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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 4, 1922
Died
June 1, 2018
Place of Birth
Vincennes, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- William Edward Phipps
- Phil Phipps
- Bill Phipps
- William 'Bill' Phipps
William Phipps
1.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Edward "Bill" Phipps (born February 4, 1922 in Vincennes, Indiana) is a retired American actor and producer, perhaps best known for his roles in dozens of classic sci-fi and westerns, both film and television, from the late 1940s through the mid 1960s. From then, until his retirement in 2000, his work was mainly in television. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Phipps, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
4.7
Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
7.0
Quentin
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
6.0
Old Stable Hand
Man of the People
1991
5.8
Otto
Empty Nest
1988
6.0
Doc Turner
Messenger of Death
1988
7.5
Miles Smillanich
Probe
1988
6.2
Mr. Hunter
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.7
Leo
227
1985
7.4
Lots of Luck
1985
7.5
Charlie
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Credits
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self
2021
4.7
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Quentin
1993
7.0
Man of the People
as Old Stable Hand
1991
6.0
Empty Nest
as Otto
1988
5.8
Messenger of Death
as Doc Turner
1988
6.0
Probe
as Miles Smillanich
1988
7.5
Jake and the Fatman
as Mr. Hunter
1987
6.2
227
as Leo
1985
6.7
Lots of Luck
1985
7.4
Murder, She Wrote
as Charlie
1984
7.5
Highway to Heaven
as Dr. Gleason
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
as Carl
1984
7.4
Santa Barbara
1984
4.8
Boone
as Uncle Link
1983
7.5
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
7.5
T. J. Hooker
as Mr. Genessee
1982
6.4
The Ambush Murders
as Judge Cabot
1982
9.0
Darkroom
1981
7.2
Hill Street Blues
as Professor Dynamite
1981
7.6
Bogie
as Dr. Brandsma
1980
5.0
Time Express
1979
6.0
Space Force
as Commander Irving Hinkley
1978
0.0
The Oregon Trail
1977
5.0
Lou Grant
as Spence
1977
7.3
Eight Is Enough
1977
6.1
Charlie's Angels
as George Jackson
1976
6.7
Sara
as Claude Bristow /Claude Barstow
1976
5.0
Eleanor and Franklin
as Theodore Roosevelt
1976
2.3
The Rockford Files
as Sergeant
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Johnny Livingston
1974
7.6
Police Woman
as C.J.
1974
6.2
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
The Waltons
as Mel Parsons
1972
7.2
The Waltons
as John Martin Renshaw
1972
7.2
The Waltons
as The Bus Driver
1972
7.2
McMillan & Wife
as Judge Brody
1971
6.9
🎬
My Friend Tony
1969
7.0
The Mod Squad
as Combs
1968
6.2
Mannix
as Walter Stig Wilson
1967
6.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Jury Foreman
1967
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Marcus Moore
1967
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Craig
1967
6.2
Cimarron Strip
as Odell
1967
5.5
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
4.0
Gunfight in Abilene
as Frank Norton
1967
6.5
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1966
5.5
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Kleiner (uncredited)
1966
5.7
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
The Green Hornet
as Jack Starkey
1966
7.2
Incident at Phantom Hill
as Trader
1966
6.1
Batman
as Hood #2
1966
7.3
The Wild Wild West
as Marshall
1965
7.6
Laredo
1965
6.3
F Troop
as Scout
1965
6.2
The Legend of Jesse James
as Buck
1965
4.8
Branded
as Capt. Brooks
1965
6.6
The Munsters
as Hank
1964
7.9
Daniel Boone
as Dink
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Horn
1964
7.0
The Evil of Frankenstein
as Rena's Father (uncredited)
1964
6.1
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Frank
1963
5.3
Temple Houston
as Sandy Dale
1963
5.7
Arrest and Trial
as Mr. Seidel
1963
7.7
Combat!
as Capt. Whitlow
1962
7.7
Combat!
