Bill Elliott
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October 16, 1904
Day of Death: November 26, 1965 (61 years old)
Place of Birth: Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wild Bill Elliott (October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. By 1925, he was getting occasional extra work in films. He took classes at the Pasadena Playhouse and appeared in a few stage roles there. By 1927, he had made his first Western, The Arizona Wildcat, playing his first featured role. Several co-starring roles followed, and he renamed himself Gordon Elliott. But as the studios made the transition to sound films, he slipped back into roles as an extra and bit parts, as in Broadway Scandals, in 1929. For the next eight years, he appeared in over a hundred films for various studios, but almost always in unbilled parts as an extra. Elliott began to be noticed in some minor B Westerns, enough so that Columbia Pictures offered him the title role in a serial, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938). The serial was so successful, and Elliott so personable, that Columbia promoted him to starring in his own series of Western features, replacing Columbia's number-two cowboy star Robert "Tex" Allen. Henceforth Gordon Elliott would be known as Bill Elliott. Within two years, he was among the Motion Picture Herald's Top Ten Western Stars, where he would remain for the next 15 years. In 1943, Elliott signed with Republic Pictures, which cast him in a series of Westerns alongside George "Gabby" Hayes. The first of these, Calling Wild Bill Elliott, gave Elliott the name by which he would be best known and by which he would be billed almost exclusively for the rest of his career. Following several films in which both actor and character shared the name Wild Bill Elliott, he took the role for which he would be best remembered, that of Red Ryder in a series of sixteen movies about the famous comic strip cowboy and his young Indian companion, Little Beaver (played in Elliott's films by Bobby Blake). Elliott played the role for only two years but would forever be associated with it. Elliott's trademark was a pair of six guns worn butt-forward in their holsters. Elliott's career thrived during and after the Red Ryder films, and he continued making B Westerns into the early 1950s. He also had his own radio show during the late 1940s. His final contract as a Western star was with Monogram Pictures, where budgets declined as the B Western lost its audience to television. When Monogram became Allied Artists Pictures Corporation in 1953, it phased out its Western productions, and Elliott finished out his contract playing a homicide detective in a series of five modern police dramas, his first non-Westerns since 1938. Elliott retired from films (except for a couple of TV Western pilots which were not picked up). He worked for a time as a spokesman for Viceroy cigarettes and hosted a local TV program in Las Vegas, Nevada, which featured many of his Western films.
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Actor Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Phantom of the Plains
Actor Red Ryder
Lone Texas Ranger
Actor Red Ryder
Marshal of Laredo
Actor Red Ryder
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Actor Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Colorado Pioneers
Actor Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Wagon Wheels Westward
Actor Wild Bill Elliott
Bells of Rosarita
1944
Actor Red Ryder
Marshal of Reno
Actor Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
San Antonio Kid
Actor Red Ryder
Tucson Raiders
Actor Bill Elliott
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Actor Red Ryder
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Actor Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Actor Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Cheyenne Wildcat
Actor Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Mojave Firebrand
1943
Actor Marshal Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Death Valley Manhunt
Actor Wild Bill Elliott
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Actor Wild Bill Elliott
Wagon Tracks West
Actor Wild Bill Elliott
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Actor Wild Bill Elliott
The Man from Thunder River
Actor Wild Bill Elliott
Overland Mail Robbery
1942
Actor Wild Bill Tolliver
The Valley of Vanishing Men
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Prairie Gunsmoke
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Devil's Trail
Actor Joaquin Murietta aka The Black Shadow
Vengeance of the West
Actor Sergeant Bill Cameron
North of the Rockies
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
The Lone Star Vigilantes
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok / Prince Katey
Bullets for Bandits
1941
Actor Wild Bill Boone
The Return of Daniel Boone
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Hands Across the Rockies
Actor Dave Crockett
The Son of Davy Crockett
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Across the Sierras
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
North from the Lone Star
