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Wild Bill Elliott (born Gordon Nance, October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films.
Bill Elliott. Actor: Across the Sierras. Born Gordon Nance in 1904 on a farm in Pattonsburg, Missouri -- a small town about 60 miles northeast of Kansas City -- the future "Wild Bill Elliott" grew up around horses. His father was a commissioner at the Kansas City Stockyards. and at age 16 Elliott won a first-place ribbon in that city's annual ...
- January 1, 1
- Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA
- January 1, 1
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bill Elliott, also known as Wild Bill Elliott, was a prolific actor who starred in many westerns from 1938 to 1954. He was born in Missouri, married twice, and died of lung cancer in Las Vegas in 1965.
- October 16, 1904
- November 26, 1965
Elliott's appearances in shorts is a work in progress. Sound films only - a total of 209 films consisting of 77 westerns, 3 serials, 120 features and 9 shorts. First starring role: THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF WILD BILL HICKOK (Columbia, 1938) serial. First starring western: IN EARLY ARIZONA (Columbia, 1938).
Elliott came by none of those names naturally. He was born Gordon Nance, on a ranch in Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri, on October 16, 1903, according to John Leonard's definitive book on his films, appropriately titled Wild Bill Elliott (paperback published 1976). More recent information indicates he was born Gordon Ami Nance on October ...
Gordon “Wild Bill” Elliott was one of the film industry’s top moneymakers in westerns during the 1940s and 1950s and was voted one of the ten best “Money Making Stars” in the Motion Picture Herald poll from 1942 to 1952. Elliott reversed the typical pattern by abandoning more general acting for the western field.
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Wild Bill Elliott (born Gordon Nance, October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Wild Bill Elliott. Lobby card for The Devil's Trail (1942)
