William Henry

Born: 1914-11-10

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Albert Henry (November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor working in Hollywood movies. Born in Los Angeles in 1914, Henry started as a child actor, then was a hero in B-movies (mainly westerns), and ended his career as a character actor. He also appeared in various roles on episodes of many TV series. He was a member of the John Ford Stock Company and appeared 12 times for Ford. Henry was active with the Pasadena Community Playhouse. His brother was the character actor Thomas Browne Henry. Henry was married and divorced twice. His first marriage was to Grace Durkin, with whom he had son Michael and daughter Michele. His and his second wife, Barbara Knudson, were the parents of William "Bill" Henry, Jr. (b. 1958).


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How the West Was Won

as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1962-11-02

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to...

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Gambler (uncredited)
Released: 1962-04-13

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named...

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The Horse Soldiers

as Captain
Released: 1959-06-11

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply...

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El Dorado

as Sheriff Dodd Draper
Released: 1966-12-17

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah....

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Two Rode Together

as Gambler (uncredited)
Released: 1961-05-24

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

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Going My Way

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1944-01-01

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining...

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The Alamo

as Dr. Sutherland
Released: 1960-10-23

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless...

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The Thin Man

as Gilbert Wynant
Released: 1934-05-25

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get...

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Cheyenne Autumn

as Infantry Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1964-10-15

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

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The Last Hurrah

as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Released: 1958-12-31

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield,...

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The Harder They Fall

as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1956-05-08

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his...

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Gunpoint

as uncredited
Released: 1966-04-25

A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a...

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Sergeant Rutledge

as Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Released: 1960-05-25

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a...

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Tarzan Escapes

as Eric Parker
Released: 1936-11-06

White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He...

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A Bullet for Joey

as Michael (uncredited)
Released: 1955-04-15

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American...

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Blossoms in the Dust

as Allan Keats
Released: 1941-08-15

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when...

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Mister Roberts

as Lt. Billings
Released: 1955-07-10

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World...

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A Life at Stake

as Myles Norman
Released: 1955-03-01

An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The...

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Secret of the Incas

as Phillip Lang
Released: 1954-06-06

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the...

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Geronimo

as Lt. John Steele, Jr.
Released: 1939-11-26

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a...

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The Way of All Flesh

as Paul Kriza Jr.
Released: 1940-07-05

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father...

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Johnny Come Lately

as Pete Dougherty
Released: 1943-09-03

Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her...

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Rubber Racketeers

as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1942-06-26

Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal...

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Seven Ways from Sundown

as uncredited
Released: 1960-09-25

A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and...

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Television Spy

as Douglas Cameron
Released: 1939-10-20

A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and...

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A Man to Remember

as Howard Sykes
Released: 1938-10-14

On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

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A Wicked Woman

as Curtis 'Curt' Stroud. aka Curtis Trice
Released: 1934-12-07

A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's...

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The Fabulous Suzanne

as William Harris
Released: 1946-12-15

Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later,...

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Marshal of Cedar Rock

as Bill Anderson (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1953-02-01

Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has...

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Gunsmoke in Tucson

as Sheriff Will Blaine (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1958-12-07

As young boys, two brothers, Jed (AKA: Chip) and John, witness their father being hung by a...

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China Seas

as Rockwell
Released: 1935-08-09

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret...

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Jungle Moon Men

as Bob Prentice
Released: 1955-04-08

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories...

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Hollywood Thrill-Makers

as Dave Wilson
Released: 1954-01-15

Biplane action scenes highlight this story of the lives and loves of two Hollywood stuntmen.

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Fury of the Congo

as Ronald Cameron
Released: 1951-02-26

Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the...

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Queen of the Mob

as Bert Webster
Released: 1940-06-28

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...

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I Escaped from the Gestapo

as Gordon
Released: 1943-05-14

A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though,...

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Taggart

as uncredited
Released: 1965-02-01

Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and...

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Man Afraid

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1957-04-04

A preacher (George Nader) fears for his family (Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey) after killing a...

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The Navy Way

as Malcolm Randall
Released: 1944-02-26

The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp.

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The Female Animal

as Delivery Man (uncredited)
Released: 1958-01-22

Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley,...

