Tony Bill

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Gerard Anthony Tony Bill born 23 August 1940 is an American actor producer and director He produced the 1973 movie The Sting for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips The Sting became one of the highest grossing films in history He majored in English and art at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend Indiana from which he graduated in 1962 Bill began his career as an actor in the 60s first appearing on screen as Frank Sinatras ingenuous younger brother in Come Blow Your Horn 1963 Bill specialized in likeable but nonetoobright juveniles and young leads His acting credits include None But the Brave 1965 Youre A Big Boy Now 1966 Never a Dull Moment 1968 Ice Station Zebra 1968 Shampoo 1975 The Little Dragons 1980 Peewees Big Adventure 1985 and Less Than Zero 1987 Bill continued to act in TVmovies miniseries and guest spots though with decreasing frequency as he segued into directing He appeared in the 1966 episode Chaff In The Wind of the long running western The Virginian He then appeared in 1967 episode The Predators of NBCs western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan In 1980 Bill directed his first film My Bodyguard From there he went on to direct Six Weeks 1982 Five Corners 1987 Crazy People 1990 A Home of Our Own 1993 and Flyboys 2006 which Bill claims was one of the first features shot entirely with digital cameras In television Bill directed Truman Capotes One Christmas Harlan County War and Pictures of Hollis Woods among others In 2009 Bill published the book Movie Speak How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set The book traces the etymology of the language of the movie set and is filled out with stories from the Bills career in film From 19842000 he coowned with Dudley Moore the celebrated 72 Market Street a restaurant in Venice California He is married to his second wife the former Helen Buck Bartlett his producerpartner in Barnstorm Films in Venice The couple have two daughters Madeline and Daphne Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Bill licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia