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Tony Bill
Actor, Producer, Director
Born August 23, 1940 (81 years)
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
| 2008 | Leverage (TV Series) · as Pierson |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Kurt Lascher |
| 2005 | Must Love Dogs · as Walter |
| 2001 | Lying in Wait · as Detective Mike |
| 1998 | The Fixer · as Million Dollar Lawyer |
| 1998 | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet · as Mickey Calvin |
| 1996 | Barb Wire · as Foster |
| 1993 | A Home of Our Own · as Doctor |
| 1991 | The Killing Mind · as Thomas Quinn |
| 1987 | Less Than Zero · as Bradford Easton |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (TV Series) · as Steve |
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure · as Terry Hawthorne |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Mark Lee Reynolds |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Heart Beat · as Dick |
| 1980 | Portrait of an Escort · as Beau Simpson |
| 1979 | The Little Dragons · as Niles |
| 1978 | Are You in the House Alone? · as Neil Osborne |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV Series) · as Adam Gardiner |
| 1975 | Shampoo · as Johnny Pope |
| 1975 | Las Vegas Lady · as Bob |
| 1970 | Flap · as Eleven Snowflake |
| 1969 | Castle Keep · as Lt. Amberjack |
| 1968 | Never a Dull Moment · as Florian |
| 1968 | How to Steal the World · as Steven Garrow |
| 1968 | Ice Station Zebra · as Lt. Russell Walker |
| 1966 | You're a Big Boy Now · as Raef del Grado |
| 1965 | Marriage on the Rocks · as Jim Blake |
| 1965 | None But the Brave · as Air Crewman Keller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Lee Harvey Oswald |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Gary |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Steve Garrow |
| 1963 | Come Blow Your Horn · as Buddy Baker |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Clipper Ellis |
| 1959 |