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Spook Chasers

as Harry Shelby
Released: 1957-06-02

Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.

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The Invisible Informer

as Mike Reagan
Released: 1946-08-19

An aristocratic but destitute southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking...

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Double or Nothing

as Egbert Clark
Released: 1937-09-17

A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation...

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Cherokee Strip

as Tom Cross
Released: 1940-10-10

Richard Dix stars as Dave Morrell, the new marshal of Goliath, Oklahoma. Immediately upon...

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A Gentleman After Dark

as Paul Rutherford
Released: 1942-04-16

A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's...

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Call of the South Seas

as Agent Paul Russell
Released: 1944-04-07

FBI Agent Kendall Gaige goes undercover on a South Seas island in order to expose the...

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Alaska Highway

as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1943-06-24

Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska...

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Women in Bondage

as Heinz Radtke (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1943-12-16

Women in Bondage is a 1943 World War II film about conditions for women under Hitler's regime....

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Ambush

as Charlie Hartman
Released: 1939-01-20

Four bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only...

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Madame X

as Hugh Fariman Jr.
Released: 1937-10-01

An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that...

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Women in the Night

as Major Von Arnheim
Released: 1948-01-02

During WW2 six allied nations women at Shanghai University are arrested by the Germans accused...

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Trail to San Antone

as Rick Malloy
Released: 1947-01-25

Gene Autry is back near the saddle, trying to help out a crippled jockey. Gene is certain that...

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The Lady and the Monster

as Roger Collins
Released: 1944-04-17

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only...

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Thundering Caravans

as Bert Cranston (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1952-06-20

Marshal Rocky Lane is sent to help the Sheriff who is under attack from both the miners whose...

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Society Doctor

as Frank Snowden
Released: 1935-01-25

Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their...

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Mama Runs Wild

as Paul Fowler
Released: 1937-12-22

Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when...

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Sweater Girl

as Happy Dudley
Released: 1942-07-13

College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put...

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Federal Man

as Agent Phil Sherrin
Released: 1950-06-21

A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.

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Yellow Jack

as Breen
Released: 1938-05-19

A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or...

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Tornado

as Bob Ramsey
Released: 1943-08-09

The owner of an Illinois coal mine struggles to keep his business in operation, all the while...

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The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

as Steve Morgan
Released: 1946-09-03

Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly...

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Uranium Boom

as Joe McGinnus
Released: 1956-03-02

Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman)...

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The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

as Travers
Released: 1958-06-04

Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver...

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Persons in Hiding

as Agent Dan Waldron
Released: 1939-02-10

During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.

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Sarong Girl

as Jeff Baxter
Released: 1943-06-11

A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.

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Torpedo Alley

as Instructor
Released: 1953-12-25

After carrier pilot Lt Bingham is rescued at sea by a submarine when he crashes, he applies for...

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Four Men and a Prayer

as Rodney Leigh
Released: 1938-04-29

The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.

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Campus Confessions

as Wayne Atterbury, Jr.
Released: 1938-09-23

This comical campus romance showcases the fancy footwork of All-American basketball player Hank...

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Savage Frontier

as Deputy Dan Longley (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1953-05-15

Sam is a parolee who has paid for his dirty deeds. Now determined to go straight and help take...

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The Adventures of Mark Twain

as Charles Langdon
Released: 1944-07-20

A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.

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Emergency Squad

as Peter Barton
Released: 1940-01-05

Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city...

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Exclusive Story

as James Witherspoon Jr.
Released: 1936-01-17

A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...

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The Old Frontier

as Doctor Tom Creighton
Released: 1950-07-20

Monte Hale is cast as town marshal Barney Regan. It is Barney's formidable task to round up a...

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Silent Partner

as Jeffrey Swales
Released: 1944-06-09

A newspaper reporter uncovers a killer when he makes contact with the names listed in a dead...

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Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

as Don Roberts
Released: 1953-07-08

A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch...

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The Denver Kid

as Tim Roberts
Released: 1948-09-30

When Border Patrol Lieutenant Roberts is killed, it appears that his brother Tim was the killer....

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Three Bad Sisters

as Gans, the reporter
Released: 1956-01-01

Following the death of a wealthy man, his three daughters squabble about who should be the...

