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Home/People/William Bishop
William Bishop profile photo
Born
Jul 16, 1918Died: Oct 3, 1959
Lived 41 years
Place of Birth
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

41
Movies
11
TV Shows
Also Known As
William Paxton Bishop
IMDb Profile

William Bishop

Acting

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.
The Oregon Trail poster

The Oregon Trail

as Captain George Wayne
1959
Short Cut to Hell poster

Short Cut to Hell

as Sgt. Stan Lowery
1957
The Phantom Stagecoach poster

The Phantom Stagecoach

as Glen Hayden
1957
The Star Wagon poster

The Star Wagon

as Charles Duffy
1957
The White Squaw poster

The White Squaw

as Bob Garth
1956
The Boss poster

The Boss

as Bob Herrick
1956
Top Gun poster

Top Gun

as Canby Judd
1955
Overland Pacific poster

Overland Pacific

as Del Stewart
1954
Wyoming Renegades poster

Wyoming Renegades

as Sundance Kid
1954
Gun Belt poster

Gun Belt

as Ike Clinton
1953
The Redhead from Wyoming poster

The Redhead from Wyoming

as Jim Averell
1953
The Studebaker Story poster

The Studebaker Story

as Henry Studebaker
1953
The Raiders poster

The Raiders

as Marshal Bill Henderson
1952
Breakdown poster

Breakdown

as Terry Williams
1952
Cripple Creek poster

Cripple Creek

as Silver Kirby
1952
The Basketball Fix poster

The Basketball Fix

as Mike Taft
1951
The Texas Rangers poster

The Texas Rangers

as Sam Bass
1951
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

as Carver Doone
1951
The Frogmen poster

The Frogmen

as Ferrino
1951
The Tougher They Come poster

The Tougher They Come

as Gus Williams
1950