1940-08-23 ( 84 years old ) in San Diego, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gerard Anthony "Tony" Bill (born 23 August 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. The Sting became one of the highest grossing films in history.
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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Movies
Salinger
2013-09-06
Casting By
2012-11-01
Must Love Dogs
2005-07-21
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003-03-09
Lying in Wait
2001-03-15
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998-10-04
Barb Wire
1996-05-02
A Home of Our Own
1993-11-05
The Killing Mind
1991-04-23
Less Than Zero
1987-11-06
Citizen Steve
1987-01-01
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985-07-26
Running Out
1983-01-26
Washington Mistress
1982-01-13
Freedom
1981-05-18
Portrait of an Escort
1980-10-08
The Little Dragons
1980-07-18
Heart Beat
1980-04-25
Are You in the House Alone?
1978-09-20
With This Ring
1978-05-05
The Initiation of Sarah
1978-02-06
Having Babies II
1977-10-28
Las Vegas Lady
1975-06-01
Shampoo
1975-02-11
The Lion Roars Again
1975-01-01
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972-09-20
Flap
1970-11-13
Lanton Mills
1969-11-03
Castle Keep
1969-07-23
Ice Station Zebra
1968-10-23
How to Steal the World
1968-09-18
Never a Dull Moment
1968-06-26
You're a Big Boy Now
1966-12-09
Marriage on the Rocks
1965-09-24
None But the Brave
1965-02-24
Soldier in the Rain
1963-11-27
Come Blow Your Horn
1963-06-05
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