Movies by Bill Williams
As part of the cast:
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Unforgettable: The Korean War (2010)
Cast: Eddie Rios, Ruben Moreno, Bill Williams …
Directed by: Tom Kleespie
Shedding light on soldiers' memories of an "un-won" war, this penetrating program takes its cues from Korean War veterans who recall memories both painful and patriotic, putting a human…
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Rio Lobo (1970)
Cast: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill …
Directed by: Howard Hawks
At the end of the Civil War, Union Army colonel Cord McNally (John Wayne) recovers gold stolen by a group of Confederates, and roots out a traitor who killed some of his own soldiers during…
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Buckskin (1968)
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey …
Directed by: Michael D. Moore
After buying up property around a Montana frontier town, land baron Rep Marlowe (Wendell Corey) tries to force out the homesteaders by damming the river, but Marshal Chaddock (Barry Sullivan)…
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Tickle Me (1965)
Cast: Elvis Presley, Jocelyn Lane, Julie Adams …
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Rodeo star Lonnie Beale (Elvis Presley) takes a job as a stable hand at an upscale all-girl ranch and spa. There, he sweeps the clientele off their feet, particularly the beautiful Pamela…
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Hell to Eternity (1960)
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone …
Directed by: Phil Karlson
When his Japanese-American foster family is sent to an internment camp, young Guy Gabaldon (Jeffrey Hunter) is drafted into the Marines in this war drama based on a true story. A…
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Oklahoma Territory (1960)
Cast: Bill Williams, Gloria Talbott, Ted de Corsia …
Directed by: Edward L. Cahn
Bill Williams stars in this Western as Temple Houston, a gunslinging district attorney who finds himself stuck between a rock and a hard place when he's forced to prosecute his friend,…
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A Date with the Angels: Vol.1 (1957)
Cast: Betty White, Bill Williams, Natalie Masters …
Directed by: James V. Kern
Betty White stars as Vicki Angel, a newlywed whose well-intentioned but kooky exploits always seem to land her and her insurance salesman husband, Gus (Bill Williams), in a pickle. Four…
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Pawnee (1957)
Cast: George Montgomery, Bill Williams, Lola Albright …
Directed by: George Waggner
Raised since boyhood by a Pawnee chief, a young white man known as Pale Arrow (George Montgomery) finds his loyalty tested when he's ejected from the tribe and takes a job as a wagon…
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The Storm Rider (1957)
Cast: Scott Brady, Mala Powers, John Goddard …
Directed by: Edward Bernds
In this fast-paced Western, former gunslinger Bart Jones (Scott Brady) finds himself in the middle of a range war when he's called on to protect a group of small-time ranchers against…
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The Wild Dakotas (1956)
Cast: Bill Williams, Coleen Gray, Jim Davis …
Directed by: Sigmund Neufeld
When Aaron Baring (Jim Davis) signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River Valley, his dictatorial style soon creates problems. When the settlers…
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TVGuide Westerns: The Adventures of Kit Carson (1955)
Cast: Bill Williams, Don Diamond, Hank Patterson …
Directed by: Derwin Abbe
Frontiersman Kit Carson (Bill Williams) rounds up bank robbers, desperados, rascally varmints and other nefarious villains in this classic 1950s Western show. Accompanied by his girl-crazy…
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Son of Paleface (1952)
Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers …
Directed by: Frank Tashlin
In this sequel to Bob Hope's 1948 hit "The Paleface," Hope is Junior Potter, a Harvard-educated man who heads West to claim the inheritance left him by his gunslinger father, only to…
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Cavalry Charge (1951)
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett …
Directed by: Lewis Foster
Two brothers join opposing sides of the civil war conflict. Former president, Ronald Reagan, is Vance Britton, the commander of a group of Confederates plundering Union gold shipments and…
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Deadline at Dawn / Backfire (1950)
Cast: Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams …
Directed by: Harold Clurman, Vincent Sherman
In Deadline at Dawn, a boozy sailor has until sunrise to discover who killed the shifty gal he met the night before, and in Backfire, a wounded veteran and his lovely nurse hit the road to…
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California Passage (1950)
Cast: Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Estelita Rodriguez …
Directed by: Joseph Kane
After heading West to reunite with her estranged brother (Bill Williams), Beth Martin (Adele Mara) gets a dual shock: She learns that he wasn't the industrious gold miner he pretended to…
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The Stratton Story (1949)
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan …
Directed by: Sam Wood
Based on a true story, this inspirational sports drama centers on Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton (Jimmy Stewart), whose career came to an abrupt and premature end when a hunting…
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West of the Pecos (1945)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Hale, Richard Martin …
Directed by: Edward Killy
After being wrongly accused of killing a stagecoach driver, Pecos Smith (Robert Mitchum) is hired by businessman Lamberth (Thurston Hall), who's en route to his Texas hacienda. Disguised…
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Panhandle / Operation Haylift / Wildfire (1945)
Cast: Rod Cameron, Bob Steele, Sterling Holloway …
Directed by: Robert Emmett Tansey, William Berke, Lesley Selander …
If it's not the outlaws who are making conditions unbearable, it's the weather in this trio of mid-20th-century Westerns that illustrate the hardships of life on the frontier for…