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Roaring Frontiers
Actor 'Wild' Bill Hickok
King of Dodge City
Actor Bluey
Tank Patrol
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1938
1937
Actor Jim Neale
Boots and Saddles
Actor Little Lord Fauntleroy (uncredited)
Michael O'Halloran
Actor Walter Wilson
Melody for Two
Actor Randall
Swing It Professor
Actor Odie Fenton
Roll Along, Cowboy
Actor Bill Parker
Love Takes Flight
Actor Lulu's Bathing Companion (uncredited)
You Can't Have Everything
Actor City Attorney Seabrook
Midnight Court
Actor Bruce Thomas
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1936
Actor Kenneth Martin
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Actor Carl Griffin
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Actor Don Trumbeau
Polo Joe
Actor Dave Thatcher (as Gordon Elliott)
Murder by an Aristocrat
Actor Ramon Duval
Fugitive in the Sky
Actor Sam Laxter
The Case of the Black Cat
Actor Sharp, Board of Directors Member (uncredited)
The Big Noise
Actor Wellman, a Dude
Guns of the Pecos
Actor 2nd Radio Announcer
King of Hockey
Actor Jefferson Duane
Trailin' West
Actor Robert Bates
Down the Stretch
Actor Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Actor News Commentator (uncredited)
Two Against the World
Actor Pilot (uncredited)
China Clipper
1935
Actor Teddy
The Goose and the Gander
Actor James, Clerk at College Club
The Girl from 10th Avenue
Actor Tom Collins - Greer's Associate
Dr. Socrates
Actor Reporter
Broadway Gondolier
Actor Wedding Guest
The Right to Live
Actor Playboy in 'Playboy of Paree' Number (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
Actor
Dangerous
Actor Warren Sherrill
Personal Maid's Secret
Actor Minor Role
Stars Over Broadway
Actor Bank Teller (uncredited)
While the Patient Slept
Actor Freddie
Traveling Saleslady
Actor Charlie Fagan
Man of Iron
Actor Stuart Wyatt
The Woman in Red
Actor Jeff Holt
Moonlight on the Prairie
Actor Maxine's Casino Escort (uncredited)
The Payoff
Actor Vincent's Assistant (uncredited)
A Night at the Ritz
Actor Backstage Actor
Bright Lights
Actor Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
'G' Men
Actor Reporter (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Actor Jackson's Secretary / Dorothy's Dance Partner
Go Into Your Dance
1934
Actor Norman (uncredited)
Wonder Bar
Actor Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)
A Lost Lady
Actor Male Nurse
Registered Nurse
Actor Party Guest
Desirable
Actor Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
The Secret Bride
Actor Lt. Saunders
Murder in the Clouds
Actor Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
Actor Dancer (uncredited)
The Merry Frinks
Actor Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Smarty
1933
Actor Party Guest (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
Actor Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest
Stage Mother
Actor Bicyclist (uncredited)
Handlebars
Actor Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
The Little Giant
Actor Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Actor New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Actor Partygoer (uncredited)
The Keyhole
Actor Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Private Detective 62
Actor Party Guest (uncredited)
Cocktail Hour
Actor Night Club Patron
Made on Broadway
1932
Actor Policeman Following Blonde (uncredited)
Jewel Robbery
Actor Party Guest (uncredited)
One Hour with You
Actor Escort (uncredited)
Night After Night
Actor Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Actor Ship's Passenger / Dance Extra (uncredited)
Bachelor's Affairs
Actor Alex Brown (Uncredited)
Lady with a Past
Actor Party Guest (uncredited)
The Mummy
Actor Bit Role
Vanity Fair
Actor Gambler (uncredited)
The Rich Are Always with Us
Actor Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Scarface
Actor Party Guest (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Actor Polo Player (uncredited)
A Successful Calamity
1931
Actor Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Five and Ten
Actor Minor Role (uncredited)
God's Gift to Women
Actor Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Let's Do Things
Actor Hotel Guest on Veranda
Broadminded
Actor Hotel Dining Room Guest
Traveling Husbands
Actor Night Club Patron
Sweepstakes
Actor Country Club Guest
The Public Defender
Actor Hotel Dancer (uncredited)
Born to Love
Actor Larry's Friend
Delicious
Actor Party Boy
The Road to Reno
Actor Escort (uncredited)
Left Over Ladies
Actor Dance Extra / Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Working Girls
Actor Wedding Party Guest
Party Husband
Actor Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Blonde Crazy
Actor Ann's Beau (uncredited)
Platinum Blonde
1930
Actor Wedding Guest
The Girl Said No
Actor Party-Goer
Lord Byron of Broadway
Actor Golfer (uncredited)
Part Time Wife
Actor One of Tom's War Buddies
Sunny
Actor Physical Exam Onlooker
Going Wild
Actor
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Actor Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Truth About Youth
Actor Poker Player
She Who Gets Slapped
Actor Party Boy
What Men Want
Actor Gangster
She Couldn't Say No
