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Bill Elliott‌

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Birthday

calendar1904-10-16

Popularity

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Bill Elliott

Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA

Bill Elliott

Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1904-10-16

Popularity

star2.6

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. Elliott's career thrived during and after the Red Ryder films, and he continued making B Westerns into the early 1950s. He also had his own radio show during the late 1940s. His final contract as a Western star was with Monogram Pictures, where budgets declined as the B Western lost its audience to television. When Monogram became Allied Artists Pictures Corporation in 1953, it phased out its Western productions, and Elliott finished out his contract playing a homicide detective in a series of five modern police dramas, his first non-Westerns since 1938. Elliott retired from films (except for a couple of TV Western pilots which were not picked up). He worked for a time as a spokesman for Viceroy cigarettes and hosted a local TV program in Las Vegas, Nevada, which featured many of his Western films.

Movie Credits

Jewel Robbery

Jewel Robbery‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

The Arizona Wildcat

The Arizona Wildcat‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Boots and Saddles

Boots and Saddles‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

Five and Ten

Five and Ten‌
star6.3
calendar 1931

Chain of Evidence

Chain of Evidence‌
star4.8
calendar 1957

Calling Homicide

Calling Homicide‌
star5.6
calendar 1956

Footsteps in the Night

Footsteps in the Night‌
star5.3
calendar 1957

One Hour with You

One Hour with You‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

Night After Night

Night After Night‌
star6.2
calendar 1932

Sudden Danger

Sudden Danger‌
star5.3
calendar 1955

The Showdown

The Showdown‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan‌
star5.6
calendar 1936

Michael O'Halloran

Michael O'Halloran‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Letter of Introduction

Letter of Introduction‌
star5.9
calendar 1938

Wonder Bar

Wonder Bar‌
star6.2
calendar 1934

The Return of Daniel Boone

The Return of Daniel Boone‌
star4.5
calendar 1941

The Goose and the Gander

The Goose and the Gander‌
star4.6
calendar 1935

The Case of the Velvet Claws

The Case of the Velvet Claws‌
star6.8
calendar 1936

The Savage Horde

The Savage Horde‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

Marshal of Reno

Marshal of Reno‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

Sheriff of Redwood Valley

Sheriff of Redwood Valley‌
star4.0
calendar 1946

San Antonio Kid

San Antonio Kid‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Tucson Raiders

Tucson Raiders‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Girl from 10th Avenue

The Girl from 10th Avenue‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

Broadway Scandals

Broadway Scandals‌
star6.0
calendar 1929

The Fabulous Texan

The Fabulous Texan‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

The Gallant Legion

The Gallant Legion‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

Melody for Two

Melody for Two‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

The Marshall of Trail City

The Marshall of Trail City‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

The Drop Kick

The Drop Kick‌
star5.0
calendar 1927

A Lost Lady

A Lost Lady‌
star6.1
calendar 1934

Dr. Socrates

Dr. Socrates‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Plainsman and the Lady

The Plainsman and the Lady‌
star3.0
calendar 1946

Swing It Professor

Swing It Professor‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Roll Along, Cowboy

Roll Along, Cowboy‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Boy of the Streets

Boy of the Streets‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

Love Takes Flight

Love Takes Flight‌
star3.0
calendar 1937

Polo Joe

Polo Joe‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Overland with Kit Carson

Overland with Kit Carson‌
star0.5
calendar 1939

The Man from Tumbleweeds

The Man from Tumbleweeds‌
star3.0
calendar 1940

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

The Private Life of Helen of Troy‌
star1.0
calendar 1927

Phantom of the Plains

Phantom of the Plains‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

The Valley of Vanishing Men

The Valley of Vanishing Men‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Dial Red O

Dial Red O‌
star4.9
calendar 1955

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

The Greeks Had a Word for Them‌
star4.8
calendar 1932

Bachelor's Affairs

Bachelor's Affairs‌
star1.0
calendar 1932

The Lady in the Morgue

The Lady in the Morgue‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

The Shamrock Handicap

The Shamrock Handicap‌
star5.1
calendar 1926

The Girl Said No

The Girl Said No‌
star5.5
calendar 1930

The Homesteaders

The Homesteaders‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Forty-Niners

