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Bill Elliott
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Bill Elliott
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-10-16,Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.5

Jewel Robbery
1932-07-08

The Arizona Wildcat

0

The Arizona Wildcat
1927-11-20

Boots and Saddles

4

Boots and Saddles
1937-10-04

6.3

Five and Ten
1931-06-13

Chain of Evidence

4.8

Chain of Evidence
1957-01-06

Calling Homicide

5.7

Calling Homicide
1956-09-30

Footsteps in the Night

5.25

Footsteps in the Night
1957-04-14

One Hour with You

6.5

One Hour with You
1932-03-23

6.9

Midnight Mary
1933-06-30

Night After Night

6.1

Night After Night
1932-10-29

5.3

Sudden Danger
1955-12-14

5.2

The Showdown
1950-08-15

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

5.6

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936-01-11

Michael O'Halloran

0

Michael O'Halloran
1937-05-15

Letter of Introduction

5.9

Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05

6.132

Wonder Bar
1934-03-31

The Return of Daniel Boone

4.5

The Return of Daniel Boone
1941-05-07

The Goose and the Gander

4.6

The Goose and the Gander
1935-09-21

The Case of the Velvet Claws

6.8

The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936-07-03

The Savage Horde

5.8

The Savage Horde
1950-05-22

Marshal of Reno

7

Marshal of Reno
1944-07-02

Sheriff of Redwood Valley

4

Sheriff of Redwood Valley
1946-03-29

San Antonio Kid

0

San Antonio Kid
1944-08-16

0

Tucson Raiders
1944-05-14

The Girl from 10th Avenue

6.5

The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935-06-01

Broadway Scandals

6

Broadway Scandals
1929-11-10

The Fabulous Texan

4

The Fabulous Texan
1947-11-09

The Gallant Legion

7

The Gallant Legion
1948-05-24

0

Melody for Two
1937-05-01

The Marshall of Trail City

5

The Marshall of Trail City
1950-05-10

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

0

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938-06-30

5

The Drop Kick
1927-09-25

6.1

A Lost Lady
1934-09-29

6.4

Dr. Socrates
1935-10-19

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

9

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976-05-01

The Plainsman and the Lady

3

The Plainsman and the Lady
1946-11-11

Swing It Professor

0

Swing It Professor
1937-03-13

Roll Along, Cowboy

5

Roll Along, Cowboy
1937-10-18

Boy of the Streets

5

Boy of the Streets
1938-01-08

Love Takes Flight

3

Love Takes Flight
1937-11-05

0

Polo Joe
1936-11-04

Overland with Kit Carson

0.5

Overland with Kit Carson
1939-07-21

The Man from Tumbleweeds

3

The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940-05-02

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

3.5

The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927-12-09

Phantom of the Plains

0

Phantom of the Plains
1945-09-07

The Valley of Vanishing Men

0

The Valley of Vanishing Men
1942-12-17

5.214

Dial Red O
1955-03-13

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

4.8

The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932-02-03

Bachelor's Affairs

1

Bachelor's Affairs
1932-06-26

The Lady in the Morgue

6

The Lady in the Morgue
1938-04-22

The Shamrock Handicap

5.1

The Shamrock Handicap
1926-05-02

The Girl Said No

5.5

The Girl Said No
1930-03-15

The Homesteaders

7

The Homesteaders
1953-03-22

The Forty-Niners

5.2

The Forty-Niners
1954-07-30

Murder by an Aristocrat

3

Murder by an Aristocrat
1936-06-13

Lone Texas Ranger

6

Lone Texas Ranger
1945-05-20

Lord Byron of Broadway

