Tony Bill
62 movies · 29 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 23, 1940 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- San Diego, California, USA
- Also known as
- Gerard Anthony Bill
Biography
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).
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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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Known for
Tony Bill: movies and TV shows
Acting (53)
- 2016
- 2008
- 2005 Must Love Dogs
as Walter
- 2005
- 2001 Lying in Wait
as Detective Mike
- 1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Mickey Calvin
- 1996 Barb Wire
as Foster
- 1993 A Home of Our Own
as Narrator
- 1991 The Killing Mind
as Thomas Quinn
- 1987 Less Than Zero
as Bradford Easton
- 1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Terry Hawthorne
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983 Running Out
as Paul Corsini
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Washington Mistress
as Alan
- 1981 Freedom
as Richard
- 1980 Portrait of an Escort
as Beau Simpson
- 1980 The Little Dragons
as Niles
- 1980 Heart Beat
as Dick
- 1978 Are You in the House Alone?
as Neil Osborne
- 1978 With This Ring
as Peter Turner
- 1978 The Initiation of Sarah
as Paul Yates
- 1977
- 1977 Having Babies II
as Aaron Canfield
- 1977
- 1975 Las Vegas Lady
as Bob
- 1975 Shampoo
as Johnny Pope
- 1972 Haunts of the Very Rich
as Lyle
- 1970 Flap
as Eleven Snowflake
- 1969 Lanton Mills
as Mute
- 1969 Castle Keep
as Lt. Amberjack
- 1968 How to Steal the World
as Steven Garrow
- 1968 Never a Dull Moment
as Florian
- 1968 Ice Station Zebra
as Lt. Russell Walker
- 1966 You're a Big Boy Now
as Raef del Grado
- 1966 Death of a Salesman
as Biff
- 1966 Lee Oswald: Assassin
as Lee Harvey Oswald
- 1965
- 1965 Marriage on the Rocks
as Jim Blake
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 None But the Brave
as Air Crewman Keller
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963 Soldier in the Rain
as Jerry Meltzer
- 1963
- 1963 Come Blow Your Horn
as Buddy Baker
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1959
Behind the camera (40)
- 2017 Going in Style
Executive Producer
- 2008
- 2007 Pictures of Hollis Woods
Director
- 2006 Flyboys
Director
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002 Last Call
Executive Producer
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 In the Time of the Butterflies
Executive Producer
- 2001
- 2000 Harlan County War
Director
- 1998 A Chance of Snow
Director
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997 Oliver Twist
Director
- 1996 Beyond the Call
Director, Producer
- 1996
- 1994 One Christmas
Director
- 1994 Next Door
Director
- 1993 A Home of Our Own
Director
- 1993 Untamed Heart
Director, Producer
- 1990 Crazy People
Director
- 1988
- 1987 Five Corners
Director, Producer
- 1986 2 1/2 Dads
Director
- 1984 Love Thy Neighbor
Director
- 1984 The Princess and the Pea
Director
- 1982 Six Weeks
Director
- 1982
- 1980 My Bodyguard
Director
- 1979 Going in Style
Producer
- 1979 Boulevard Nights
Executive Producer
- 1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York
Executive Producer
- 1975 The Ransom of Red Chief
Director
- 1975 Hearts of the West
Producer
- 1973 The Sting
Producer
- 1973 Steelyard Blues
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2013
- 2012
- 2003
- 1987
- 1975
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode