
Tony Bill
Biography
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 Sinatra's ingenuous younger brother in Come Blow Your Horn (1963). Bill specialized in likeable but none-too-bright juveniles and young leads. His acting credits include None But the Brave (1965), You're A Big Boy Now (1966), Never a Dull Moment (1968), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Shampoo (1975), The Little Dragons (1980), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Less Than Zero (1987).
Bill continued to act in TV-movies, 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 NBC's 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 Capote's 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 Bill's career in film.
From 1984-2000, he co-owned 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 producer/partner in Barnstorm Films in Venice. The couple have two daughters, Madeline and Daphne.
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Acting (36 movies)

Shampoo
1975

The Initiation of Sarah
1978

Never a Dull Moment
1968

How to Steal the World
1968

Come Blow Your Horn
1963

Citizen Steve
1987

Less Than Zero
1987

You're a Big Boy Now
1966

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003

Ice Station Zebra
1968

Washington Mistress
1982

Are You in the House Alone?
1978

Haunts of the Very Rich
1972

Flap
1970

The Little Dragons
1980

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998

Marriage on the Rocks
1965

With This Ring
1978

Castle Keep
1969

The Killing Mind
1991

Lying in Wait
2001

Portrait of an Escort
1980

Heart Beat
1980

Soldier in the Rain
1963

Lanton Mills
1969

Must Love Dogs
2005

Having Babies II
1977

Freedom
1981

Salinger
2013

None But the Brave
1965

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985

Las Vegas Lady
1975

Barb Wire
1996

Running Out
1983

Casting By
2012

A Home of Our Own
1993
Directing (20 movies)

My Bodyguard
1980

Flyboys
2006

Untamed Heart
1993

Crazy People
1990

Oliver Twist
1997

Five Corners
1987

Six Weeks
1982

A Home of Our Own
1993

Next Door
1994

One Christmas
1994

A Chance of Snow
1998

Beyond the Call
1996

Harlan County War
2000

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002

Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
1998

The Princess and the Pea
1984
2 1/2 Dads
1986

Love Thy Neighbor
1984

The Ransom of Red Chief
1975
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Steelyard Blues | 1973 | Producer |
| The Sting | 1973 | Producer |
| Hearts of the West | 1975 | Producer |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York | 1976 | Executive Producer |
| Boulevard Nights | 1979 | Executive Producer |
| Going in Style | 1979 | Producer |
| Five Corners | 1987 | Producer |
| Untamed Heart | 1993 | Producer |
| Beyond the Call | 1996 | Producer |
| In the Time of the Butterflies | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Last Call | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Going in Style | 2017 | Executive Producer |