William Phipps

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William Edward "Bill" Phipps (born February 4, 1922 in Vincennes, Indiana) is a retired American actor and producer, perhaps best known for his roles in dozens of classic sci-fi and westerns, both film and television, from the late 1940s through the mid 1960s. From then, until his retirement in 2000, his work was mainly in television.

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Known For

Cinderella

Prince Charming (voice)

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Quentin

The Twilight Zone

Sergeant

Little House on the Prairie

Self

The War of the Worlds

Wash Perry

Batman

Hood #2

Bonanza

Tom Burgess

The Munsters

Hank

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2021	Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! MOVIE	Self
1993	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey MOVIE	Quentin
1991	Man of the People TV	Old Stable Hand
1988	Empty Nest TV	Otto
1988	Messenger of Death MOVIE	Doc Turner
1988	Probe TV	Miles Smillanich
1987	Jake and the Fatman TV	Mr. Hunter
1985	227 TV	Leo
1985	Lots of Luck MOVIE	Self
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Charlie
1984	Highway to Heaven TV	Dr. Gleason
1984	Highway to Heaven TV	Carl
1984	Santa Barbara TV	Self
1983	Boone TV	Uncle Link
1982	Tales of the Gold Monkey TV	Self
1982	T. J. Hooker TV	Mr. Genessee
1982	The Ambush Murders MOVIE	Judge Cabot
1981	Darkroom TV	Self
1981	Hill Street Blues TV	Professor Dynamite
1980	Bogie MOVIE	Dr. Brandsma
1979	Time Express TV	Self
1978	Space Force MOVIE	Commander Irving Hinkley
1977	The Oregon Trail TV	Self
1977	Lou Grant TV	Spence
1977	Eight Is Enough TV	Self
1976	Charlie's Angels TV	George Jackson
1976	Sara TV	Claude Bristow /Claude Barstow
1976	Eleanor and Franklin TV	Theodore Roosevelt
1974	The Rockford Files TV	Sergeant
1974	The Rockford Files TV	Johnny Livingston
1974	Police Woman TV	C.J.
1974	Little House on the Prairie TV	Self
1972	The Waltons TV	Mel Parsons
1972	The Waltons TV	John Martin Renshaw
1972	The Waltons TV	The Bus Driver
1971	McMillan & Wife TV	Judge Brody
1969	My Friend Tony TV	Self
1968	The Mod Squad TV	Combs
1967	Mannix TV	Walter Stig Wilson
1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett TV	Jury Foreman
1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett TV	Marcus Moore
1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett TV	Craig
1967	Cimarron Strip TV	Odell
1967	Dundee and the Culhane TV	Self
1967	Gunfight in Abilene MOVIE	Frank Norton
1966	Not With My Wife, You Don't! MOVIE	Sergeant (uncredited)
1966	Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round MOVIE	Kleiner (uncredited)
1966	Felony Squad TV	Self
1966	The Green Hornet TV	Jack Starkey
1966	Incident at Phantom Hill MOVIE	Trader
1966	Batman TV	Hood #2
1965	The Wild Wild West TV	Marshall
1965	Laredo TV	Self
1965	F Troop TV	Scout
1965	The Legend of Jesse James TV	Buck
1965	Branded TV	Capt. Brooks
1964	The Munsters TV	Hank
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Dink
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Horn
1964	The Evil of Frankenstein MOVIE	Rena's Father (uncredited)
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre TV	Frank
1963	Temple Houston TV	Sandy Dale
1963	Arrest and Trial TV	Mr. Seidel
1962	Combat! TV	Capt. Whitlow
1962	Combat! TV	Pvt. Barnhill
1962	Stoney Burke TV	Gene Yates
1962	The Virginian TV	Jock Wheeler
1962	The Virginian TV	Ranch Hand
1962	The Virginian TV	Hans
1962	The Virginian TV	Hank
1962	The Virginian TV	Ritt
1962	The Virginian TV	Stable Owner
1962	Black Gold MOVIE	Albert Mailer
1961	Ben Casey TV	Pathologist
1960	Surfside 6 TV	Al Owens
1960	Stagecoach West TV	Tom Coogan
1960	Checkmate TV	John Lee
1960	Thriller TV	Harry Laxer
1960	The Tall Man TV	Bert
1960	Aftermath MOVIE	Hicks
1959	Hawaiian Eye TV	Roger Kurtz
1959	The Rebel TV	Ben Mowbree
1959	The Rebel TV	Morton Bishop
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	Sergeant
1959	Johnny Ringo TV	Paul Connell
1959	The FBI Story MOVIE	Baby Face Nelson (uncredited)
1959	Men Into Space TV	Self
1959	Riverboat TV	Abner Crane
1959	Bonanza TV	Tom Burgess
1959	Black Saddle TV	Barney Dawson
1959	Rawhide TV	Floyd Peters
1959	Rawhide TV	Joe Leeds
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Joe Blair
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	'Banks' Miller
1958	Bat Masterson TV	Ken Wills
1958	The Rifleman TV	Asa Manning
1958	Cimarron City TV	Self
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Fred Teton
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Al Hemp
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Mr. Jennings
1958	The Kidnappers MOVIE	Jay
1958	Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer TV	Eddie Nolan
1957	Kiss Them for Me MOVIE	Al Hendrick (uncredited)
1957	Escape from Red Rock MOVIE	Arky Shanks
1957	Colt .45 TV	Trumbull
1957	Tombstone Territory TV	Neal Weaton
1957	Tombstone Territory TV	Kyle Dodge
