Tony Bill
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Bill, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Shampoo
(Johnny Pope)
The Initiation of Sarah
(Paul Yates)
Never a Dull Moment
(Florian)
How to Steal the World
(Steven Garrow)
Come Blow Your Horn
(Buddy Baker)
Citizen Steve
(Self - Actor)
Less Than Zero
(Bradford Easton)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Raef del Grado)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
(Self)
Ice Station Zebra
(Lt. Russell Walker)
Washington Mistress
(Alan)
Are You in the House Alone?
(Neil Osborne)
Haunts of the Very Rich
(Lyle)
Flap
(Eleven Snowflake)
The Little Dragons
(Niles)
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
(Mickey Calvin)
Marriage on the Rocks
(Jim Blake)
With This Ring
(Peter Turner)
Castle Keep
(Lt. Amberjack)
The Killing Mind
(Thomas Quinn)
Lying in Wait
(Detective Mike)
Portrait of an Escort
(Beau Simpson)
Heart Beat
(Dick)
Soldier in the Rain
(Jerry Meltzer)
Lanton Mills
(Mute)
Must Love Dogs
(Walter)
Having Babies II
(Aaron Canfield)
Freedom
(Richard)
Salinger
(Self - Filmmaker)
None But the Brave
(Air Crewman Keller)
Barb Wire
(Foster)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
(Terry Hawthorne)
Las Vegas Lady
(Bob)
The Lion Roars Again
(Self)
Running Out
(Paul Corsini)
Casting By
(Self)
St. Elsewhere
Murder, She Wrote
(Mark Lee Reynolds)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
(Kurt Lascher)
Hotel
Run for Your Life
(Charlie Carson)
The Virginian
(Clipper Ellis)
Ben Casey
Mr. Novak
(Chris Herrod)
Dr. Kildare
(Thomas Hartwood)
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
(Adam Gardiner)
The Crown
(Guardian Editor)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(Tony Pitts)
Moonlighting
(Scott Huntley)
BBC Play of the Month
(Lee Harvey Oswald)
Leverage
(Pierson)
Bonanza
(Charlie Two)
The Loner
(Jody Merriman)
My Bodyguard
(Director)
The Sting
(Producer)
Flyboys
(Director)
Untamed Heart
(Director)
Crazy People
(Director)
Oliver Twist
(Director)
Five Corners
(Director)
Harry and Walter Go to New York
(Executive Producer)
Hearts of the West
(Producer)
Six Weeks
(Director)
A Home of Our Own
(Director)
Next Door
(Director)
One Christmas
(Director)
A Chance of Snow
(Director)
Beyond the Call
(Director)
Five Corners
(Producer)
Harlan County War
(Director)
Steelyard Blues
(Producer)
Last Call
(Executive Producer)
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
(Director)
Pictures of Hollis Woods
(Director)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
(Director)
The Princess and the Pea
(Director)
2 1/2 Dads
(Director)
Going in Style
(Executive Producer)
Going in Style
(Producer)
Boulevard Nights
(Executive Producer)
Love Thy Neighbor
(Director)
In the Time of the Butterflies
(Executive Producer)
The Ransom of Red Chief
(Director)
Beyond the Call
(Producer)
Untamed Heart
(Producer)
Monk
(Director)
Keen Eddie
(Director)
UC: Undercover
(Director)
Leverage
(Director)
High Incident
(Director)
To Have & to Hold
(Director)
The Visitor
(Director)
Faerie Tale Theatre
(Director)
Felicity
(Director)
Dirty Dancing
(Director)
Glory Days
(Director)