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
1972
- Emergency! as 2nd Captain
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)
- The Best Man as Reporter (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 Case of the Dangerous Robin as Dave Holiday
- The Alamo as Dr. Sutherland
- Bringing Up Buddy
- Seven Ways from Sundown
- Sergeant Rutledge as Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
1959
- Rawhide as Corporal
- The Rebel as Ab Jason
- The Horse Soldiers as Captain
1958
- Lawman
- Bat Masterson as Sheriff Griff Hanley
- Yancy Derringer as Fargo
- Behind Closed Doors as Herb Goodwin
- The Last Hurrah as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold as Travers
- The Female Animal as Delivery Man (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke in Tucson as Sheriff Will Blaine (as Bill Henry)
1957
- Trackdown
- 26 Men
- Harbor Command
- The Wings of Eagles as Naval Aide (uncredited)
- Man Afraid as Reporter (uncredited)
- Spook Chasers as Harry Shelby
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Callister aka Frank Carter
- The Harder They Fall as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure as Policeman
- Uranium Boom as Joe McGinnus
- Three Bad Sisters as Gans, the reporter
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 Lieutenant Billings
- A Bullet for Joey as Michael (uncredited)
- A Life at Stake as Myles Norman
- Paris Follies of 1956 as Wendell
- New Orleans Uncensored as Joe Reilly
- Jungle Moon Men as Bob Prentice
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
- Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders as Don Roberts
- Marshal of Cedar Rock as Bill Anderson (as Bill Henry)
- Torpedo Alley as Instructor
- Savage Frontier as Dan Longley
1952
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- Gang Busters
- What Price Glory as Holsen (uncredited)
- Thundering Caravans as Bert Cranston (as Bill Henry)
1951
1950
- The Cisco Kid as Jed Barton
- Federal Man as Agent Phil Sherrin
- Motor Patrol as Officer Larry Collins
- The Old Frontier as Doctor Tom Creighton
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Sheriff (uncredited)
- Death Valley Gunfighter as Keith Ames
1948
- Women in the Night as Major Von Arnheim
- King of the Gamblers as Jerry Muller
- The Denver Kid as Tim Roberts
1947
- Trail to San Antone as Rick Malloy
1946
- G.I. War Brides as Capt. Roger Kirby
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Steve Morgan
- The Fabulous Suzanne as William Harris
- The Invisible Informer as Mike Reagan
1944
- Going My Way as Doctor (uncredited)
- The Lady and the Monster as Roger Collins
- The Adventures of Mark Twain as Charles Langdon
- Call of the South Seas as Agent Paul Russell
- Silent Partner as Jeffrey Swales
- The Navy Way as Malcolm Randall
1943
- I Escaped from the Gestapo as Gordon
- Sarong Girl as Jeff Baxter
- Calaboose as Tom Pendergrast (as Bill Henry)
- Women in Bondage as Heinz Radtke (as Bill Henry)
- Alaska Highway as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
- Johnny Come Lately as Pete Dougherty
- Tornado as Bob Ramsey
- False Faces as Don Westcott (as Bill Henry)
- Socks Appeal as Terry Kelly
- His Girl's Worst Friend as Terry Kelly
- Nearly Eighteen as Jack Leonard (as Bill Henry)
1942
- Rubber Racketeers as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
- A Gentleman After Dark as Paul Rutherford
- Stardust on the Sage as Jeff Drew
- Sweater Girl as Happy Dudley
- Pardon My Stripes as Henry Platt
- The Great Glover as Terry Kelly
- Klondike Fury as Jim Armstrong (as Bill Henry)
1941
- Blossoms in the Dust as Allan Keats
- Scattergood Meets Broadway as David Drew
- Dance Hall as Joe Brooks
1940
- 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
- Emergency Squad as Peter Barton
- Parole Fixer as Scott Britton
1939
- Ambush as Charlie Hartman
- Television Spy as Douglas Cameron
- I'm from Missouri as Joel Streight
- The Arizona Wildcat as Donald Clark
- Geronimo as Lt. John Steele, Jr.
- Persons in Hiding as Agent Dan Waldron
1938
- Four Men and a Prayer as Rodney Leigh
- A Man to Remember as Howard Sykes
- Campus Confessions as Wayne Atterbury, Jr.
- Yellow Jack as Breen
1937
- Double or Nothing as Egbert Clark
- Madame X as Hugh Fariman Jr.
- What Do You Think? as John Dough
- Mama Runs Wild as Paul Fowler
1936
- Tarzan Escapes as Eric Parker
- The Perfect Set-Up as Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
- Exclusive Story as James Witherspoon Jr.
1935
- Society Doctor as Frank Snowden
- China Seas as Rockwell
- The Perfect Tribute as Soldier (uncredited)
1934
- The Thin Man as Gilbert Wynant
- A Wicked Woman as Curtis 'Curt' Stroud. aka Curtis Trice
1933
- Adorable as Minor Role (uncredited)