William Bishop

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Paxton Bishop (July 16 1918 - October 3 1959) was an American television and movie actor from Oak Park, Illinois. He was best known for his role as Steve Connors on the 1950's NBC comedy series It's a Great Life[1] and for his roles in films including Harriet Craig, The Killer That Stalked New York and in numerous B-Movies and westerns such as The Tougher They Come, Gun Belt, The Basketball Fix, Cripple Creek and Wyoming Renegades. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bishop (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Oak Park, Illinois, USA, 1918-07-16

Died: 1959-10-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	Seeing Hands	Man Pulling Lamp Cord	53
2	1943	Young Ideas	French Lieutenant (uncredited)	46
3	1943	Swing Shift Maisie	Young Pilot (Uncredited)	65
4	1943	Swing Fever	Soldier with Autograph Book (uncredited)	50
5	1943	Cry 'Havoc'	Soldier	63
6	1943	Lost Angel	Reporter (uncredited)	75
7	1943	A Guy Named Joe	Ray - Transport Pilot (uncredited)	65
8	1947	The Romance of Rosy Ridge	Ad Buchanan	66
9	1947	Song of the Thin Man	Al Amboy	68
10	1948	Adventures in Silverado	Bill Foss	50
11	1948	Port Said	Leslie Sears	60
12	1948	Coroner Creek	Leach Conover	61
13	1948	Thunderhoof	The Kid	0
14	1948	Black Eagle	Jason Bond	60
15	1948	The Untamed Breed	Larch Keegan	50
16	1949	Slightly French	J.B. (voice) (uncredited)	72
17	1949	The Walking Hills	Dave "Shep" Wilson	60
18	1949	Anna Lucasta	Rudolf Strobel	43
19	1949	Mr. Soft Touch	Radio Broadcaster (Voice) (Uncredited)	68
20	1950	The Killer That Stalked New York	Dr. Ben Wood	61
21	1950	Harriet Craig	Wes Miller	75
22	1950	The Tougher They Come	Gus Williams	30
23	1951	The Frogmen	Ferrino	59
24	1951	Lorna Doone	Carver Doone	46
25	1951	The Texas Rangers	Sam Bass	57
26	1951	The Basketball Fix	Mike Taft	57
27	1952	Cripple Creek	Silver Kirby	57
28	1952	Breakdown	Terry Williams	60
29	1952	The Raiders	Marshal Bill Henderson	62
30	1953	The Studebaker Story	Henry Studebaker	0
31	1953	The Redhead from Wyoming	Jim Averell	61
32	1953	Gun Belt	Ike Clinton	63
33	1954	Wyoming Renegades	Sundance Kid	58
34	1954	Overland Pacific	Del Stewart	49
35	1955	Top Gun	Canby Judd	60
36	1956	The Boss	Bob Herrick	55
37	1956	The White Squaw	Bob Garth	64
38	1957	The Phantom Stagecoach	Glen Hayden	50
39	1957	Short Cut to Hell	Sgt. Stan Lowery	58
40	1959	The Oregon Trail	Captain George Wayne	53

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Suspense		46
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Charlie Sewell	70
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
4	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Matt Brownley	70
5	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Bruce Stevens	70
6	1953	Letter to Loretta	Brad Delmar	62
7	1954	It's a Great Life	Steve Connors	0
8	1955	Science Fiction Theatre		63
9	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Matt Hornbeck	52
10	1956	The Gale Storm Show	David	55
11	1958	The Rifleman	Dave Stafford	71