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.
Born: October 16, 1904 in Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA
Died: November 26, 1965 (Age 61)
Streaming Sources for all Bill Elliott Movies & TV ShowsTitle | Rating | Job | Role(s) | Year |
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Movie | Actor | Telemachus | 1927 | |
Movie | Actor | City Attorney Seabrook | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Guest | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Ringo | 1950 | |
Movie | Actor | Bank Teller (uncredited) | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Night Club Patron (uncredited) | 1933 | |
Movie | Actor | James, Clerk at College Club | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Bill Parker | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Gambler (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Jeff Holt | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Ramon Duval | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Vincent's Assistant (uncredited) | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Wellman, a Dude | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1976 | |
Movie | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1975 | |
Movie | Actor | Gary Conway | 1948 | |
Movie | Actor | Zeb Smith | 1949 | |
Movie | Actor | Jim Neale | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Wedding Guest | 1930 | |
Movie | Actor | Pete Devlin | 1952 | |
Movie | Actor | Dr. Allan | 1938 | |
Movie | Actor | Bruce Thomas | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Freddie | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Polo Player (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Reporter | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Guest | 1927 | |
Movie | Actor | Pilot (uncredited) | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Randall | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1945 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1945 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1945 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1945 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1945 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1946 | |
Movie | Actor | 2nd Radio Announcer | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Backstage Actor | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Playboy in 'Playboy of Paree' Number (uncredited) | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Mace Corbin | 1953 | |
Movie | Actor | Jackson's Secretary / Dorothy's Dance Partner | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Party-Goer | 1930 | |
Movie | Actor | New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited) | 1933 | |
Movie | Actor | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | George Halloway | 1929 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1945 | |
Movie | Actor | Norman (uncredited) | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Kit Carson | 1939 | |
Movie | Actor | Andy Doyle | 1957 | |
Movie | Actor | Andy Doyle | 1956 | |
Movie | Actor | Andy Doyle | 1957 | |
Movie | Actor | Shadrach Jones | 1950 | |
Movie | Actor | Andy Doyle | 1955 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Boone | 1941 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1946 | |
Movie | Actor | Josie Allen | 1947 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1938 | |
Movie | Actor | Sam Colton | 1946 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Saunders | 1940 | |
Movie | Actor | Dave Crockett | 1941 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1942 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1940 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Saunders | 1940 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Tolliver | 1942 | |
Movie | Actor | Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle | 1955 | |
Movie | Actor | Sam Nelson | 1954 | |
Movie | Actor | Bill Martin | 1952 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Saunders | 1940 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott | 1943 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1941 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott | 1943 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1940 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott | 1943 | |
Movie | Actor | John Freeman | 1939 | |
Movie | Actor | Marshal Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1943 | |
Movie | Actor | Johnny Barrett / Spanish Jack | 1946 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1940 | |
Movie | Actor | Joaquin Murietta aka The Black Shadow | 1942 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1946 | |
Movie | Actor | Red Ryder | 1946 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1941 | |
Movie | Actor | Jim Kirk | 1951 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott | 1943 | |
Movie | Actor | Sergeant Bill Cameron | 1942 | |
Movie | Actor | Matt Boone (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1952 | |
Movie | Actor | Joe Daniels (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1952 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1941 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1941 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1941 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok / Prince Katey | 1942 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1942 | |
Movie | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Hickok | 1942 | |
Movie | Actor | Bill Elliott | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott | 1943 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1944 | |
Movie | Actor | Charles Alderson | 1947 | |
Movie | Actor | Bill Stockton (as William Elliott) | 1948 | |
Movie | Actor | Frank Norris / Frank Plummer (as William Elliott) | 1949 | |
Movie | Actor | Frank Graham | 1953 | |
Movie | Actor | Tack Hamlin | 1953 | |
Movie | Actor | Jim Levering | 1953 | |
Movie | Actor | Clay Tyndall (as Wild Bill Elliott) | 1954 | |
Movie | Actor | Carl Griffin | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Jefferson Duane | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Don Trumbeau | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Chauncey Courtland | 1938 | |
Movie | Actor | Dave Thatcher (as Gordon Elliott) | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Sam Laxter | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Odie Fenton | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Robert Bates | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Athlete (uncredited) | 1925 | |
Movie | Actor | Walter Wilson | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Golfer (uncredited) | 1930 | |
Movie | Actor | Warren Sherrill | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Maxine's Casino Escort (uncredited) | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Hotel Guest on Veranda | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Boy | 1930 | |
Movie | Actor | Kenneth Martin | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Aggressive Student at Dance | 1927 | |
Movie | Actor | Charlie Fagan | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited) | 1933 | |
Movie | Actor | (archive footage) | 1976 | |
Movie | Actor | Well-Wishing Villager | 1926 | |
Movie | Actor | Wedding Guest | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Ruth's Friend (uncredited) | 1929 | |
Movie | Actor | Hotel Dancer (uncredited) | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Larry's Friend | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott | 1945 | |
Movie | Actor | Escort (uncredited) | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Wedding Party Guest | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Teddy | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1930 | |
Movie | Actor | Governor's Secretary (uncredited) | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Bit Role | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Polo Match Spectator (uncredited) | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Guest | 1929 | |
Movie | Actor | Stuart Wyatt | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Partygoer (uncredited) | 1933 | |
Movie | Actor | Sharp, Board of Directors Member (uncredited) | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Male Nurse | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Hotel Dining Room Guest | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Night Club Patron | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Physical Exam Onlooker | 1930 | |
Movie | Actor | Country Club Guest | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Boy | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | News Commentator (uncredited) | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest | 1933 | |
Movie | Actor | Alex Brown (Uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Lt. Saunders | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited) | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Minor Role | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1933 | |
Movie | Actor | Man Outside Theatre (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Tom Collins - Greer's Associate | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Lulu's Bathing Companion (uncredited) | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925 | |
Movie | Actor | Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited) | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Dancer (uncredited) | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Dance Extra / Lobby Extra | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Reporter (uncredited) | 1935 | |
Movie | Actor | Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited) | 1936 | |
Movie | Actor | Bootlegger (uncredited) | 1939 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Saunders | 1939 | |
Movie | Actor | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1934 | |
Movie | Actor | Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited) | 1933 | |
Movie | Actor | Policeman Following Blonde (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Roy Schyler (as Gordon Elliott) | 1927 | |
Movie | Actor | Ship's Passenger / Dance Extra (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | 1935 | ||
Movie | Actor | 1930 | ||
Movie | Actor | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1931 | |
Movie | Actor | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Escort (uncredited) | 1932 | |
Movie | Actor | Backgammon Man (uncredited) | 1938 | |
Movie | Actor | Little Lord Fauntleroy (uncredited) | 1937 | |
Movie | Actor | George Baxter | 1928 | |
Movie | Actor | One of Tom's War Buddies | 1930 | |
TV Show | Actor | Officer Grant 4 Episodes | 1968-1975 | |
Short Film | Actor | Bicyclist (uncredited) | 1933 | |
Short Film | Actor | Bluey | 1941 | |
Short Film | Actor | Gordon Elliot | 1928 | |
Short Film | Actor | Poker Player | 1930 | |
Short Film | Actor | Music Store Customer (uncredited) | 1931 | |
Short Film | Actor | Flora's Father | 1926 | |
Movie | Actor | Wild Bill Elliott | 1950 | |
Title | Rating | Job | Role(s) | Year |
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