Person Details

Birthday: 1918-07-16 20:04:30

Death: 1959-10-03 20:04:30

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: N/A

Place of birth: Oak Park, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 34

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Paxton Bishop (July 16 1918 - October 3 1959) was an American television and movie actor from Oak Park, Illinois. He was best known for his role as Steve Connors on the 1950's NBC comedy series It's a Great Life[1] and for his roles in films including Harriet Craig, The Killer That Stalked New York and in numerous B-Movies and westerns such as The Tougher They Come, Gun Belt, The Basketball Fix, Cripple Creek and Wyoming Renegades. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bishop (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Rifleman
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7

The Rifleman

(1958) Dave Stafford
The 20th Century Fox Hour
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4

The 20th Century Fox Hour

(1955) Matt Hornbeck
Letter to Loretta
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6

Letter to Loretta

(1953) Brad Delmar
The Ford Television Theatre
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6

The Ford Television Theatre

(1952) Bruce Stevens
A Guy Named Joe
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7

A Guy Named Joe

(1943) Ray - Transport Pilot
The Redhead from Wyoming
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6

The Redhead from Wyoming

(1953) Jim Averell
Cry 'Havoc'
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7

Cry 'Havoc'

(1943) Soldier
The Walking Hills
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6

The Walking Hills

(1949) Dave "Shep" Wilson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1959 Captain George Wayne
1958 Dave Stafford
1957 Sgt. Stan Lowery
Glen Hayden
1956 Bob Garth
Bob Herrick
David
1955 Canby Judd
Matt Hornbeck
N/A
1954 Del Stewart
Steve Connors
Sundance Kid
1953 Brad Delmar
Ike Clinton
Jim Averell
Henry Studebaker
1952 Marshal Bill Henderson
Terry Williams
Silver Kirby
Bruce Stevens
Matt Brownley
1951 Charlie Sewell
N/A
Mike Taft
Sam Bass
Carver Doone
Ferrino
1950 Gus Williams
Wes Miller
Dr. Ben Wood
1949 Radio Broadcaster (Voice) (Uncredited)
Rudolf Strobel
Dave "Shep" Wilson
J.B. (voice) (uncredited)
N/A
1948 Larch Keegan
Jason Bond
The Kid
Leach Conover
Leslie Sears
Bill Foss
1947 Al Amboy
Ad Buchanan
1943 Ray - Transport Pilot
Reporter (uncredited)
Soldier
Soldier with Autograph Book (uncredited)
Young Pilot (Uncredited)
French Lieutenant (uncredited)
Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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