Bill Elliott
Known for Acting · 208 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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (207)
Party Husband
1931
as Wedding Party Guest
Scarface
1932
as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
The Mummy
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Working Girls
1931
as Dance Extra / Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Wonder Bar
1934
as Norman (uncredited)
Vanity Fair
1932
as Bit Role
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Roaring Frontiers
1941
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
A Lost Lady
1934
as Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)
Sweepstakes
1931
as Night Club Patron
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
'G' Men
1935
as Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Party-Goer
Lady with a Past
1932
as Alex Brown (Uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Backgammon Man (uncredited)
Five and Ten
1931
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
1936
Old Los Angeles
1948
as Bill Stockton
Boots and Saddles
1937
as Jim Neale
Only Yesterday
1933
as New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Lulu's Bathing Companion (uncredited)
In Old Sacramento
1946
as Johnny Barrett / Spanish Jack
China Clipper
1936
as Pilot (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Savage Horde
1950
as Ringo
Handlebars
1933
as Bicyclist (uncredited)
Michael O'Halloran
1937
as Little Lord Fauntleroy (uncredited)
Private Detective 62
1933
as Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Two Against the World
1936
as News Commentator (uncredited)
Overland Mail Robbery
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
Dangerous
1935
Jewel Robbery
1932
as Policeman Following Blonde (uncredited)
Lone Star Pioneers
1939
as Pat Barret
Born Reckless
1930
as Customer at Beretti's
The Woman in Red
1935
as Stuart Wyatt
Love Takes Flight
1937
as Bill Parker
The Little Giant
1933
as Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Ann's Beau (uncredited)
Speed to Spare
1937
as Steve Fellows
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Sam Laxter
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Personal Maid's Secret
1935
as Warren Sherrill
North of the Rockies
1942
as Sergeant Bill Cameron
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Night After Night
1932
as Escort (uncredited)
Born to Love
1931
as Hotel Dancer (uncredited)
Cocktail Hour
1933
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bright Lights
1935
as Backstage Actor
One Hour with You
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Showdown
1950
as Shadrach Jones
The Right to Live
1935
as Wedding Guest
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
as Kenneth Martin
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Gary Conway
Taming of the West
1939
as Wild Bill Saunders
Footsteps in the Night
1957
as Andy Doyle
Stars Over Broadway
1935
as Minor Role
The Merry Frinks
1934
as Dancer (uncredited)
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940
as Wild Bill Saunders
Chain of Evidence
1957
as Andy Doyle
Wagon Tracks West
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Carl Griffin
The Plastic Age
1925
as Athlete (uncredited)
Calling Homicide
1956
as Andy Doyle
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Jackson's Secretary / Dorothy's Dance Partner
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
Down the Stretch
1936
as Robert Bates
Children of Divorce
1927
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Keyhole
1933
as Partygoer (uncredited)
Beyond London Lights
1928
as Colin Drummond
Blonde Crazy
1931
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Polo Player (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949
as Zeb Smith
Going Wild
1930
as Physical Exam Onlooker
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Secret Bride
1934
as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
The Boy Friend
1928
as Gordon Elliot
Hands Across the Rockies
1941
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Homesteaders
1953
as Mace Corbin
Sudden Danger
1955
as Andy Doyle
Murder in the Clouds
1934
as Lt. Saunders (uncredited)
Kansas Territory
1952
as Joe Daniels
The Drop Kick
1927
as Aggressive Student at Dance
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Bill Elliott
Bitter Creek
1954
as Clay Tyndall
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
She Couldn't Say No
1930
as Gangster
The Public Defender
1931
as Country Club Guest
The Truth About Youth
1930
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Delicious
1931
as Larry's Friend
The Man from Thunder River
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
The Return of Wild Bill
1940
as Wild Bill Saunders
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Freddie
God's Gift to Women
1931
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Wagon Wheels Westward
1945
as Red Ryder
The Last Bandit
1949
as Frank Norris / Frank Plummer
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
as Gambler (uncredited)
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Bruce Thomas
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Tom Collins - Greer's Associate
Tucson Raiders
1944
as Red Ryder
Midnight Court
1937
as City Attorney Seabrook
Fargo
1952
as Bill Martin
Marshal of Laredo
1945
as Red Ryder
Broadway Scandals
1929
as George Halloway
Conquest of Cheyenne
1946
as Red Ryder
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Wild Bill Elliott
Vigilante Terror
1953
as Tack Hamlin
Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945
as Red Ryder
Dial Red O
1955
as Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle
Phantom of the Plains
1945
as Red Ryder
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
as Red Ryder
Registered Nurse
1934
as Male Nurse
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 208 credits spanning from 1925 to 1976, Bill Elliott has appeared in 207 films and 1 TV show.
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- Party Husband (1931) — as Wedding Party Guest
- Scarface (1932) — as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
- The Mummy (1932) — as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Working Girls (1931) — as Dance Extra / Lobby Extra (uncredited)
- Wonder Bar (1934) — as Norman (uncredited)
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