William Bishop
Рождение : 1918-07-16, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Смерть : 1959-10-03
История
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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.
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Captain George Wayne
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.
Sgt. Stan Lowery
A hitman is found out because he was paid off in traceable stolen money. On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit; she tries to convince him to surrender before it's too late.
Glen Hayden
A stagecoach is plagued by robberies, but it takes an undercover Wells Fargo agent to discover that a rival company is responsible.
Bob Garth
A Swedish settler (David Brian) starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.
Bob Herrick
A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.
Canby Judd
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
Del Stewart
A railroad investigator discovers that there's more than meets the eye to a series of reported Indian attacks against the railroad.
Sundance Kid
Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoots with them. When Cassidy and his men rob the bank, he is blamed. Escaping from the townspeople, he once again joins up with Cassidy to wait for a chance to help bring him in.
Ike Clinton
Gunfighter Billy Ringo decides to hang up his guns, buy a ranch and marry Arlene Reach. His brother Matt, father of Chip, the nephew Ringo is trying to keep on the straight and narrow, with three other outlaws, Dixon, Hollaway and Hoke, frame Ringo into pulling a bank robbery with them. Pretending to side with them, after accidentally killing Matt, Ringo informs Marshal Wyatt Earp of their plan to rob a Wells Fargo express wagon. A gunfight ensues at the robbery and the three outlaws are killed and Ike Clinton, the ringleader, is turned over to Marshal Earp by Ringo. Written by Les Adams
Jim Averell
В Вайоминге идет пастбищная война между крупными скотоводами и поселенцами. В городке Свитуотер Ассоциация скотоводов во главе с королем скотоводов Рисом Дунканом противостоит местным поселенцам, собирающим на пастбищах неклейменный скот. На стороне поселенцев выступает амбициозный игрок Джим Аверелл, который преследует личные интересы и желает быть избранным в губернаторы. Он приглашает в Свитуотер свою бывшую любовницу, королеву салунов Кейт Максвелл, и делает ее скупщицей скота у поселенцев.
Henry Studebaker
The history of the Studebaker family, their success at making wagons and the company's venture into automobiles.
Marshal Bill Henderson
A rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.
Terry Williams
A boxer (William Bishop) jailed for murder proves his girlfriend's (Ann Richards) wealthy father and a ward boss framed him.
Silver Kirby
It's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the outlaws are stealing high grade ore, having it smelted, and then having it plated to look like lead. The Government sends agents Bret and Larry who arrive in Cripple Creek posing as Texas gunfighters. Bret finds the smelting operation and Larry learns of the payoff. But the crooked town Marshal is suspicious of the two men and the reply of his inquiry to Texas exposes them putting their lives in danger.
Mike Taft
A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
Sam Bass
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
Carver Doone
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
Ferrino
Вторая мировая война. Лейтенант Лоренс замещает популярного командира подводных диверсантов. Он ужесточает дисциплину, что не нравится водолазам. Лоренс становится полноправным членом команды, когда, рискуя жизнью, разряжает горящую торпеду.
Gus Williams
Set in a rugged Northwest logging camp, this drama follows the exploits of the lumberjack who inherits the camp. For a long time, he has been courting a pretty young thing, and now that she believes him wealthy, she decides to finally accept his proposal. When she finds out that the company has many financial woes and that living in the woods takes guts and courage, she turns into a nagging shrew, constantly urging him to sell-out to a major corporation. Meanwhile his treacherous foreman, an agent of the bigger company, uses sabotage to change the stubborn camp owner's mind.
Wes Miller
Гаррьет Крейг — очень властная женщина, которая обожает свой дом и богатство, и совершенно равнодушна к людям. Она обманывает мужа, к кузине относится как к секретарше, а со слугами обращается как с рабами.
Dr. Ben Wood
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
Radio Broadcaster (Voice) (Uncredited)
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Rudolf Strobel
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.
Dave "Shep" Wilson
A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.
J.B. (voice) (uncredited)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery
Larch Keegan
A cowboy sets out to capture an escaped Brahma bull that is terrorizing local ranchers. Based on a story by Eli Colter that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.
Jason Bond
Black Eagle is based on The Passing of Black Eagle, a short story by O. Henry. William Bishop stars as Jason Bond, who stays out of trouble by the simple expedient of avoiding other people. Unfortunately, the plot dictates that Bond must come into contact with several characters, all of whom end up fleecing our hero in one way or another. Even so, Jason manages to enjoy a brief romance with pretty Ginny Long (Virginia Patton) before returning to his life of carefree vagabondage. A very minor film, The Black Eagle makes the most of its excellent supporting cast, including Gordon Jones, Trevor Bardette, Will Wright and stuntman extraordinaire Richard Talmadge.
The Kid
Two men, one woman and one horse get into trouble.
Leach Conover
Восемнадцать месяцев назад у Криса Данинга убили невесту, убили случайно, когда она ехала на дилижансе, перевозившем много денег. Напали на дилижанс индейцы, нанятые белым, о котором было известно только, что у него желтые волосы, голубые глаза и шрам на правой щеке. И Крис Данинг поклялся отомстить. Долгие поиски по бескрайним долинам и маленьким городишкам, и наконец в городе Коронер Крик случилась удача — самый богатый землевладелец Янгер Майлз, неожиданно разбогатевший как раз 18 месяцев назад, очень подходил по приметам на беглого преступника. Янгер Майлз держал всю округу в страхе и оставалась только одна независимая ферма — ферма Деллы Хармс. К ней управляющим и пошел работать Крис Данинг...
Leslie Sears
Travel author Leslie Sears arrives in Cairo, Egypt, to meet with Greg Stewart, an old war buddy who is a theater booking agent in Port Said. Leslie telephones Greg and arranges a rendezvous, but shortly after the conversation ends, Greg is murdered.
Bill Foss
Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures a hooded highwayman called The Monk. Supposedly inspired by a true incident, this offbeat Western based on Stevenson's The Silverado Squatters is a dandy, high-spirited adventure yarn.
Al Amboy
В шестом и заключительном фильме о «тонком человеке» Ник и Нора оказываются на благотворительном вечере, устроенном на роскошном лайнере-казино. А позже Тома Дрэйка, лидера джазового оркестра, игравшего в тот вечер, находят убитым. Подозрение падает на Фила Брэнта, владельца лайнера, который просит Ника расследовать это дело…
Ad Buchanan
A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
Ray - Transport Pilot
Вторая мировая война. Пилот бомбардировщика майор Пит Сэндидж погибает во время боевого вылета. Неожиданно он обнаруживает себя в потустороннем мире, способным следить за происходящими на земле событиями, но, не имея возможности вмешиваться в них. Он становится ангелом-хранителем для молодого пилота ВВС капитана Теда Рэндалла. Но вскоре Сэндидж замечает, что Рэндалл влюбляется в его бывшую невесту Доринду. Что делать Сэндиджу: прекратить оберегать Рэндалла или дать ему возможность обрести человеческое счастье с Дориндой?
Reporter (uncredited)
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
Soldier
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
Soldier with Autograph Book (uncredited)
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Young Pilot (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited)
This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig was blinded in an accident while playing baseball. He eventually acquired a guide dog and now works in a defense plant.