William Henry
Born: 1914-11-10 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1982-08-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
1974
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Thurmond
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Executive
- The Walls Have Eyes
1968
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Mr. Wilkerson
- Lancer
1967
1964
- Cheyenne Autumn as Infantry Captain (uncredited)
1962
- The Virginian as Player
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Gambler (uncredited)
- How the West Was Won as Staff Officer (uncredited)
- Flashing Spikes as Assistant Commissioner
1961
- Two Rode Together as Gambler (uncredited)
1960
- The Alamo as Dr. Sutherland
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Dave Holiday
- Bringing Up Buddy
- Sergeant Rutledge as Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
- Seven Ways from Sundown
1959
- Rawhide as Corporal
- The Rebel as Ab Jason
- The Horse Soldiers as Captain
- The Sunrise Gun as Sheriff Moss
1958
- Lawman
- Bat Masterson as Sheriff Griff Hanley
- Yancy Derringer as Fargo
- Behind Closed Doors as Herb Goodwin
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold as Travers
- The Last Hurrah as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
- The Female Animal as Delivery Man (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke in Tucson as Sheriff Will Blaine (as Bill Henry)
1957
- Trackdown
- 26 Men
- Harbor Command
- Spook Chasers as Harry Shelby
- Man Afraid as Reporter (uncredited)
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Callister aka Frank Carter
- The Harder They Fall as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
- Three Bad Sisters as Gans, the reporter
- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure as Policeman
- Uranium Boom as Joe McGinnus
1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Gunsmoke as Dave
- Highway Patrol
- Navy Log
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- Mister Roberts as Lt. Billings
- A Bullet for Joey as Michael (uncredited)
- New Orleans Uncensored as Joe Reilly
- A Life at Stake as Myles Norman
- Jungle Moon Men as Bob Prentice
- Paris Follies of 1956 as Wendell
1954
- Lassie
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- Passport to Danger
- Secret of the Incas as Phillip Lang
- Hollywood Thrill-Makers as Dave Wilson
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Barney
- Savage Frontier as Dan Longley
- Torpedo Alley as Instructor
- Marshal of Cedar Rock as Bill Anderson (as Bill Henry)
- Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders as Don Roberts
1952
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Gang Busters
- Thundering Caravans as Bert Cranston (as Bill Henry)
1951
1950
- The Cisco Kid as Jed Barton
- The Old Frontier as Doctor Tom Creighton
- Federal Man as Agent Phil Sherrin
- Motor Patrol as Officer Larry Collins
1949
- Death Valley Gunfighter as Keith Ames
1948
- Women in the Night as Major Von Arnheim
- The Denver Kid as Tim Roberts
- King of the Gamblers as Jerry Muller
1947
- Trail to San Antone as Rick Malloy
1946
- The Invisible Informer as Mike Reagan
- G.I. War Brides as Capt. Roger Kirby
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Steve Morgan
- The Fabulous Suzanne as William Harris
1944
- Going My Way as Doctor (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain as Charles Langdon
- The Lady and the Monster as Roger Collins
- The Navy Way as Malcolm Randall
- Silent Partner as Jeffrey Swales
- Call of the South Seas as Agent Paul Russell
1943
- Johnny Come Lately as Pete Dougherty
- Women in Bondage as Heinz Radtke (as Bill Henry)
- I Escaped from the Gestapo as Gordon
- Calaboose as Tom Pendergrast (as Bill Henry)
- Nearly Eighteen as Jack Leonard (as Bill Henry)
- Alaska Highway as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
- Tornado as Bob Ramsey
- Sarong Girl as Jeff Baxter
- False Faces as Don Westcott (as Bill Henry)
- His Girl's Worst Friend as Terry Kelly
- Socks Appeal as Terry Kelly
1942
- Sweater Girl as Happy Dudley
- Klondike Fury as Jim Armstrong (as Bill Henry)
- A Gentleman After Dark as Paul Rutherford
- Rubber Racketeers as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
- Stardust on the Sage as Jeff Drew
- The Great Glover as Terry Kelly
- Pardon My Stripes as Henry Platt
1941
- Blossoms in the Dust as Allan Keats
- Dance Hall as Joe Brooks
- Scattergood Meets Broadway as David Drew
1940
- Parole Fixer as Scott Britton
- Emergency Squad as Peter Barton
- Queen of the Mob as Bert Webster
- The Way of All Flesh as Paul Kriza Jr.
- Cherokee Strip as Tom Cross
- Jennie as George Schermer
1939
- Geronimo as Lt. John Steele, Jr.
- Television Spy as Douglas Cameron
- Ambush as Charlie Hartman
- The Arizona Wildcat as Donald Clark
- I'm from Missouri as Joel Streight
- Persons in Hiding as Agent Dan Waldron
1938
- Yellow Jack as Breen
- Four Men and a Prayer as Rodney Leigh
- A Man to Remember as Howard Sykes
- Campus Confessions as Wayne Atterbury, Jr.
1937
- Madame X as Hugh Fariman Jr.
- Double or Nothing as Egbert Clark
- Mama Runs Wild as Paul Fowler
- What Do You Think? as John Dough
1936
- Tarzan Escapes as Eric Parker
- The Perfect Set-Up as Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
- Exclusive Story as James Witherspoon Jr.
1935
- China Seas as Rockwell
- The Perfect Tribute as Soldier (uncredited)
- Society Doctor as Frank Snowden
1934
- The Thin Man as Gilbert Wynant
- A Wicked Woman as Curtis 'Curt' Stroud. aka Curtis Trice