Bill Elliott

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-10-16 (61 years old)

Deathday

1965-11-26

Place of Birth

Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA

Bill Elliott

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wild Bill Elliott (October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. By 1925, he was getting occasional extra work in films. He took classes at the Pasadena Playhouse and appeared in a few stage roles there. By 1927, he had made his first Western, The Arizona Wildcat, playing his first featured role. Several co-starring roles followed, and he renamed himself Gordon Elliott. But as the studios made the transition to sound films, he slipped back into roles as an extra and bit parts, as in...

Acting

1932

Jewel Robbery

as Policeman Following Blonde (uncredited)

1927

The Arizona Wildcat

as Roy Schyler (as Gordon Elliott)

1937

Boots and Saddles

as Jim Neale

1931

Five and Ten

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1957

Chain of Evidence

as Andy Doyle

1956

Calling Homicide

as Andy Doyle

1957

1932

One Hour with You

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1933

Midnight Mary

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1932

Night After Night

as Escort (uncredited)

1955

Sudden Danger

as Andy Doyle

1950

The Showdown

as Shadrach Jones

1936

1937

Michael O'Halloran

as Little Lord Fauntleroy (uncredited)

1938

Letter of Introduction

as Backgammon Man (uncredited)

1934

Wonder Bar

as Norman (uncredited)

1941

The Return of Daniel Boone

as Wild Bill Boone

1936

1950

1944

Marshal of Reno

as Red Ryder

1946

Sheriff of Redwood Valley

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1944

San Antonio Kid

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1944

Tucson Raiders

as Red Ryder

1935

The Girl from 10th Avenue

as James, Clerk at College Club

1929

Broadway Scandals

as George Halloway

1947

The Fabulous Texan

as Josie Allen

1948

The Gallant Legion

as Gary Conway

1937

Melody for Two

as Walter Wilson

1950

The Marshall of Trail City

as Wild Bill Elliott

1927

The Drop Kick

as Aggressive Student at Dance

1934

A Lost Lady

as Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)

1935

Dr. Socrates

as Tom Collins - Greer's Associate

1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

1937

1937

Roll Along, Cowboy

as Odie Fenton

1938

Boy of the Streets

as Dr. Allan

1937

Love Takes Flight

as Bill Parker

1936

Polo Joe

as Don Trumbeau

1939

1940

The Man from Tumbleweeds

as Wild Bill Saunders

1945

Phantom of the Plains

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1942

The Valley of Vanishing Men

as Wild Bill Tolliver

1955

Dial Red O

as Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle

1932

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1932

Bachelor's Affairs

as Ship's Passenger / Dance Extra (uncredited)

1938

The Lady in the Morgue

as Chauncey Courtland

1926

The Shamrock Handicap

as Well-Wishing Villager

1930

The Girl Said No

as Wedding Guest

1953

The Homesteaders

as Mace Corbin

1954

The Forty-Niners

as Sam Nelson

1936

Murder by an Aristocrat

as Dave Thatcher (as Gordon Elliott)

1945

Lone Texas Ranger

as Red Ryder

1930

1928

The Boy Friend

as Gordon Elliot

1928

Restless Youth

as George Baxter

1940

The Return of Wild Bill

as Wild Bill Saunders

1952

Fargo

as Bill Martin

1930

Part Time Wife

as Golfer (uncredited)

1949

Hellfire

as Zeb Smith

1931

God's Gift to Women

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1931

Let's Do Things

as Music Store Customer (uncredited)

1934

Registered Nurse

as Male Nurse

1931

Broadminded

as Hotel Guest on Veranda

1937

You Can't Have Everything

as Lulu's Bathing Companion (uncredited)

1931

Traveling Husbands

as Hotel Dining Room Guest

1935

1943

Death Valley Manhunt

as Marshal Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1941

Hands Across the Rockies

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1943

Bordertown Gun Fighters

as Wild Bill Elliott

1935

The Right to Live

as Wedding Guest

1935

Broadway Hostess

as Playboy in 'Playboy of Paree' Number (uncredited)

1931

Sweepstakes

as Night Club Patron

1929

The Great Divide

as Ruth's Friend (uncredited)

1936

Fugitive in the Sky

as Ramon Duval

1934

Desirable

as Party Guest

1930

Sunny

as One of Tom's War Buddies

1930

Going Wild

as Physical Exam Onlooker

1936

1935

Personal Maid's Secret

as Warren Sherrill

1944

Hidden Valley Outlaws

as Bill Elliott

1933

Stage Mother

as Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest (uncredited)

1935

Stars Over Broadway

as Minor Role

1936

The Big Noise

as Sharp, Board of Directors Member (uncredited)

1936

Guns of the Pecos

as Wellman, a Dude

1931

The Public Defender

as Country Club Guest

1929

Night Parade

as Party Guest

1931

Born to Love

as Hotel Dancer (uncredited)