The Forty-Niners‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

Murder by an Aristocrat

Murder by an Aristocrat‌
star3.0
calendar 1936

Lone Texas Ranger

Lone Texas Ranger‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Lord Byron of Broadway

Lord Byron of Broadway‌
star4.7
calendar 1930

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend‌
star5.3
calendar 1928

Restless Youth

Restless Youth‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

The Return of Wild Bill

The Return of Wild Bill‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Fargo

Fargo‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

Part Time Wife

Part Time Wife‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Hellfire

Hellfire‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

God's Gift to Women

God's Gift to Women‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

Let's Do Things

Let's Do Things‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse‌
star4.6
calendar 1934

Broadminded

Broadminded‌
star3.7
calendar 1931

You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything‌
star5.7
calendar 1937

Traveling Husbands

Traveling Husbands‌
star4.0
calendar 1931

Broadway Gondolier

Broadway Gondolier‌
star5.4
calendar 1935

Death Valley Manhunt

Death Valley Manhunt‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Hands Across the Rockies

Hands Across the Rockies‌
star7.2
calendar 1941

Bordertown Gun Fighters

Bordertown Gun Fighters‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

The Right to Live

The Right to Live‌
star5.1
calendar 1935

Broadway Hostess

Broadway Hostess‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes‌
star4.5
calendar 1931

The Great Divide

The Great Divide‌
star5.0
calendar 1929

Fugitive in the Sky

Fugitive in the Sky‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Desirable

Desirable‌
star7.3
calendar 1934

Sunny

Sunny‌
star4.0
calendar 1930

Going Wild

Going Wild‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

The Case of the Black Cat

The Case of the Black Cat‌
star6.6
calendar 1936

Dangerous

Dangerous‌
star6.7
calendar 1935

Personal Maid's Secret

Personal Maid's Secret‌
star5.5
calendar 1935

Hidden Valley Outlaws

Hidden Valley Outlaws‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Stage Mother

Stage Mother‌
star5.0
calendar 1933

Stars Over Broadway

Stars Over Broadway‌
star5.2
calendar 1935

The Big Noise

The Big Noise‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Guns of the Pecos

Guns of the Pecos‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

The Public Defender

The Public Defender‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

Night Parade

Night Parade‌
star3.5
calendar 1929

Born to Love

Born to Love‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

Vigilantes of Dodge City

Vigilantes of Dodge City‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

King of Hockey

King of Hockey‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

The Son of Davy Crockett

The Son of Davy Crockett‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties‌
star7.5
calendar 1939

Across the Sierras

Across the Sierras‌
star2.2
calendar 1941

Sheriff of Las Vegas

Sheriff of Las Vegas‌
star4.5
calendar 1944

While the Patient Slept

While the Patient Slept‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

Lady with a Past

Lady with a Past‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

Prairie Gunsmoke

Prairie Gunsmoke‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Frontiers of '49

Frontiers of '49‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Midnight Court

Midnight Court‌
star4.8
calendar 1937

The Devil's Trail

The Devil's Trail‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

The Mummy

The Mummy‌
star6.8
calendar 1932

Pioneers of the Frontier

Pioneers of the Frontier‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Traveling Saleslady

Traveling Saleslady‌
star5.9
calendar 1935

Man of Iron

Man of Iron‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

The Wildcat of Tucson

The Wildcat of Tucson‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Wagon Tracks West

Wagon Tracks West‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Prairie Schooners

Prairie Schooners‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Trailin' West

Trailin' West‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

The Secret Bride

The Secret Bride‌
star6.3
calendar 1934

The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red‌
star6.1
calendar 1935

Handlebars

Handlebars‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

Calling Wild Bill Elliott‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Moonlight on the Prairie