as Pvt. Barnhill
1962
7.7
Stoney Burke
as Gene Yates
1962
5.7
The Virginian
as Jock Wheeler
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Ranch Hand
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Hans
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Hank
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Ritt
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Stable Owner
1962
6.4
Black Gold
as Albert Mailer
1962
1.0
Ben Casey
as Pathologist
1961
5.6
Surfside 6
as Al Owens
1960
5.0
Stagecoach West
as Tom Coogan
1960
6.0
Checkmate
as John Lee
1960
4.1
Thriller
as Harry Laxer
1960
6.6
The Tall Man
as Bert
1960
6.3
🎬
Aftermath
as Hicks
1960
8.0
Hawaiian Eye
as Roger Kurtz
1959
5.2
The Rebel
as Ben Mowbree
1959
4.7
The Rebel
as Morton Bishop
1959
4.7
The Twilight Zone
as Sergeant
1959
8.5
Johnny Ringo
as Paul Connell
1959
5.7
The FBI Story
as Baby Face Nelson (uncredited)
1959
6.0
Men Into Space
1959
7.0
Riverboat
as Abner Crane
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Tom Burgess
1959
7.5
Black Saddle
as Barney Dawson
1959
6.0
Rawhide
as Floyd Peters
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Joe Leeds
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
as Joe Blair
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as 'Banks' Miller
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Ken Wills
1958
6.1
The Rifleman
as Asa Manning
1958
7.1
Cimarron City
1958
5.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Fred Teton
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Mr. Jennings
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Al Hemp
1958
6.8
🎬
The Kidnappers
as Jay
1958
0.0
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Eddie Nolan
1958
6.6
Kiss Them for Me
as Al Hendrick (uncredited)
1957
5.5
Escape from Red Rock
as Arky Shanks
1957
0.0
Colt .45
as Trumbull
1957
5.0
Tombstone Territory
as Neal Weaton
1957
6.2
Tombstone Territory
as Kyle Dodge
1957
6.2
Trackdown
as Bud Crome
1957
6.4
The Walter Winchell File
as Stony Jones
1957
5.0
The Restless Gun
as Heber Grant
1957
3.0
Maverick
as Hazelton
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Martin Ellis
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Dwight Wilson
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Joe Mazzerin
1957
5.2
M Squad
as Al 'Bugsy' Page
1957
5.2
Wagon Train
as Sgt. Reardon
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Bill Hammond
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Hank Watts
1957
6.6
Sugarfoot
as Mack
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Bob Hoyt
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Hoyt
1957
4.8
The Brothers Rico
as Joe Wesson
1957
6.1
Meet McGraw
as Deputy Luke Samuels
1957
5.0
Badlands of Montana
as Walt Branton
1957
4.0
The Boss
as Stitch
1956
5.5
🎬
State Trooper
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Alonzo Miller
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Hilliard
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Ernie
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Frank Krohl
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Frank Summerfield
1956
5.0
Lust for Life
as Emile Bernard
1956
7.2
The First Texan
as Lt. Jack LeBlanc (uncredited)
1956
6.3
🎬
Johnny Moccasin
as Fletcher
1956
0.0
Great Day in the Morning
as Ralston (uncredited)
1956
5.9
The Indian Fighter
as Lt. Blake
1955
6.2
The Adventures of Champion
as Dr. James Powell
1955
5.3
Cheyenne
as Jim Clements
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Smiler Jones
1955
6.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Lou
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Hody Peel
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Ham
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Stark
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Drifter
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Curly Bill Brocius
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Curly Bill Brocius (uncredited)
1955
6.8
The Far Horizons
as Night Camp Sentry (uncredited)
1955
6.2
Rage at Dawn
as William Peterson Jr.
1955
6.1
Smoke Signal
as Private Porter
1955
6.8
The Violent Men
as Bud Hinkleman (uncredited)
1955
6.4
The Millionaire
as Lt. Jordan
1955
5.0
The Snow Creature
as Lt. Dunbar
1954
2.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as King Orchard (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Gabe
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Militia Officer
1954
7.8
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Wesley Parish
1954
6.9
Studio 57
as Frank
1954
0.0
Lassie
as Jenkins
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Joe
1954
6.1
Two Guns and a Badge
as Dick Grant - Rancher
1954
0.0
Executive Suite
as Bill Lundeen
1954
7.0
The Lone Wolf
as Steve deLacey
1954
7.0
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
as Bill Dalton
1954
5.5
Riot in Cell Block 11
as Mickey
1954
7.0
Annie Oakley
as George Wessel
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Dan Carter
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Earl Wallace
1954
5.2
Red River Shore
as Ned Barlow
1953
5.0
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Jim Thorner
1953
7.0
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Rick Cleary
1953
7.0
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Joe Kirby
1953
7.0
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Donald Blackburn
1953
7.0
Letter to Loretta
as Sheriff
1953
6.5
City Detective
1953
7.0
Cat-Women of the Moon
as Douglas 'Doug' Smith
1953
4.1
Fort Algiers
as Lt. Gerrier
1953
6.0
The War of the Worlds
as Wash Perry
1953
6.8
Northern Patrol
as Frank Stevens
1953
5.5
The Twonky
as Second Male Nurse entering Kerry's bedroom at finale
1953
3.6
Julius Caesar
as Servant to Antony
1953
7.1
Savage Frontier
as Johnny Webb
1953
0.0
Invaders from Mars
as Sgt. Baker
1953
5.9
The Blue Gardenia
as Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)
1953
6.5
I'm the Law
1953
5.7
General Electric Theater
as Jeffrey
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Hicks
1953
6.4
The Yellow Haired Kid
as The Yellow Haired Kid
1952
0.0
Flat Top
as Red Kelley
1952
4.2
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
🎬
Gang Busters
1952
0.0
Fort Osage
as Nathan Goodspeed
1952
6.0
Rose of Cimarron
as Jeb Dawley
1952
5.3
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Tony Kermit
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Landon
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Red Badge of Courage
as Officer (uncredited)
1951
6.4
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
No Questions Asked
as Roger
1951
6.0
Five
as Michael
1951
6.6
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Yellow Haired Kid
1951
4.5
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Henchman McNulty
1950
5.9
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Jake - Henchman
1950
5.9
Rider from Tucson
as Tug Bailey
1950
6.0
The Vanishing Westerner
as Bud Thurber
1950
2.0
The Outriders
as Young Union Guard Killed During Escape (uncredited)
1950
6.9
Cinderella
as Prince Charming (voice)
1950
7.0
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Janvier
1949
5.1
They Live by Night
as Young Farmer
1949
6.9
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Yuma Talbott
1948
4.1
Studio One
as Vavick
1948
5.0
Desperadoes of Dodge City
as Ted Loring
1948
0.0
Station West
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1948
6.1
🎬
Train to Alcatraz
as Tommy Calligan
1948
6.0
The Arizona Ranger
as Ranger Mac
1948
6.0
Leben des Galilei
as Andrea Sarti
1947
0.0
Crossfire
as Leroy
1947
6.7