Bill Burrud

Bill Burrud

Birth : 1925-01-12, Hollywood, California, USA

Death : 1990-06-12

History

William J. Burrud was a child actor, television host, and producer who starred in 22 roles. He is probably best remembered for his travel documentary work. Burrud passed away in 1990 in California

Profile

Bill Burrud

Movies

The Amazing Apes
Bill Burrud explores the amazing animal world in this rare, intimate look at our fellow primates in their natural environment.
Curse of the Mayan Temple
Producer
A documentary exploring the ruins of a Mayan temple in Mexico and a "cursed" medallion that was found there.
Curse of the Mayan Temple
A documentary exploring the ruins of a Mayan temple in Mexico and a "cursed" medallion that was found there.
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Host
The maiden cruise of the ocean liner Italia travels from Italy to California for the premiere of the motion picture "Valley of the Dolls."
The Night Hawk
Bobby McCormick
Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby needs. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Lonigan searches for reporter Slim Torrence, because Slim is friends with Tom Niles, the customs officer on the verge of cracking a whiskey smuggling case. Lonigan is about to send another reporter to cover the story when Della Parrish, the publisher's daughter, assures him that she can locate Slim. With the help of Slim's young photographer, Willie Sing, Della finds Slim in a waterfront dive, and Willie and Slim sneak aboard the Pacific Queen to find Niles. Niles hints that McCormick is the head of the smuggling ring and promises Slim an exclusive when he breaks the story the next day.
Idol of the Crowds
Bobby (as Billy Burrud)
Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship series. Just before the series starts, he is offered a bribe to throw the games but refuses. An attempt is made on his life which results in Bobby, the team's mascot, being injured. Written by Les Adams
It Happened in Hollywood
Billy - The Kid
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Captains Courageous
Charles
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Fair Warning
Malcolm Berkhardt
In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy winter resort.
Girl Overboard
Bobby Stacey (as Billy Burrud)
A beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
The Magnificent Brute
Pete Finney
A love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker ignores the besotted gazes of his landlady at the boarding house and falls in love with a gold-digger. His best friend also finds himself smitten by the seductive young woman. But when the one of the workers fritters away a collection that had been taken up for the wife of a deceased co-worker on a foolish bet, he and the vamp take off until the good-hearted landlady intervenes and convinces them to stay and take their lumps.
Postal Inspector
Billy the Boy
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
The Cowboy and the Kid
Jimmy Thomas
Penniless drifter Steve Davis finds young Jimmy Thomas just after his father is killed. The two become friends and Steve looks for work. This brings him to town where teacher June Caldwell has lent money from the school fund to the dishonest Jess Watson, She now desperately needs it back and Steve soon finds himself in the middle of the conflict.
Pride of the Marines
Ulysses Simpson Smith
A Marine sacrifices his adopted son and his girlfriend so that they might find a new and more prosperous life.
3 Kids and a Queen
Doc
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
His Night Out
Jimmie
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.