1957	Trackdown TV	Bud Crome
1957	The Walter Winchell File TV	Stony Jones
1957	The Restless Gun TV	Heber Grant
1957	Maverick TV	Hazelton
1957	Perry Mason TV	Martin Ellis
1957	Perry Mason TV	Dwight Wilson
1957	M Squad TV	Joe Mazzerin
1957	M Squad TV	Al 'Bugsy' Page
1957	Wagon Train TV	Sgt. Reardon
1957	Wagon Train TV	Bill Hammond
1957	Wagon Train TV	Hank Watts
1957	Sugarfoot TV	Mack
1957	Sugarfoot TV	Bob Hoyt
1957	Sugarfoot TV	Hoyt
1957	The Brothers Rico MOVIE	Joe Wesson
1957	Meet McGraw TV	Deputy Luke Samuels
1957	Badlands of Montana MOVIE	Walt Branton
1956	The Boss MOVIE	Stitch
1956	State Trooper TV	Self
1956	State Trooper TV	Alonzo Miller
1956	State Trooper TV	Hilliard
1956	State Trooper TV	Ernie
1956	Broken Arrow TV	Frank Krohl
1956	Broken Arrow TV	Frank Summerfield
1956	Lust for Life MOVIE	Emile Bernard
1956	The First Texan MOVIE	Lt. Jack LeBlanc (uncredited)
1956	Johnny Moccasin MOVIE	Fletcher
1956	Great Day in the Morning MOVIE	Ralston (uncredited)
1955	The Indian Fighter MOVIE	Lt. Blake
1955	The Adventures of Champion TV	Dr. James Powell
1955	Navy Log TV	Self
1955	Cheyenne TV	Jim Clements
1955	Cheyenne TV	Smiler Jones
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Lou
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Hody Peel
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Ham
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Stark
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Drifter
1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV	Curly Bill Brocius
1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV	Curly Bill Brocius (uncredited)
1955	The Far Horizons MOVIE	Night Camp Sentry (uncredited)
1955	Rage at Dawn MOVIE	William Peterson Jr.
1955	Smoke Signal MOVIE	Private Porter
1955	The Violent Men MOVIE	Bud Hinkleman (uncredited)
1955	The Millionaire TV	Lt. Jordan
1954	The Snow Creature MOVIE	Lt. Dunbar
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	King Orchard (uncredited)
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Gabe
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Militia Officer
1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV	Wesley Parish
1954	Studio 57 TV	Frank
1954	Lassie TV	Jenkins
1954	Lassie TV	Joe
1954	Two Guns and a Badge MOVIE	Dick Grant - Rancher
1954	Executive Suite MOVIE	Bill Lundeen
1954	The Lone Wolf TV	Steve deLacey
1954	Jesse James vs. the Daltons MOVIE	Bill Dalton
1954	Riot in Cell Block 11 MOVIE	Mickey
1954	Annie Oakley TV	George Wessel
1954	Annie Oakley TV	Dan Carter
1954	Annie Oakley TV	Earl Wallace
1953	Red River Shore MOVIE	Ned Barlow
1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV	Jim Thorner
1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV	Rick Cleary
1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV	Joe Kirby
1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV	Donald Blackburn
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Sheriff
1953	City Detective TV	Self
1953	Cat-Women of the Moon MOVIE	Douglas 'Doug' Smith
1953	Fort Algiers MOVIE	Lt. Gerrier
1953	Northern Patrol MOVIE	Frank Stevens
1953	The Twonky MOVIE	Second Male Nurse entering Kerry's bedroom at finale
1953	Julius Caesar MOVIE	Servant to Antony
1953	Savage Frontier MOVIE	Johnny Webb
1953	Invaders from Mars MOVIE	Sgt. Baker
1953	The War of the Worlds MOVIE	Wash Perry
1953	The Blue Gardenia MOVIE	Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)
1953	I'm the Law TV	Self
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Jeffrey
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Hicks
1952	The Yellow Haired Kid MOVIE	The Yellow Haired Kid
1952	Flat Top MOVIE	Red Kelley
1952	Cavalcade of America TV	Self
1952	Gang Busters TV	Self
1952	Fort Osage MOVIE	Nathan Goodspeed
1952	Rose of Cimarron MOVIE	Jeb Dawley
1952	Chevron Theatre TV	Self
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Tony Kermit
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Landon
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Self
1951	The Red Badge of Courage MOVIE	Officer (uncredited)
1951	The Adventures of Kit Carson TV	Self
1951	No Questions Asked MOVIE	Roger
1951	Five MOVIE	Michael
1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV	Yellow Haired Kid
1950	The Cisco Kid TV	Henchman McNulty
1950	The Cisco Kid TV	Jake - Henchman
1950	Rider from Tucson MOVIE	Tug Bailey
1950	The Vanishing Westerner MOVIE	Bud Thurber
1950	The Outriders MOVIE	Young Union Guard Killed During Escape (uncredited)
1950	Cinderella MOVIE	Prince Charming (voice)
1949	The Man on the Eiffel Tower MOVIE	Janvier
1949	They Live by Night MOVIE	Young Farmer
1948	Belle Starr's Daughter MOVIE	Yuma Talbott
1948	Studio One TV	Vavick
1948	Desperadoes of Dodge City MOVIE	Ted Loring
1948	Station West MOVIE	Sergeant (uncredited)
1948	Train to Alcatraz MOVIE	Tommy Calligan
1948	The Arizona Ranger MOVIE	Ranger Mac
1947	Leben des Galilei MOVIE	Andrea Sarti
1947	Crossfire MOVIE	Leroy

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