Moonlight on the Prairie‌
star5.5
calendar 1935

The Payoff

The Payoff‌
star4.9
calendar 1935

Down the Stretch

Down the Stretch‌
star5.5
calendar 1936

In Old Sacramento

In Old Sacramento‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

The Little Giant

The Little Giant‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933‌
star7.2
calendar 1933

Waco

Waco‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Kansas Territory

Kansas Territory‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Maverick

The Maverick‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Wife, Doctor and Nurse‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Delicious

Delicious‌
star6.2
calendar 1931

A Night at the Ritz

A Night at the Ritz‌
star3.0
calendar 1935

Beyond the Sacramento

Beyond the Sacramento‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Bright Lights

Bright Lights‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

The Truth About Youth

The Truth About Youth‌
star5.7
calendar 1930

Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce‌
star5.9
calendar 1927

Vengeance of the West

Vengeance of the West‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

The Longhorn

The Longhorn‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

Marshal of Laredo

Marshal of Laredo‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Cheyenne Wildcat

Cheyenne Wildcat‌
star4.0
calendar 1944

Great Stagecoach Robbery

Great Stagecoach Robbery‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Colorado Pioneers

Colorado Pioneers‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Wagon Wheels Westward

Wagon Wheels Westward‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Sun Valley Cyclone

Sun Valley Cyclone‌
star5.0
calendar 1946

Conquest of Cheyenne

Conquest of Cheyenne‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

The Man from Thunder River

The Man from Thunder River‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

North of the Rockies

North of the Rockies‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

North from the Lone Star

North from the Lone Star‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Roaring Frontiers

Roaring Frontiers‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

The Lone Star Vigilantes

The Lone Star Vigilantes‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

She Who Gets Slapped

She Who Gets Slapped‌
star8.0
calendar 1930

Bullets for Bandits

Bullets for Bandits‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Overland Mail Robbery

Overland Mail Robbery‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

King of Dodge City

King of Dodge City‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Mojave Firebrand

Mojave Firebrand‌
star3.0
calendar 1944

Bells of Rosarita

Bells of Rosarita‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

The Road to Reno

The Road to Reno‌
star3.0
calendar 1931

Wyoming

Wyoming‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

Old Los Angeles

Old Los Angeles‌
star5.5
calendar 1948

The Last Bandit

The Last Bandit‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Rebel City

Rebel City‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Topeka

Topeka‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Vigilante Terror

Vigilante Terror‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Bitter Creek

Bitter Creek‌
star6.3
calendar 1954

Tank Patrol

Tank Patrol‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

Left Over Ladies

Left Over Ladies‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Working Girls

Working Girls‌
star6.2
calendar 1931

Party Husband

Party Husband‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?‌
star5.7
calendar 1975

What Men Want

What Men Want‌
star1.0
calendar 1930

Murder in the Clouds

Murder in the Clouds‌
star4.7
calendar 1934

The Plastic Age

The Plastic Age‌
star5.8
calendar 1925

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

It's Showtime

It's Showtime‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

The Case of the Howling Dog

The Case of the Howling Dog‌
star6.5
calendar 1934

'G' Men

'G' Men‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory‌
star6.3
calendar 1935

The Rich Are Always with Us

The Rich Are Always with Us‌
star5.2
calendar 1932

The Keyhole

The Keyhole‌
star4.9
calendar 1933

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

Scarface

Scarface‌
star7.5
calendar 1932

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

Two Against the World

Two Against the World‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

China Clipper

China Clipper‌
star5.6
calendar 1936

The Merry Frinks

The Merry Frinks‌
star3.7
calendar 1934

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ‌
star7.3
calendar 1925

Go Into Your Dance

Go Into Your Dance‌
star7.5
calendar 1935

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell‌
star6.4
calendar 1932

A Successful Calamity

A Successful Calamity‌
star5.2
calendar 1932

The Taming of the West

The Taming of the West‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Smarty

Smarty‌
star4.0
calendar 1934

Private Detective 62

Private Detective 62‌
star5.9
calendar 1933

Napoleon, Jr.

Napoleon, Jr.‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Tv Credits

Adam-12

Adam-12‌
star7.1
calendar 1968