grayson Hinks
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Steve Garrow
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Tony Pitts
- Mr. Novak (1963) as Chris Herrod
- Soldier in the Rain (1963) as Jerry Meltzer
- Come Blow Your Horn (1963) as Buddy Baker
- The Virginian (1962) as Clipper Ellis
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Thomas Hartwood
- Ben Casey (1961)
- Bonanza (1959) as Charlie Two