Tony Bill
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 23, 1940
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Bill, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Going in Style 2017
Executive Producer
Salinger 2013
as Self - Filmmaker
Casting By 2012
as Self
Pictures of Hollis Woods 2007
Director
Flyboys 2006
Director
Must Love Dogs 2005
as Walter
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 2003
as Self
Last Call 2002
Executive Producer
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story 2002
Director
In the Time of the Butterflies 2001
Executive Producer
Lying in Wait 2001
as Detective Mike
Harlan County War 2000
Director
A Chance of Snow 1998
Director
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet 1998
as Mickey Calvin
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families 1998
Director
Oliver Twist 1997
Director
Beyond the Call 1996
Director, Producer
Barb Wire 1996
as Foster
One Christmas 1994
Director
Next Door 1994
Director
A Home of Our Own 1993
as Narrator, Director
Untamed Heart 1993
Director, Producer
The Killing Mind 1991
as Thomas Quinn
Crazy People 1990
Director
Less Than Zero 1987
as Bradford Easton
Five Corners 1987
Director, Producer
Citizen Steve 1987
as Self - Actor
- 2 1/2 Dads
2 1/2 Dads 1986
Director
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985
as Terry Hawthorne
Love Thy Neighbor 1984
Director
The Princess and the Pea 1984
Director
Running Out 1983
as Paul Corsini
Six Weeks 1982
Director
Washington Mistress 1982
as Alan
Freedom 1981
as Richard
Portrait of an Escort 1980
as Beau Simpson
The Little Dragons 1980
as Niles
My Bodyguard 1980
Director
Heart Beat 1980
as Dick
Going in Style 1979
Producer
Boulevard Nights 1979
Executive Producer
Are You in the House Alone? 1978
as Neil Osborne
With This Ring 1978
as Peter Turner
The Initiation of Sarah 1978
as Paul Yates
Having Babies II 1977
as Aaron Canfield
Harry and Walter Go to New York 1976
Executive Producer
The Ransom of Red Chief 1975
Director
Hearts of the West 1975
Producer
Las Vegas Lady 1975
as Bob
Shampoo 1975
as Johnny Pope
- The Lion Roars Again
The Lion Roars Again 1975
as Self
The Sting 1973
Producer
Steelyard Blues 1973
Producer
Haunts of the Very Rich 1972
as Lyle
Flap 1970
as Eleven Snowflake
Lanton Mills 1969
as Mute
Castle Keep 1969
as Lt. Amberjack
How to Steal the World 1968
as Steven Garrow
Never a Dull Moment 1968
as Florian
Ice Station Zebra 1968
as Lt. Russell Walker
You're a Big Boy Now 1966
as Raef del Grado
Death of a Salesman 1966
as Biff
Lee Oswald: Assassin 1966
as Lee Harvey Oswald
Marriage on the Rocks 1965
as Jim Blake
None but the Brave 1965
as Air Crewman Keller
Soldier in the Rain 1963
as Jerry Meltzer
Come Blow Your Horn 1963
as Buddy Baker
Credits from TMDB.