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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-11-10 (110 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

William Henry

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).

Known For

Acting

1974

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D. as Executive

1968

Mayberry R.F.D. as Mr. Wilkerson

1967

1966

El Dorado as Sheriff Dodd Draper

1965

1964

Cheyenne Autumn as Infantry Captain (uncredited)

1962

How the West Was Won as Staff Officer (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Gambler (uncredited)
The Virginian as Player

1961

Two Rode Together as Gambler (uncredited)

1960

The Alamo as Dr. Sutherland
Sergeant Rutledge as Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)

1959

Rawhide as Corporal
The Rebel as Ab Jason
Rawhide as Corey
Rawhide as Bartender
Rawhide as Poker Player

1958

Gunsmoke in Tucson as Sheriff Will Blaine (as Bill Henry)
The Last Hurrah as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
The Female Animal as Delivery Man (uncredited)
Bat Masterson as Sheriff Griff Hanley
Behind Closed Doors as Herb Goodwin
Bat Masterson as Sheriff Brady

1957

Man Afraid as Reporter (uncredited)
Spook Chasers as Harry Shelby

1956

Three Bad Sisters as Gans, the reporter
Uranium Boom as Joe McGinnus
The Harder They Fall as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Callister aka Frank Carter
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Collard - Bartender

1955

A Life at Stake as Myles Norman
A Bullet for Joey as Michael (uncredited)
Jungle Moon Men as Bob Prentice
Mister Roberts as Lt. Billings
Gunsmoke as Dave
Gunsmoke as Feeney
Gunsmoke as Waiter

1954

Secret of the Incas as Phillip Lang

1953

Torpedo Alley as Instructor
Marshal of Cedar Rock as Bill Anderson (as Bill Henry)
Savage Frontier as Deputy Dan Longley (as Bill Henry)

1952

Thundering Caravans as Bert Cranston (as Bill Henry)

1951

Fury of the Congo as Ronald Cameron

1950

Federal Man as Agent Phil Sherrin
Motor Patrol as Officer Larry Collins
The Old Frontier as Doctor Tom Creighton

1949

1948

Women in the Night as Major Von Arnheim
The Denver Kid as Tim Roberts

1947

Trail to San Antone as Rick Malloy

1946

G.I. War Brides as Capt. Roger Kirby
The Invisible Informer as Mike Reagan
The Fabulous Suzanne as William Harris

1944

The Navy Way as Malcolm Randall
The Adventures of Mark Twain as Charles Langdon
The Lady and the Monster as Roger Collins
Silent Partner as Jeffrey Swales
Going My Way as Doctor (uncredited)
Call of the South Seas as Agent Paul Russell

1943

Women in Bondage as Heinz Radtke (as Bill Henry)
Tornado as Bob Ramsey
Sarong Girl as Jeff Baxter
Alaska Highway as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
Calaboose as Tom Pendergrast (as Bill Henry)
Johnny Come Lately as Pete Dougherty
Nearly Eighteen as Jack Leonard (as Bill Henry)
Socks Appeal as Terry Kelly
False Faces as Don Westcott (as Bill Henry)

1942

A Gentleman After Dark as Paul Rutherford
Sweater Girl as Happy Dudley
Klondike Fury as Jim Armstrong (as Bill Henry)
Rubber Racketeers as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
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

1940

Queen of the Mob as Bert Webster
Parole Fixer as Scott Britton
Cherokee Strip as Tom Cross
Emergency Squad as Peter Barton
The Way of All Flesh as Paul Kriza Jr.

1939

Television Spy as Douglas Cameron
Geronimo as Lt. John Steele, Jr.
The Arizona Wildcat as Donald Clark
Ambush as Charlie Hartman
Persons in Hiding as Agent Dan Waldron
I'm from Missouri as Joel Streight

1938

A Man to Remember as Howard Sykes
Four Men and a Prayer as Rodney Leigh
Campus Confessions as Wayne Atterbury, Jr.
Yellow Jack as Breen

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

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