4.7

Lord Byron of Broadway
1930-02-28

5.3

The Boy Friend
1928-11-10

0

Restless Youth
1928-11-30

The Return of Wild Bill

0

The Return of Wild Bill
1940-06-26

6.5

Fargo
1952-09-07

0

Part Time Wife
1930-11-30

5.818

Hellfire
1949-05-29

God's Gift to Women

5

God's Gift to Women
1931-04-13

Let's Do Things

0

Let's Do Things
1931-06-06

Registered Nurse

4.6

Registered Nurse
1934-04-06

3.7

Broadminded
1931-08-01

You Can't Have Everything

5.7

You Can't Have Everything
1937-08-02

Traveling Husbands

4

Traveling Husbands
1931-08-15

Broadway Gondolier

5.4

Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27

Death Valley Manhunt

5

Death Valley Manhunt
1943-11-25

Hands Across the Rockies

7.2

Hands Across the Rockies
1941-06-19

Bordertown Gun Fighters

0

Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943-07-08

The Right to Live

5.1

The Right to Live
1935-01-26

Broadway Hostess

5.2

Broadway Hostess
1935-12-07

4.5

Sweepstakes
1931-07-10

The Great Divide

4.8

The Great Divide
1929-09-15

Fugitive in the Sky

6

Fugitive in the Sky
1936-11-28

7.3

Desirable
1934-09-08

5

Sunny
1930-11-09

6

Going Wild
1930-12-21

The Case of the Black Cat

6.6

The Case of the Black Cat
1936-10-31

6.7

Dangerous
1935-12-25

Personal Maid's Secret

5.5

Personal Maid's Secret
1935-10-26

Hidden Valley Outlaws

0

Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944-04-01

5

Stage Mother
1933-09-29

Stars Over Broadway

5.2

Stars Over Broadway
1935-11-23

5

The Big Noise
1936-06-22

Guns of the Pecos

6.2

Guns of the Pecos
1936-12-28

The Public Defender

6

The Public Defender
1931-08-01

3.5

Night Parade
1929-10-27

5

Born to Love
1931-04-17

Vigilantes of Dodge City

0

Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944-11-15

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

5

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930-05-02

5

King of Hockey
1936-12-19

The Son of Davy Crockett

0

The Son of Davy Crockett
1941-07-15

The Roaring Twenties

7.5

The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28

Across the Sierras

2.2

Across the Sierras
1941-02-13

Sheriff of Las Vegas

4.5

Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944-12-31

While the Patient Slept

6.4

While the Patient Slept
1935-03-09

Lady with a Past

5.8

Lady with a Past
1932-02-19

Prairie Gunsmoke

0

Prairie Gunsmoke
1942-07-16

Frontiers of '49

0

Frontiers of '49
1939-01-19

4.8

Midnight Court
1937-03-06

The Devil's Trail

5

The Devil's Trail
1942-05-14

6.7

The Mummy
1932-12-22

Pioneers of the Frontier

0

Pioneers of the Frontier
1940-02-14

Traveling Saleslady

5.9

Traveling Saleslady
1935-03-28

6

Man of Iron
1935-12-21

The Wildcat of Tucson

0

The Wildcat of Tucson
1940-12-31

Wagon Tracks West

0

Wagon Tracks West
1943-08-18

Prairie Schooners

6

Prairie Schooners
1940-09-29

0

Trailin' West
1936-09-04

The Secret Bride

6.3

The Secret Bride
1934-12-22

The Woman in Red

6.1

The Woman in Red
1935-02-16

5.5

Handlebars
1933-08-26

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

6

Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943-04-30

Moonlight on the Prairie

5.5

Moonlight on the Prairie
1935-11-02

4.9

The Payoff
1935-01-09

Down the Stretch

5.5

Down the Stretch
1936-09-18

In Old Sacramento

6

In Old Sacramento
1946-05-31

The Little Giant

6.8

The Little Giant
1933-05-20

Gold Diggers of 1933

7.2

Gold Diggers of 1933
1933-05-27

0

Waco
1952-02-24

Kansas Territory

0

Kansas Territory
1952-05-04

0

The Maverick
1952-12-14

