Tony Bill
Gerard Anthony "Tony" Bill (born August 23, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. He produced the 1973 movie The Sting, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips.
He majored in English and art at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1962. Bill began his career as an actor in the 60s, first appearing on screen as Frank Sinatra's ingenuous younger brother in Come Blow Your Horn (1963). Bill specialized in likeable but none-too-bright juveniles and young leads. His acting credits include None But the Brave (1965), You're A Big Boy Now (1966), Never a Dull Moment (1968), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Shampoo (1975), The Little Dragons (1980), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Less Than Zero (1987).
Bill continued to act in TV-movies, miniseries, and guest spots though with decreasing frequency as he segued into directing. He appeared in the 1966 episode "Chaff In The Wind" of the long running western The Virginian. He then appeared in 1967 episode "The Predators" of NBC's western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan.
In 1980, Bill directed his first film, My Bodyguard. From there he went on to direct Six Weeks (1982), Five Corners (1987), Crazy People (1990) A Home of Our Own (1993), and Flyboys (2006) which Bill claims was one of the first features shot entirely with digital cameras. In television Bill directed Truman Capote's One Christmas, Harlan County War, and Pictures of Hollis Woods, among others.
In 2009, Bill published the book Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set. The book traces the etymology of the language of the movie set and is filled out with stories from the Bill's career in film.
From 1984-2000, he co-owned with Dudley Moore the celebrated 72 Market Street, a restaurant in Venice, California.
He is married to his second wife, the former Helen Buck Bartlett, his producer/partner in Barnstorm Films in Venice. The couple have two daughters, Madeline and Daphne.
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Films (67)
Braquage à l'ancienne
2017 · Executive Producer
Salinger
2013 · Self - Filmmaker
Casting By
2012 · Self
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007 · Director
Flyboys
2006 · Director
La Main au collier
2005 · Walter
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls - Comment la génération sexe, drogue et rock'n'roll a sauvé Hollywood
2003 · Self
Last Call
2002 · Executive Producer
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002 · Director
En el tiempo de las mariposas
2001 · Executive Producer
Fatal
2001 · Detective Mike
Harlan County War
2000 · Director
A Chance of Snow
1998 · Director
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998 · Mickey Calvin
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
1998 · Director
Oliver Twist
1997 · Director
Beyond the Call
1996 · Director, Producer
Barb Wire
1996 · Foster
One Christmas
1994 · Director
Next Door
1994 · Director
A Home of Our Own
1993 · Narrator, Director
Untamed Heart
1993 · Director, Producer
The Killing Mind
1991 · Thomas Quinn
Crazy People
1990 · Director
Less Than Zero
1987 · Bradford Easton
Five Corners
1987 · Director, Producer
Citizen Steve
1987 · Self - Actor
2 1/2 Dads
1986 · Director
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Terry Hawthorne
Love Thy Neighbor
1984 · Director
The Princess and the Pea
1984 · Director
Running Out
1983 · Paul Corsini
Six Weeks
1982 · Director
Washington Mistress
1982 · Alan
Freedom
1981 · Richard
Portrait of an Escort
1980 · Beau Simpson
The Little Dragons
1980 · Niles
My Bodyguard
1980 · Director
Heart Beat
1980 · Dick
Going in Style
1979 · Producer
Boulevard Nights
1979 · Executive Producer
Are You in the House Alone?
1978 · Neil Osborne
With This Ring
1978 · Peter Turner
The Initiation of Sarah
1978 · Paul Yates
Having Babies II
1977 · Aaron Canfield
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Executive Producer
The Ransom of Red Chief
1975 · Director
Hearts of the West
1975 · Producer
Las Vegas Lady
1975 · Bob
Shampoo
1975 · Johnny Pope
The Lion Roars Again
1975 · Self
The Sting
1973 · Producer
Steelyard Blues
1973 · Producer
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972 · Lyle
Flap
1970 · Eleven Snowflake
Lanton Mills
1969 · Mute
Castle Keep
1969 · Lt. Amberjack
How to Steal the World
1968 · Steven Garrow
Never a Dull Moment
1968 · Florian
Ice Station Zebra
1968 · Lt. Russell Walker
You're a Big Boy Now
1966 · Raef del Grado
Death of a Salesman
1966 · Biff
Lee Oswald: Assassin
1966 · Lee Harvey Oswald
Marriage on the Rocks
1965 · Jim Blake
None but the Brave
1965 · Air Crewman Keller
Soldier in the Rain
1963 · Jerry Meltzer
Come Blow Your Horn
1963 · Buddy Baker
Séries (30)
The Crown
2016 · Guardian Editor
Leverage
2008 · Pierson, Director
New York Cour de Justice
2005 · Kurt Lascher
Eddie, el Entusiasta
2003 · Director
Monk
2002 · Director
L'Île de l'étrange
2002 · Director
Undercover
2001 · Director
To Have & to Hold
1998 · Director
Felicity
1998 · Director
The Visitor
1997 · Director
High Incident
1996 · Director
Dirty Dancing
1988 · Director
Moonlighting
1985 · Scott Huntley
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Mark Lee Reynolds
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Brian Whitehill
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Director
Hotel
1982 · Mike
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977 · Adam Gardiner
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Lee Harvey Oswald, Biff
The Loner
1965 · Jody Merriman
Run for Your Life
1965 · Charlie Carson
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Steve Garrow
Theatre 625
1964 · Grayson Hinks
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Tony Pitts
Mr. Novak
1963 · Chris Herrod
The Virginian
1962 · Clipper Ellis
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Thomas Hartwood
Bonanza
1959 · Charlie Two