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.
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 (Movies)
Salinger
Character:Self - Filmmaker
Release Date:06/09/2013
Casting By
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2012
Must Love Dogs
Character:Walter
Release Date:21/07/2005
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2003
Lying in Wait
Character:Detective Mike
Release Date:15/03/2001
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Character:Mickey Calvin
Release Date:04/10/1998
Barb Wire
Character:Foster
Release Date:02/05/1996
A Home of Our Own
Character:Narrator
Release Date:05/11/1993
The Killing Mind
Character:Thomas Quinn
Release Date:23/04/1991
Less Than Zero
Character:Bradford Easton
Release Date:06/11/1987
Citizen Steve
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:01/01/1987
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Character:Terry Hawthorne
Release Date:26/07/1985
Running Out
Character:Paul Corsini
Release Date:26/01/1983
Washington Mistress
Character:Alan
Release Date:13/01/1982
Freedom
Character:Richard
Release Date:18/05/1981
Portrait of an Escort
Character:Beau Simpson
Release Date:08/10/1980
The Little Dragons
Character:Niles
Release Date:18/07/1980
Heart Beat
Character:Dick
Release Date:25/04/1980
Are You in the House Alone?
Character:Neil Osborne
Release Date:20/09/1978
With This Ring
Character:Peter Turner
Release Date:05/05/1978
The Initiation of Sarah
Character:Paul Yates
Release Date:06/02/1978
Having Babies II
Character:Aaron Canfield
Release Date:28/10/1977
Las Vegas Lady
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/06/1975
Shampoo
Character:Johnny Pope
Release Date:11/02/1975
The Lion Roars Again
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1975
Haunts of the Very Rich
Character:Lyle
Release Date:20/09/1972
Flap
Character:Eleven Snowflake
Release Date:13/11/1970
Lanton Mills
Character:Mute
Release Date:03/11/1969
Castle Keep
Character:Lt. Amberjack
Release Date:23/07/1969
How to Steal the World
Character:Steven Garrow
Release Date:18/09/1968
Never a Dull Moment
Character:Florian
Release Date:26/06/1968
Ice Station Zebra
Character:Lt. Russell Walker
Release Date:04/04/1968
You're a Big Boy Now
Character:Raef del Grado
Release Date:09/12/1966
Marriage on the Rocks
Character:Jim Blake
Release Date:24/09/1965
None But the Brave
Character:Air Crewman Keller
Release Date:24/02/1965
Soldier in the Rain
Character:Jerry Meltzer
Release Date:27/11/1963
Come Blow Your Horn
Character:Buddy Baker
Release Date:05/06/1963
Television Appearances
The Crown
Character:Guardian Editor
Leverage
Character:Pierson
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Character:Kurt Lascher
Moonlighting
Character:Scott Huntley
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Mark Lee Reynolds
St. Elsewhere
Character:Brian Whitehill
Hotel
Character:Mike
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Character:
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Character:Adam Gardiner
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Lee Harvey Oswald
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Biff
The Loner
Character:Jody Merriman
Run for Your Life
Character:Charlie Carson
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Steve Garrow
Theatre 625
Character:Grayson Hinks
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Tony Pitts
Mr. Novak
Character:Chris Herrod
The Virginian
Character:Clipper Ellis
Ben Casey
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Thomas Hartwood
Bonanza
Character:Charlie Two
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