Cast & creator
Tony Bill
Best known for Monk, Bonanza, Murder, She Wrote
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.
Also known as: Gerard Anthony Bill
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Filmography (103)
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Monk
Director
2002
Bonanza
Charlie Two
1959
Murder, She Wrote
Mark Lee Reynolds
1984
The Crown
Guardian Editor
2016
St. Elsewhere
Brian Whitehill
1982
Dr. Kildare
Thomas Hartwood
1961Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Tony Pitts
1963
The Virginian
Clipper Ellis
1962
Hotel
Mike
1982
Ben Casey
1961
BBC Play of the Month
Lee Harvey Oswald
1965BBC Play of the Month
Biff
1965
Moonlighting
Scott Huntley
1985
Leverage
Pierson
2008Leverage
Director
2008
Theatre 625
Grayson Hinks
1964
Felicity
Director
1998
Run for Your Life
Charlie Carson
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Steve Garrow
1964
Mr. Novak
Chris Herrod
1963
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Kurt Lascher
2005
Faerie Tale Theatre
Director
1982
The Loner
Jody Merriman
1965
The Sting
Producer
1973
High Incident
Director
1996
The Visitor
Director
1997
UC: Undercover
Director
2001
Going in Style
Executive Producer
2017
Glory Days
Director
2002
Keen Eddie
Director
2003
To Have & to Hold
Director
1998
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Barb Wire
Foster
1996
Going in Style
Producer
1979
Must Love Dogs
Walter
2005
Dirty Dancing
Director
1988
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Adam Gardiner
1977
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Terry Hawthorne
1985
Untamed Heart
Director
1993Untamed Heart
Producer
1993
Ice Station Zebra
Lt. Russell Walker
1968
Shampoo
Johnny Pope
1975
Flyboys
Director
2006
Less Than Zero
Bradford Easton
1987
A Home of Our Own
Narrator
1993A Home of Our Own
Director
1993
My Bodyguard
Director
1980
Never a Dull Moment
Florian
1968
Hearts of the West
Producer
1975
Crazy People
Director
1990
Castle Keep
Lt. Amberjack
1969
Citizen Steve
Self - Actor
1987
None But the Brave
Air Crewman Keller
1965
Marriage on the Rocks
Jim Blake
1965
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Director
2007
Beyond the Call
Director
1996Beyond the Call
Producer
1996
Casting By
Self
2012
Soldier in the Rain
Jerry Meltzer
1963
In the Time of the Butterflies
Executive Producer
2001
Come Blow Your Horn
Buddy Baker
1963
Last Call
Executive Producer
2002
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Executive Producer
1976The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Mickey Calvin
1998
The Initiation of Sarah
Paul Yates
1978
Salinger
Self - Filmmaker
2013
Steelyard Blues
Producer
1973
You're a Big Boy Now
Raef del Grado
1966
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
Director
1998
Five Corners
Director
1987
Harlan County War
Director
2000Five Corners
Producer
1987
Are You in the House Alone?
Neil Osborne
1978
Haunts of the Very Rich
Lyle
1972
Boulevard Nights
Executive Producer
1979
Lee Oswald: Assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald
1966
Next Door
Director
1994
Oliver Twist
Director
1997
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Director
2002
Portrait of an Escort
Beau Simpson
1980
Heart Beat
Dick
1980
The Princess and the Pea
Director
1984
Las Vegas Lady
Bob
1975
A Chance of Snow
Director
1998
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
How to Steal the World
Steven Garrow
1968
Death of a Salesman
Biff
1966
Washington Mistress
Alan
1982
Love Thy Neighbor
Director
1984
With This Ring
Peter Turner
1978
Lying in Wait
Detective Mike
2001
Six Weeks
Director
1982
One Christmas
Director
1994
The Ransom of Red Chief
Director
19752 1/2 Dads
Director
1986
Flap
Eleven Snowflake
1970
Running Out
Paul Corsini
1983
Lanton Mills
Mute
1969
The Little Dragons
Niles
1980
The Killing Mind
Thomas Quinn
1991
Having Babies II
Aaron Canfield
1977
Freedom
Richard
1981