Bill Elliott
Known for Acting · 207 credits
- Born
- 1904-10-16
- Died
- 1965-11-26
- Place of birth
- Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Wild Bill Elliott · Gordon Nance · Gordon Eliott · 'Wild' Bill Elliot · Gordon Elliott · William 'Wild 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 Broadway Scandals, in 1929. For the next eight years, he appeared in over a hundred films for various studios, but almost always in unbilled parts as an extra.
Elliott began to be noticed in some minor B Westerns, enough so that Columbia Pictures offered him the title role in a serial, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938). The serial was so successful, and Elliott so personable, that Columbia promoted him to starring in his own series of Western features, replacing Columbia's number-two cowboy star Robert "Tex" Allen. Henceforth Gordon Elliott would be known as Bill Elliott. Within two years, he was among the Motion Picture Herald's Top Ten Western Stars, where he would remain for the next 15 years.
In 1943, Elliott signed with Republic Pictures, which cast him in a series of Westerns alongside George "Gabby" Hayes. The first of these, Calling Wild Bill Elliott, gave Elliott the name by which he would be best known and by which he would be billed almost exclusively for the rest of his career.
Following several films in which both actor and character shared the name Wild Bill Elliott, he took the role for which he would be best remembered, that of Red Ryder in a series of sixteen movies about the famous comic strip cowboy and his young Indian companion, Little Beaver (played in Elliott's films by Bobby Blake). Elliott played the role for only two years but would forever be associated with it. Elliott's trademark was a pair of six guns worn butt-forward in their holsters.
Known For
Adam-12
1968
as Officer Grant
Scarface
1932
as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
The Mummy
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
'G' Men
1935
as Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
Rebel City
1953
as Frank Graham
The Secret Bride
1934
as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
TV Shows (1)
Movies (206)
Scarface
1932
as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
The Mummy
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
'G' Men
1935
as Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
Rebel City
1953
as Frank Graham
The Secret Bride
1934
as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
Born Reckless
1930
as Customer at Beretti's
Smarty
1934
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A Lost Lady
1934
as Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)
Fargo
1952
as Bill Martin
Topeka
1953
as Jim Levering
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Reporter
One Hour with You
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Tucson Raiders
1944
as Red Ryder
Midnight Mary
1933
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Midnight Court
1937
as City Attorney Seabrook
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933
as New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
Waco
1952
as Matt Boone
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
China Clipper
1936
as Pilot (uncredited)
Stage Mother
1933
as Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest (uncredited)
The Longhorn
1951
as Jim Kirk
Prairie Schooners
1940
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Lulu's Bathing Companion (uncredited)
Dangerous
1935
Blonde Crazy
1931
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Desirable
1934
as Party Guest
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
as Gambler (uncredited)
Vanity Fair
1932
as Bit Role
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Ann's Beau (uncredited)
Sunny
1930
as One of Tom's War Buddies
Working Girls
1931
as Dance Extra / Lobby Extra (uncredited)
The Maverick
1952
as Pete Devlin
The Woman in Red
1935
as Stuart Wyatt
The Keyhole
1933
as Partygoer (uncredited)
Wonder Bar
1934
as Norman (uncredited)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Carl Griffin
Hellfire
1949
as Zeb Smith
Sudden Danger
1955
as Andy Doyle
West of Broadway
1931
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Tom Collins - Greer's Associate
The Plastic Age
1925
as Athlete (uncredited)
Dial Red O
1955
as Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle
Upperworld
1934
as Police Photographer (uncredited)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Bruce Thomas
Boots and Saddles
1937
as Jim Neale
Jewel Robbery
1932
as Policeman Following Blonde (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Sam Colton
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Freddie
Private Detective 62
1933
as Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Made on Broadway
1933
as Night Club Patron
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941
as Dave Crockett
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935
as James, Clerk at College Club
Left Over Ladies
1931
as Escort (uncredited)
Going Wild
1930
as Physical Exam Onlooker
The Little Giant
1933
as Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
Broadminded
1931
as Hotel Guest on Veranda
Born to Love
1931
as Hotel Dancer (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Gary Conway
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Party-Goer
Marshal of Laredo
1945
as Red Ryder
Wyoming
1947
as Charles Alderson
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Jackson's Secretary / Dorothy's Dance Partner
The Payoff
1935
as Maxine's Casino Escort (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
1934
as Lt. Saunders
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Backgammon Man (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Night
1957
as Andy Doyle
In Old Sacramento
1946
as Johnny Barrett / Spanish Jack
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Wild Bill Elliott
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Jeff Holt
Night After Night
1932
as Escort (uncredited)
Vigilante Terror
1953
as Tack Hamlin
Children of Divorce
1927
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Sam Laxter
Roaring Frontiers
1941
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Last Bandit
1949
as Frank Norris / Frank Plummer
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
as Well-Wishing Villager
Let's Do Things
1931
as Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Party Husband
1931
as Wedding Party Guest
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Polo Player (uncredited)
The Drop Kick
1927
as Aggressive Student at Dance
Lady with a Past
1932
as Alex Brown (Uncredited)
The Forty-Niners
1954
as Sam Nelson
Traveling Husbands
1931
as Hotel Dining Room Guest
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Road to Reno
1931
as Party Boy
Chain of Evidence
1957
as Andy Doyle
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Taming of the West
1939
as Wild Bill Saunders
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940
as Wild Bill Saunders
Guns of the Pecos
1936
as Wellman, a Dude
Across the Sierras
1941
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
A Night at the Ritz
1935
as Vincent's Assistant (uncredited)
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Love Takes Flight
1937
as Bill Parker
The Savage Horde
1950
as Ringo
Bachelor's Affairs
1932
as Ship's Passenger / Dance Extra (uncredited)
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
Broadway Hostess
1935
as Playboy in 'Playboy of Paree' Number (uncredited)
Overland Mail Robbery
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
as Chauncey Courtland
The Man from Thunder River
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944
as Red Ryder
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Bill Elliott
Polo Joe
1936
as Don Trumbeau
North of the Rockies
1942
as Sergeant Bill Cameron
Two Against the World
1936
as News Commentator (uncredited)
San Antonio Kid
1944
as Red Ryder
King of Hockey
1936
as 2nd Radio Announcer
Old Los Angeles
1948
as Bill Stockton
Wagon Wheels Westward
1945
as Red Ryder
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
as Red Ryder
The Homesteaders
1953
as Mace Corbin
About Bill Elliott
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 stud… With 207 credits spanning from 1925 to 1976, Bill Elliott has appeared in 206 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Bill Elliott Movies
- Scarface (1932) — as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
- The Mummy (1932) — as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 'G' Men (1935) — as Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
- Rebel City (1953) — as Frank Graham
- The Secret Bride (1934) — as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
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