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Klondike Fury

as Jim Armstrong (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1942-03-20

In this Alaskan adventure, a surgeon becomes a pilot after he messes up an operation....

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Dance Hall

as Joe Brooks
Released: 1941-07-18

Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all...

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Parole Fixer

as Scott Britton
Released: 1940-02-02

This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover,...

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G.I. War Brides

as Capt. Roger Kirby
Released: 1946-08-12

Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to...

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Death Valley Gunfighter

as Keith Ames
Released: 1949-03-29

Rocky Lane hits the trail when he gets word that one of two brothers in a partner-ship mining...

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Paris Follies of 1956

as Wendell
Released: 1955-11-27

Trouble ensues when a new theatre-restaurant owner discovers the backer to be a harmless and...

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What Do You Think?

as John Dough
Released: 1937-11-25

The narrator's voice tells of John Dough, who wakes up after a late-night party and prepares to...

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Scattergood Meets Broadway

as David Drew
Released: 1941-08-22

Scattergood finds out that his neighbor, Elly Drew, is going to sell her home to support her son...

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The Arizona Wildcat

as Donald Clark
Released: 1939-02-11

In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) who has been accused of gold...

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Stardust on the Sage

as Jeff Drew
Released: 1942-05-25

A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his partner (Bill Henry) thwart a foreman who wants their mine.

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New Orleans Uncensored

as Joe Reilly
Released: 1955-03-01

William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a...

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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

as Policeman
Released: 1956-10-02

Frank and Joe Hardy are the sons of Fenton Hardy, a famous private detective. Finding everyday...

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Motor Patrol

as Officer Larry Collins
Released: 1950-05-12

A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of...

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Pardon My Stripes

as Henry Platt
Released: 1942-01-26

Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to...

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The Perfect Set-Up

as Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
Released: 1936-02-01

In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life...

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Calaboose

as Tom Pendergrast (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1943-01-29

A love-smitten cowpoke acciidentally causes a horse stampede.

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The Perfect Tribute

as Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-15

The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate...

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False Faces

as Don Westcott (as Bill Henry)
Released: 1943-05-28

A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub...

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Dragnet

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-16

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his...

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The Six Million Dollar Man

as Thurmond
First aired: 1974-01-18

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent,...

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Lassie

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-12

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy...

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The Virginian

as Player
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Hogan's Heroes

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-17

Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17,...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Frank Callister aka Frank Carter
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as George Wallace
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Collard - Bartender
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Moss
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Jason
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Rawhide

as Corporal
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Corey
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Bartender
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Poker Player
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Executive
First aired: 1969-09-23

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from...

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Lawman

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-05

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...

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Gunsmoke

as Dave
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Feeney
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Waiter
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Branded

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-01-24

Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by...

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Bat Masterson

as Sheriff Griff Hanley
First aired: 1958-10-08

Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of...

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Bat Masterson

as Sheriff Brady
First aired: 1958-10-08

Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of...

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Laredo

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-16

Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to...

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Lancer

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The...

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Highway Patrol

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-03

Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959,...

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The Rebel

as Ab Jason
First aired: 1959-10-04

The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on...

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Mayberry R.F.D.

as Mr. Wilkerson
First aired: 1968-09-23

Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation...

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Trackdown

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-04

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...

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The Adventures of Kit Carson

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-08-11

The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August...

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The Loner

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-18

The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to...

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-04-15

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...

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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-29

Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful...

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Hopalong Cassidy

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-09-19

Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared...

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Hondo

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Yancy Derringer

as Fargo
First aired: 1958-10-02

Yancy Derringer is an American Western series

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26 Men

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-11-01

26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite...

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The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-15

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October...

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The Case of the Dangerous Robin

as Dave Holiday
First aired: 1960-10-18

The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series which aired in syndication...

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Behind Closed Doors

as Herb Goodwin
First aired: 1958-10-02

Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and...

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Harbor Command

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-11

Harbor Command is an American action series that aired in syndicated from October 11, 1957, to...

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Letter to Loretta

as Barney
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Buffalo Bill Jr.

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-03-01

Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American Western television series starring Dickie Jones that aired in...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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