- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 23, 1940
- Place of Birth
- San Diego, California, USA
Tony Bill
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 decreasin…
Filmography
movieGoing in Style
2017 · Executive Producer
tvThe Crown
2016 · Guardian Editor
movieSalinger
2013 · Self - Filmmaker
movieCasting By
2012 · Self
tvLeverage
2008 · Pierson, Director
moviePictures of Hollis Woods
2007 · Director
movieFlyboys
2006 · Director
movieMust Love Dogs
2005 · Walter
tvLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Kurt Lascher
tvKeen Eddie
2003 · Director
movieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
tvMonk
2002 · Director
movieLast Call
2002 · Executive Producer
movieWhitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002 · Director
tvGlory Days
2002 · Director
movieIn the Time of the Butterflies
2001 · Executive Producer
tvUC: Undercover
2001 · Director
movieLying in Wait
2001 · Detective Mike
movieHarlan County War
2000 · Director
movieA Chance of Snow
1998 · Director
movieNaked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998 · Mickey Calvin
tvTo Have & to Hold
1998 · Director
tvFelicity
1998 · Director
movieRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
1998 · Director
tvThe Visitor
1997 · Director
movieOliver Twist
1997 · Director
movieBeyond the Call
1996 · Director, Producer
movieBarb Wire
1996 · Foster
tvHigh Incident
1996 · Director
movieOne Christmas
1994 · Director
movieNext Door
1994 · Director
movieA Home of Our Own
1993 · Narrator, Director
movieUntamed Heart
1993 · Director, Producer
movieThe Killing Mind
1991 · Thomas Quinn
movieCrazy People
1990 · Director
tvDirty Dancing
1988 · Director
movieLess Than Zero
1987 · Bradford Easton
movieFive Corners
1987 · Director, Producer
movieCitizen Steve
1987 · Self - Actor
2 1/2 Dads
movie2 1/2 Dads
1986 · Director
moviePee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Terry Hawthorne
tvMoonlighting
1985 · Scott Huntley
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Mark Lee Reynolds
movieLove Thy Neighbor
1984 · Director
movieThe Princess and the Pea
1984 · Director
movieRunning Out
1983 · Paul Corsini
movieSix Weeks
1982 · Director
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Brian Whitehill
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Director
tvHotel
1982 · Mike
movieWashington Mistress
1982 · Alan
movieFreedom
1981 · Richard
moviePortrait of an Escort
1980 · Beau Simpson
movieThe Little Dragons
1980 · Niles
movieMy Bodyguard
1980 · Director
movieHeart Beat
1980 · Dick
movieGoing in Style
1979 · Producer
movieBoulevard Nights
1979 · Executive Producer
movieAre You in the House Alone?
1978 · Neil Osborne
movieWith This Ring
1978 · Peter Turner
movieThe Initiation of Sarah
1978 · Paul Yates
tvWhat Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
movieHaving Babies II
1977 · Aaron Canfield
tvWashington: Behind Closed Doors
1977 · Adam Gardiner
movieHarry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Executive Producer
movieThe Ransom of Red Chief
1975 · Director
movieHearts of the West
1975 · Producer
movieLas Vegas Lady
1975 · Bob
movieShampoo
1975 · Johnny Pope
The Lion Roars Again
movieThe Lion Roars Again
1975 · Self
movieThe Sting
1973 · Producer
movieSteelyard Blues
1973 · Producer
movieHaunts of the Very Rich
1972 · Lyle
movieFlap
1970 · Eleven Snowflake
movieLanton Mills
1969 · Mute
movieCastle Keep
1969 · Lt. Amberjack
movieHow to Steal the World
1968 · Steven Garrow
movieNever a Dull Moment
1968 · Florian
movieIce Station Zebra
1968 · Lt. Russell Walker
movieYou're a Big Boy Now
1966 · Raef del Grado
movieDeath of a Salesman
1966 · Biff
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Lee Harvey Oswald, Biff
movieMarriage on the Rocks
1965 · Jim Blake
tvThe Loner
1965 · Jody Merriman
tvRun for Your Life
1965 · Charlie Carson
movieNone But the Brave
1965 · Air Crewman Keller
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Steve Garrow
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Grayson Hinks
movieSoldier in the Rain
1963 · Jerry Meltzer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Tony Pitts
tvMr. Novak
1963 · Chris Herrod
movieCome Blow Your Horn
1963 · Buddy Baker
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Clipper Ellis
tvBen Casey
1961
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Thomas Hartwood
tvBonanza
1959 · Charlie Two