William Henry

William Henry

Known for

Acting

Born

November 10, 1914

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California, USA

Died

August 10, 1982 (aged 67)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Albert Henry (November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor working in Hollywood movies.

Born in Los Angeles in 1914, Henry started as a child actor, then was a hero in B-movies (mainly westerns), and ended his career as a character actor. He also appeared in various roles on episodes of many TV series. He was a member of the John Ford Stock Company and appeared 12 times for Ford.

Henry was active with the Pasadena Community Playhouse.

His brother was the character actor Thomas Browne Henry.

Henry was married and divorced twice. His first marriage was to Grace Durkin, with whom he had son Michael and daughter Michele. His and hi...

Best known work

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
El Dorado
El Dorado
1966
The Thin Man
The Thin Man
1934
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
The Alamo
The Alamo
1960
The Horse Soldiers
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Going My Way
Going My Way
1944
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts
1955

Filmography

  1. 1974

    The Six Million Dollar ManTV

    as Thurmond (1 episode)

  2. 1972

    Emergency!TV

    as 2nd Captain (1 episode)

  3. 1969

    Marcus Welby, M.D.TV

    as Executive (1 episode)

  4. 1969

  5. 1968

  6. 1968

    Mayberry R.F.D.TV

    as Mr. Wilkerson (1 episode)

  7. 1967

  8. 1966

    El Dorado

    as Sheriff Dodd Draper

  9. 1966

  10. 1965

  11. 1965

  12. 1965

  13. 1965

  14. 1965

  15. 1964

    Cheyenne Autumn

    as Infantry Captain (uncredited)

  16. 1964

    The Best Man

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  17. 1962

    How the West Was Won

    as Staff Officer (uncredited)

  18. 1962

    Flashing Spikes

    as Assistant Commissioner

  19. 1962

    The VirginianTV

    as Player (1 episode)

  20. 1962

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    as Gambler (uncredited)

  21. 1961

    Two Rode Together

    as Gambler (uncredited)

  22. 1960

    The Alamo

    as Dr. Sutherland

  23. 1960

    The Case of the Dangerous RobinTV

    as Dave Holiday (1 episode)

  24. 1960

  25. 1960

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