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
- Lancer
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Mr. Wilkerson
1967
1964
- Cheyenne Autumn as Infantry Captain (uncredited)
1962
- The Virginian as Player
- How the West Was Won as Staff Officer (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Gambler (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
- The Rebel as Ab Jason
- Rawhide as Corporal
- 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 Female Animal as Delivery Man (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke in Tucson as Sheriff Will Blaine (as Bill Henry)
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold as Travers
1957
- Trackdown
- Harbor Command
- 26 Men
- 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)
- Uranium Boom as Joe McGinnus
- Three Bad Sisters as Gans, the reporter
- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure as Policeman
1955
- Gunsmoke as Dave
- Highway Patrol
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Navy Log
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- Mister Roberts as Lt. Billings
- A Life at Stake as Myles Norman
- A Bullet for Joey as Michael (uncredited)
- 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
- Torpedo Alley as Instructor
- Marshal of Cedar Rock as Bill Anderson (as Bill Henry)
- Savage Frontier as Dan Longley
- Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders as Don Roberts
1952
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- Gang Busters
- Thundering Caravans as Bert Cranston (as Bill Henry)
1951
1950
- The Cisco Kid as Jed Barton
- Motor Patrol as Officer Larry Collins
- Federal Man as Agent Phil Sherrin
- The Old Frontier as Doctor Tom Creighton
1949
- Death Valley Gunfighter as Keith Ames
1948
- The Denver Kid as Tim Roberts
- Women in the Night as Major Von Arnheim
- King of the Gamblers as Jerry Muller
1947
- Trail to San Antone as Rick Malloy
1946
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Steve Morgan
- G.I. War Brides as Capt. Roger Kirby
- The Fabulous Suzanne as William Harris
- The Invisible Informer as Mike Reagan
1944
- Going My Way as Doctor (uncredited)
- Silent Partner as Jeffrey Swales
- The Adventures of Mark Twain as Charles Langdon
- The Lady and the Monster as Roger Collins
- The Navy Way as Malcolm Randall
- Call of the South Seas as Agent Paul Russell
1943
- Women in Bondage as Heinz Radtke (as Bill Henry)
- Johnny Come Lately as Pete Dougherty
- Alaska Highway as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
- Sarong Girl as Jeff Baxter
- Calaboose as Tom Pendergrast (as Bill Henry)
- I Escaped from the Gestapo as Gordon
- False Faces as Don Westcott (as Bill Henry)
- Nearly Eighteen as Jack Leonard (as Bill Henry)
- Tornado as Bob Ramsey
- Socks Appeal as Terry Kelly
- His Girl's Worst Friend as Terry Kelly
1942
- Sweater Girl as Happy Dudley
- Rubber Racketeers as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
- A Gentleman After Dark as Paul Rutherford
- The Great Glover as Terry Kelly
- Stardust on the Sage as Jeff Drew
- Pardon My Stripes as Henry Platt
- 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
- Emergency Squad as Peter Barton
- Parole Fixer as Scott Britton
- Jennie as George Schermer
- Queen of the Mob as Bert Webster
- Cherokee Strip as Tom Cross
- The Way of All Flesh as Paul Kriza Jr.
1939
- Geronimo as Lt. John Steele, Jr.
- Television Spy as Douglas Cameron
- The Arizona Wildcat as Donald Clark
- Persons in Hiding as Agent Dan Waldron
- I'm from Missouri as Joel Streight
- Ambush as Charlie Hartman
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
- What Do You Think? as John Dough
- Mama Runs Wild as Paul Fowler
1936
- Tarzan Escapes as Eric Parker
- Exclusive Story as James Witherspoon Jr.
- The Perfect Set-Up as Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
1935
- China Seas as Rockwell
- Society Doctor as Frank Snowden
- The Perfect Tribute as Soldier (uncredited)
1934
- The Thin Man as Gilbert Wynant
- A Wicked Woman as Curtis 'Curt' Stroud. aka Curtis Trice