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

6

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937-09-17

6.2

Delicious
1931-12-27

A Night at the Ritz

3

A Night at the Ritz
1935-03-23

Beyond the Sacramento

0

Beyond the Sacramento
1940-11-11

4.5

Bright Lights
1935-07-27

The Truth About Youth

5.7

The Truth About Youth
1930-11-03

Children of Divorce

5.9

Children of Divorce
1927-04-25

Vengeance of the West

0

Vengeance of the West
1942-08-16

5.7

The Longhorn
1951-11-25

Marshal of Laredo

0

Marshal of Laredo
1945-10-06

Cheyenne Wildcat

4

Cheyenne Wildcat
1944-09-30

Great Stagecoach Robbery

0

Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945-02-15

Colorado Pioneers

0

Colorado Pioneers
1945-11-14

Wagon Wheels Westward

6

Wagon Wheels Westward
1945-12-21

California Gold Rush

6

California Gold Rush
1946-02-04

Sun Valley Cyclone

5

Sun Valley Cyclone
1946-05-10

Conquest of Cheyenne

0

Conquest of Cheyenne
1946-07-29

The Man from Thunder River

5

The Man from Thunder River
1943-06-11

North of the Rockies

0

North of the Rockies
1942-04-02

North from the Lone Star

0

North from the Lone Star
1941-03-30

Roaring Frontiers

0

Roaring Frontiers
1941-10-15

The Lone Star Vigilantes

0

The Lone Star Vigilantes
1942-01-01

She Who Gets Slapped

8

She Who Gets Slapped
1930-05-15

Bullets for Bandits

0

Bullets for Bandits
1942-02-12

Overland Mail Robbery

0

Overland Mail Robbery
1943-11-20

King of Dodge City

0

King of Dodge City
1941-08-14

Mojave Firebrand

3

Mojave Firebrand
1944-03-19

Bells of Rosarita

5.5

Bells of Rosarita
1945-06-19

The Road to Reno

4

The Road to Reno
1931-09-25

6

Wyoming
1947-07-28

Old Los Angeles

5.5

Old Los Angeles
1948-04-24

The Last Bandit

6

The Last Bandit
1949-02-25

5

Rebel City
1953-05-10

5

Topeka
1953-08-09

Vigilante Terror

5

Vigilante Terror
1953-11-15

6.3

Bitter Creek
1954-02-21

0

Tank Patrol
1941-06-16

5.5

Vanity Fair
1932-03-15

Left Over Ladies

0

Left Over Ladies
1931-09-30

6.8

Working Girls
1931-12-12

5

Party Husband
1931-06-06

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06

1

What Men Want
1930-07-12

Murder in the Clouds

4.7

Murder in the Clouds
1934-12-15

The Plastic Age

5.9

The Plastic Age
1925-12-15

6.8

Only Yesterday
1933-11-01

7

It's Showtime
1976-03-31

The Case of the Howling Dog

6.5

The Case of the Howling Dog
1934-09-22

6.5

'G' Men
1935-05-04

Page Miss Glory

6.3

Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07

The Rich Are Always with Us

5.2

The Rich Are Always with Us
1932-05-19

4.9

The Keyhole
1933-03-25

7

Blonde Crazy
1931-09-16

7.447

Scarface
1932-04-09

Bullets or Ballots

6.6

Bullets or Ballots
1936-06-06

Two Against the World

5.8

Two Against the World
1936-07-11

5.6

China Clipper
1936-08-11

The Merry Frinks

3.7

The Merry Frinks
1934-05-26

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25

Go Into Your Dance

7

Go Into Your Dance
1935-04-20

Merrily We Go to Hell

6.4

Merrily We Go to Hell
1932-06-10

A Successful Calamity

5.2

A Successful Calamity
1932-09-17

The Taming of the West

0

The Taming of the West
1939-12-07

4

Smarty
1934-05-19

Private Detective 62

6

Private Detective 62
1933-06-10

0

Napoleon, Jr.
1926-11-14

She Couldn't Say No

0

She Couldn't Say No
1930-02-15

Platinum Blonde

6.7

Platinum Blonde
1931-10-31

5.2

Cocktail Hour
1933-06-05

Made on Broadway

6.5

Made on Broadway
1933-05-19

In Early Arizona

0

In Early Arizona
1938-11-02

The Law Comes to Texas

0

The Law Comes to Texas
1939-04-16

7.1

Adam-12
1968-09-21