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
- Sergeant Rutledge as Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
- The Alamo as Dr. Sutherland
- Seven Ways from Sundown
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Dave Holiday
- Bringing Up Buddy
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
- The Last Hurrah as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke in Tucson as Sheriff Will Blaine (as Bill Henry)
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold as Travers
- The Female Animal as Delivery Man (uncredited)
- Yancy Derringer as Fargo
- Behind Closed Doors as Herb Goodwin
1957
- Trackdown
- 26 Men
- Harbor Command
- Man Afraid as Reporter (uncredited)
- Spook Chasers as Harry Shelby
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Callister aka Frank Carter
- Uranium Boom as Joe McGinnus
- Three Bad Sisters as Gans, the reporter
- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure as Policeman
- The Harder They Fall as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
1955
- Gunsmoke as Dave
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Mister Roberts as Lt. Billings
- Highway Patrol
- Navy Log
- A Life at Stake as Myles Norman
- A Bullet for Joey as Michael (uncredited)
- Jungle Moon Men as Bob Prentice
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- New Orleans Uncensored as Joe Reilly
- Paris Follies of 1956 as Wendell
1954
- Lassie
- Secret of the Incas as Phillip Lang
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- Hollywood Thrill-Makers as Dave Wilson
- Passport to Danger
1953
- Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders as Don Roberts
- Marshal of Cedar Rock as Bill Anderson (as Bill Henry)
- Letter to Loretta as Barney
- Torpedo Alley as Instructor
- Savage Frontier as Dan Longley
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
- The Denver Kid as Tim Roberts
- Women in the Night as Major Von Arnheim
1947
- Trail to San Antone as Rick Malloy
1946
- The Fabulous Suzanne as William Harris
- G.I. War Brides as Capt. Roger Kirby
- The Invisible Informer as Mike Reagan
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Steve Morgan
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
- False Faces as Don Westcott (as Bill Henry)
- Tornado as Bob Ramsey
- Nearly Eighteen as Jack Leonard (as Bill Henry)
- Calaboose as Tom Pendergrast (as Bill Henry)
- I Escaped from the Gestapo as Gordon
- Johnny Come Lately as Pete Dougherty
- Women in Bondage as Heinz Radtke (as Bill Henry)
- Sarong Girl as Jeff Baxter
- His Girl's Worst Friend as Terry Kelly
- Alaska Highway as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
- Socks Appeal as Terry Kelly
1942
- Sweater Girl as Happy Dudley
- Stardust on the Sage as Jeff Drew
- A Gentleman After Dark as Paul Rutherford
- Pardon My Stripes as Henry Platt
- Klondike Fury as Jim Armstrong (as Bill Henry)
- The Great Glover as Terry Kelly
- Rubber Racketeers as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
1941
- Scattergood Meets Broadway as David Drew
- Blossoms in the Dust as Allan Keats
- Dance Hall as Joe Brooks
1940
- Parole Fixer as Scott Britton
- Cherokee Strip as Tom Cross
- Queen of the Mob as Bert Webster
- Emergency Squad as Peter Barton
- The Way of All Flesh as Paul Kriza Jr.
1939
- Ambush as Charlie Hartman
- Persons in Hiding as Agent Dan Waldron
- Television Spy as Douglas Cameron
- Geronimo as Lt. John Steele, Jr.
- I'm from Missouri as Joel Streight
- The Arizona Wildcat as Donald Clark
1938
- Four Men and a Prayer as Rodney Leigh
- Yellow Jack as Breen
- 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
- Exclusive Story as James Witherspoon Jr.
- Tarzan Escapes as Eric Parker
- The Perfect Set-Up as Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
1935
- China Seas as Rockwell
- The Perfect Tribute as Soldier (uncredited)
- Society Doctor as Frank Snowden
1934
- A Wicked Woman as Curtis 'Curt' Stroud. aka Curtis Trice
- The Thin Man as Gilbert Wynant