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)
A Lost Lady
1934
as Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Bootlegger (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)
A Lost Lady
1934
as Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Reporter
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
Fargo
1952
as Bill Martin
Born Reckless
1930
as Customer at Beretti's
Midnight Court
1937
as City Attorney Seabrook
One Hour with You
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Tucson Raiders
1944
as Red Ryder
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Lulu's Bathing Companion (uncredited)
Smarty
1934
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret Bride
1934
as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Rebel City
1953
as Frank Graham
Topeka
1953
as Jim Levering
Midnight Mary
1933
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Waco
1952
as Matt Boone
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Prairie Schooners
1940
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Vanity Fair
1932
as Bit Role
Only Yesterday
1933
as New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
Blonde Crazy
1931
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Dangerous
1935
Sunny
1930
as One of Tom's War Buddies
Sudden Danger
1955
as Andy Doyle
The Longhorn
1951
as Jim Kirk
Desirable
1934
as Party Guest
Stage Mother
1933
as Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest (uncredited)
The Maverick
1952
as Pete Devlin
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Carl Griffin
Wonder Bar
1934
as Norman (uncredited)
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Tom Collins - Greer's Associate
Boots and Saddles
1937
as Jim Neale
China Clipper
1936
as Pilot (uncredited)
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Ann's Beau (uncredited)
West of Broadway
1931
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Dial Red O
1955
as Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Freddie
Jewel Robbery
1932
as Policeman Following Blonde (uncredited)
Left Over Ladies
1931
as Escort (uncredited)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Bruce Thomas
Broadway Hostess
1935
as Playboy in 'Playboy of Paree' Number (uncredited)
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935
as James, Clerk at College Club
Wyoming
1947
as Charles Alderson
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Jackson's Secretary / Dorothy's Dance Partner
Vigilante Terror
1953
as Tack Hamlin
Private Detective 62
1933
as Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Working Girls
1931
as Dance Extra / Lobby Extra (uncredited)
The Keyhole
1933
as Partygoer (uncredited)
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Polo Player (uncredited)
Party Husband
1931
as Wedding Party Guest
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Sam Colton
The Savage Horde
1950
as Ringo
The Homesteaders
1953
as Mace Corbin
Murder in the Clouds
1934
as Lt. Saunders
Let's Do Things
1931
as Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Roaring Frontiers
1941
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
In Old Sacramento
1946
as Johnny Barrett / Spanish Jack
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941
as Dave Crockett
Handlebars
1933
as Bicyclist (uncredited)
The Little Giant
1933
as Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
Children of Divorce
1927
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
as Gambler (uncredited)
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Wild Bill Elliott
Hellfire
1949
as Zeb Smith
Upperworld
1934
as Police Photographer (uncredited)
The Woman in Red
1935
as Stuart Wyatt
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
as Well-Wishing Villager
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Gary Conway
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Backgammon Man (uncredited)
Broadminded
1931
as Hotel Guest on Veranda
The Boy Friend
1928
as Gordon Elliot
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Party-Goer
Made on Broadway
1933
as Night Club Patron
Footsteps in the Night
1957
as Andy Doyle
Taming of the West
1939
as Wild Bill Saunders
The Drop Kick
1927
as Aggressive Student at Dance
Lady with a Past
1932
as Alex Brown (Uncredited)
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Sam Laxter
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Payoff
1935
as Maxine's Casino Escort (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Traveling Husbands
1931
as Hotel Dining Room Guest
The Devil's Trail
1942
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
A Night at the Ritz
1935
as Vincent's Assistant (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Overland with Kit Carson
1939
as Kit Carson
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
Born to Love
1931
as Hotel Dancer (uncredited)
The Man from Thunder River
1943
as Wild Bill Elliott
The Road to Reno
1931
as Party Boy
The Right to Live
1935
as Wedding Guest
Lone Texas Ranger
1945
as Red Ryder
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
as Red Ryder
Night After Night
1932
as Escort (uncredited)
Old Los Angeles
1948
as Bill Stockton
The Last Bandit
1949
as Frank Norris / Frank Plummer
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Jeff Holt
The Girl Said No
1930
as Wedding Guest
The Showdown
1950
as Shadrach Jones
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940
as Wild Bill Saunders
The Goose and the Gander
1935
as Teddy
The Forty-Niners
1954
as Sam Nelson
Across the Sierras
1941
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Plastic Age
1925
as Athlete (uncredited)
The Truth About Youth
1930
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Stars Over Broadway
1935
as Minor Role
Two Against the World
1936
as News Commentator (uncredited)
Sweepstakes
1931
as Night Club Patron
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Bill Elliott
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)
- A Lost Lady (1934) — as Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939) — as Bootlegger (uncredited)
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