1944

1936

King of Hockey

as 2nd Radio Announcer

1941

The Son of Davy Crockett

as Dave Crockett

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Bootlegger (uncredited)

1941

Across the Sierras

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1944

Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1935

While the Patient Slept

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1932

Lady with a Past

as Alex Brown (Uncredited)

1942

Prairie Gunsmoke

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1939

Frontiers of '49

as John Freeman

1937

Midnight Court

as City Attorney Seabrook

1942

The Devil's Trail

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1932

The Mummy

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1940

Pioneers of the Frontier

as Wild Bill Saunders

1935

1935

Man of Iron

as Charlie Fagan

1940

The Wildcat of Tucson

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1943

Wagon Tracks West

as Wild Bill Elliott

1940

Prairie Schooners

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1936

Trailin' West

as Jefferson Duane

1934

The Secret Bride

as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

1935

The Woman in Red

as Stuart Wyatt

1933

Handlebars

as Bicyclist (uncredited)

1943

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

as Wild Bill Elliott

1935

1935

The Payoff

as Maxine's Casino Escort (uncredited)

1936

Down the Stretch

as Robert Bates

1946

In Old Sacramento

as Johnny Barrett / Spanish Jack

1933

The Little Giant

as Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)

1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

1952

Waco

as Matt Boone (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1952

Kansas Territory

as Joe Daniels (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1952

The Maverick

as Pete Devlin

1937

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Bruce Thomas

1931

Delicious

as Larry's Friend

1935

A Night at the Ritz

as Vincent's Assistant (uncredited)

1940

Beyond the Sacramento

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1935

Bright Lights

as Backstage Actor

1930

The Truth About Youth

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1927

Children of Divorce

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1942

Vengeance of the West

as Joaquin Murietta aka The Black Shadow

1951

The Longhorn

as Jim Kirk

1945

Marshal of Laredo

as Red Ryder

1944

Cheyenne Wildcat

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1945

1945

Colorado Pioneers

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1945

Wagon Wheels Westward

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1946

1946

Sun Valley Cyclone

as Red Ryder

1946

1943

The Man from Thunder River

as Wild Bill Elliott

1942

North of the Rockies

as Sergeant Bill Cameron

1941

North from the Lone Star

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1941

Roaring Frontiers

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1942

The Lone Star Vigilantes

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1930

She Who Gets Slapped

as Poker Player

1942

Bullets for Bandits

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok / Prince Katey

1943

Overland Mail Robbery

as Wild Bill Elliott

1941

King of Dodge City

as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

1944

Mojave Firebrand

as Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1945

Bells of Rosarita

as Wild Bill Elliott

1931

The Road to Reno

as Party Boy

1947

Wyoming

as Charles Alderson

1948

Old Los Angeles

as Bill Stockton (as William Elliott)

1949

The Last Bandit

as Frank Norris / Frank Plummer (as William Elliott)

1953

Rebel City

as Frank Graham

1953

Topeka

as Jim Levering

1953

Vigilante Terror

as Tack Hamlin

1954

Bitter Creek

as Clay Tyndall (as Wild Bill Elliott)

1941

Tank Patrol

as Bluey

1932

Vanity Fair

as Bit Role

1931

Left Over Ladies

as Escort (uncredited)

1931

Working Girls

as Dance Extra / Lobby Extra (uncredited)

1931

Party Husband

as Wedding Party Guest

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1930

What Men Want

as Party Boy

1934

Murder in the Clouds

as Lt. Saunders

1925

The Plastic Age

as Athlete (uncredited)

1933

Only Yesterday

as New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)

1935

'G' Men

as Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Reporter (uncredited)

1932

The Rich Are Always with Us

as Gambler (uncredited)

1933

The Keyhole

as Partygoer (uncredited)

1931

Blonde Crazy

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1932

Scarface

as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)

1936

Two Against the World

as News Commentator (uncredited)

1936

China Clipper

as Pilot (uncredited)

1934

The Merry Frinks

as Dancer (uncredited)

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1935

Go Into Your Dance

as Jackson's Secretary / Dorothy's Dance Partner

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1932

A Successful Calamity

as Polo Player (uncredited)

1939

The Taming of the West

as Wild Bill Saunders

1934

Smarty

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1933

Private Detective 62

as Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)

1926

Napoleon, Jr.

as Flora's Father

1930

1931

Platinum Blonde

as Ann's Beau (uncredited)

1933

Cocktail Hour

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1933

Made on Broadway

as Night Club Patron

1938

In Early Arizona

as Whit Gordon

1939

1930

Born Reckless

as Customer at Beretti's

1930

Double Cross Roads

as Party Guest

1936

Romance in the Air

as Announcer

1931

West of Broadway

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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