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Gerald Anthony Bill is an American actor, producer, and director. He produced the 1973 movie The Sting, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips. As an actor, Bill has had supporting roles in films including Come Blow Your Horn (1963), Shampoo (1975), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Less Than Zero (1987). He made his directorial debut with My Bodyguard (1980), and has since directed movies like Six Weeks (1982), Five Corners (1987), Crazy People (1990), Untamed Heart (1993), and Flyboys (2006). He often cast Dudley Moore in his films.
Birth Name
Gerard Anthony Bill
Born
Friday, 23 August 1940
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hal | Self | 2018 |
| A Classy Broad | Self | 2016 |
| Salinger | Self / Self - Filmmaker | 2013 |
| Casting By | Self | 2012 |
| Leverage | Pierson | 2008 |
| Must Love Dogs | Walter | 2005 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Kurt Lascher | 2005 |
| Inside Deep Throat | Self - Producer, The Sting | 2005 |
| Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003 |
| Adults Only: The Secret History of the Other Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hal | Self | 2018 |
| A Classy Broad | Self | 2016 |
| Salinger | Self / Self - Filmmaker | 2013 |
| Casting By | Self | 2012 |
| Leverage | Pierson | 2008 |
| Must Love Dogs | Walter | 2005 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Kurt Lascher | 2005 |
| Inside Deep Throat | Self - Producer, The Sting | 2005 |
| Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003 |
| Adults Only: The Secret History of the Other Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
| Lying in Wait | Detective Mike / Miss Cray | 2001 |
| Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Mickey Calvin | 1998 |
| The Fixer | Million Dollar Lawyer | 1998 |
| Barb Wire | Foster | 1996 |
| A Home of Our Own | Doctor | 1993 |
| The Killing Mind | Thomas Quinn | 1991 |
| Less Than Zero | Bradford Easton | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Travis | 1987 |
| Citizen Steve | Self - Actor | 1987 |
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Terry Hawthorne | 1985 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Steve | 1985 |
| Moonlighting | Scott Hundley | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Mark Lee Reynolds | 1984 |
| St. Elsewhere | Brian Whitehill | 1982 |
| Hotel | Mike | 1982 |
| Late Night with David Letterman | Self - Guest | 1982 |
| Washington Mistress | Alan | 1982 |
| Freedom | Richard | 1981 |
| Portrait of an Escort | Beau Simpson | 1980 |
| The Little Dragons | Niles | 1980 |
| Heart Beat | Dick | 1980 |
| Are You in the House Alone? | Neil Osborne | 1978 |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Past Winner | 1978 |
| The Initiation of Sarah | Paul Yates | 1978 |
| What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | Sam Ashley | 1977 |
| Having Babies II | Aaron Canfield | 1977 |
| Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Adam Gardiner | 1977 |
| Las Vegas Lady | Bob | 1975 |
| Shampoo | Johnny Pope | 1975 |
| Haunts of the Very Rich | Lyle / Lyle Dugan | 1972 |
| Cade's County | Willie Ball | 1971 |
| Flap | Eleven Snowflake | 1970 |
| Bracken's World | Justin Williman | 1969 |
| Castle Keep | Lt. Amberjack | 1969 |
| Ice Station Zebra | Lt. Russell Walker | 1968 |
| How to Steal the World | Steven Garrow | 1968 |
| Never a Dull Moment | Florian | 1968 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Road West | Andy Wilkins | 1966 |
| You're a Big Boy Now | Raef del Grado | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Biff / Lee Harvey Oswald | 1965 |
| Marriage on the Rocks | Jim Blake | 1965 |
| The Loner | Jody Merriman | 1965 |
| I Spy | Gary | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Charlie Carson | 1965 |
| For the People | Buddy | 1965 |
| None But the Brave | Air Crewman Keller | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Steve Garrow | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Grayson Hinks | 1964 |
| Soldier in the Rain | Pfc. Jerry Meltzer / Jerry Meltzer | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Tony Pitts | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Chris Herrod | 1963 |
| Come Blow Your Horn | Buddy Baker | 1963 |
| The Virginian | Clipper Ellis | 1962 |
| Ben Casey | Paul Crain | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Thomas Hartwood / Dr. Thomas Hartwood | 1961 |
| Bonanza | Charlie Two | 1959 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Florian | 1954 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Leverage | 2008 |
| Pictures of Hollis Woods | 2007 |
| Flyboys | 2006 |
| Keen Eddie | 2003 |
| Monk | 2002 |
| Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | 2002 |
| Glory Days | 2002 |
| UC: Undercover | 2001 |
| Harlan County War | 2000 |
| A Chance of Snow | 1998 |
| To Have & to Hold | 1998 |
| Felicity | 1998 |
| Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families | 1998 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | 1997 |
| The Visitor | 1997 |
| Beyond the Call | 1996 |
| High Incident | 1996 |
| One Christmas | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | 1994 |
| Next Door | 1994 |
| A Home of Our Own | 1993 |
| Untamed Heart | 1993 |
| Crazy People | 1990 |
| Dirty Dancing | 1988 |
| Five Corners | 1987 |
| Six Weeks | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | 1982 |
| My Bodyguard | 1980 |
| The Magical World of Disney | 1954 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Going in Style | 2017 |
| Pitch | 2016 |
| Last Call | 2002 |
| In the Time of the Butterflies | 2001 |
| The Fixer | 1998 |
| Beyond the Call | 1996 |
| Untamed Heart | 1993 |
| Five Corners | 1987 |
| The Little Dragons | 1980 |
| Going in Style | 1979 |
| Boulevard Nights | 1979 |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York | 1976 |
| Hearts of the West | 1975 |
| The Sting | 1973 |
| Steelyard Blues | 1973 |
| Deadhead Miles | 1972 |
| The Magical World of Disney | 1954 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1974 | Oscar | Best Picture | Won |
