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Billy Gray has been involved in 'Speedway' Motorcycle Racing as a Competitor during the 70s, 80s & 90s. His 'Speedway' Bike was known as the 'Orange Crate Special', then later as the 'Orange Blossom Special'. The name was given to Billy's bike By the Announcer at Irwindale Raceway due to the solid orange rims that Billy used on his 'Speedway Bike'. See more trivia »

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William Thomas Gray
in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1996 The Vampyre Wars
Majordomo
 
1980 Porklips Now (short)
Dullard (as William Gray)
 
1979 Love and Bullets
Officer Durant (as William Gray)
 
1977 Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas (TV movie)
Bud Anderson
 
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion (TV movie)
James Anderson Jr.
 
1971 Werewolves on Wheels
Pill (as William Gray)
 
1971 Dusty and Sweets McGee
City Life
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The Protectors (TV series)
Morgan
– Memo from the Class of '76 (1970) … Morgan
 
1969 Medical Center (TV series)
Student at Party
– U.M.C. (1969) … Student at Party (uncredited)
 
1967 Custer (TV series)
Billy Nixon
– Desperate Mission (1967) … Billy Nixon (as Bill Gray)
 
1966 That Girl (TV series)
Stanley Zip
– Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts (1966) … Stanley Zip
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
Gerson Stutman
– Lori (1966) … Gerson Stutman
 
1966 Combat! (TV series)
Candell
– The Losers (1966) … Candell (as Bill Gray)
 
1966 The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
CPO Fred Twining (as Bill Gray)
 
1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Lindsey McCuller
– Moment in the Sun (1965) … Lindsey McCuller (as Bill Gray)
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Colin Martin
– Tigers Are for Jungles (1964) … Colin Martin (as Bill Gray)
 
1964 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
Nick
– Corsicans Don't Cry (1964) … Nick (as Bill Gray)
 
1962 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Mr. Carmichael
– Somebody Up There Should Stay There (1962) … Mr. Carmichael
 
1961 The Explosive Generation
Bobby Herman Jr.
 
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Perry Hatch
– The Hatbox (1961) … Perry Hatch
 
1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Buzz Marlowe / Jerry Alquist
– Sis Bowls 'Em Over (1961) … Buzz Marlowe
– The Drop-Out (1961) … Jerry Alquist
 
1961 The Deputy (TV series)
Johnny Blatner
– Two-Way Deal (1961) … Johnny Blatner
 
1960 Bachelor Father (TV series)
David Ross
– Ginger's Big Romance (1960) … David Ross
 
1960 Stagecoach West (TV series)
Frankie Niles
– Dark Return (1960) … Frankie Niles
 
1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Eric Thorwald
– The Semi-Private Eye (1960) … Eric Thorwald (as Bill Gray)
 
1954-1960 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Bud / Bud Anderson / Jake / …
– Not His Type (1960) … Bud
– Bud Lives It Up (1960) … Bud
– Betty's Career Problem (1960) … Bud
– Blind Date (1960) … Bud
– Love and Learn (1960) … Bud
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1957 The Thin Man (TV series)
Mike Edwards
– Come Back Darling Asta (1957) … Mike Edwards
 
1956 The Scarlet Hour
Tom Rycker
 
1956 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
– The Secret Weapon of Joe Smith (1956)
 
1955 The Seven Little Foys
Bryan Lincoln Foy, as a teen
 
1954 The Outlaw Stallion
Danny Saunders
 
1954 Annie Oakley (TV series)
Tagg Oakley
– Bull's Eye (1954) … Tagg Oakley
 
1954 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Nick Monti
– Dear Madge (1954) … Nick Monti
 
1954 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Andy Jackson
– Young Andy Jackson (1954) … Andy Jackson
 
1954 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Barry
– The First Prize (1954) … Barry
 
1954 Doggie in the Bedroom (short)
 
1953 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Alan Harper
– Shot in the Dark (1953) … Alan Harper
 
1953 Your Play Time (TV series)
– Lesson in Hot Lead (1953)
 
1953 All I Desire
Ted Murdoch
 
1953 The Girl Next Door
Joe Carter
 
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Wesley Winfield
 
1952 The Schaefer Century Theatre (TV series)
– Lesson in Hot Lead (1952)
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
– Check and Double Check (1952)
 
1952 Chevron Theatre (TV series)
– Lesson in Hot Lead (1952)
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Kettle Boy (uncredited)
 
1952 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
– On Borrowed Time (1952)
 
1952 The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan (short)
 
1952 Gruen Guild Theater (TV series)
– A Boy Wears a Gun (1952)
 
1952 Talk About a Stranger
Robert Fontaine Jr.
 
1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still
Bobby Benson
 
1951 Jim Thorpe -- All-American
Jim Thorpe as a Boy (uncredited)
 
1951 The Guy Who Came Back
Willy Joplin
 
1951 On Moonlight Bay
Wesley Winfield
 
1951 Her First Romance
Boy at Camp Barracks (uncredited)
 
1951 So You Want to Be a Cowboy (short)
Little Boy Movie Patron with Lollipop (uncredited)
 
1951 Gene Autry and The Mounties
Boy (uncredited)
 
1950 Sierra Passage
Young Johnny Yorke
 
1950 The Magnavox Theatre (TV series)
Big Mouth's Grandson / Johnny
– The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950) … Johnny/Big Mouth's Grandson
 
1950 Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (TV movie)
Johnny, Bigmouth's Grandson
 
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
Pinkie (uncredited)
 
1950 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Eddie Baker / Jimmy Foster
– Twisted Trails (1950) … Eddie Baker
– The Star Toter (1950) … Jimmy Foster
 
1950 Mister 880
Mickey (uncredited)
 
1950 Between Midnight and Dawn
Peter J. 'Petey' Conklin (uncredited)
 
1950 Three Little Words
Boy (uncredited)
 
1950 In a Lonely Place
Young Boy Seeking Autograph (uncredited)
 
1950 Kill the Umpire
The Boy Catcher (uncredited)
 
1950 The Good Humor Man
Junior (uncredited)
 
1950 Singing Guns
Albert
 
1950 Father Is a Bachelor
Feb Chalotte
 
1949 Abandoned
Tough Kid in Park (uncredited)
 
1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1949 The House Across the Street
Boy (uncredited)
 
1949 The Talented Tramps (short)
 
1949 So You're Having In-Law Trouble (short)
Little Willie (uncredited)
 
1949 Lust for Gold
Boy (uncredited)
 
1949 The Judge Steps Out
Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
 
1949 Bad Men of Tombstone
Willie Stover
 
1949 So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter (short)
Junior - Homer's Boy (uncredited)
 
1948 Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (short)
 
1948 Fighting Father Dunne
Chip
 
1948 The Bride Goes Wild
Boy (uncredited)
 
1947 The Gangster
Little Boy (uncredited)
 
1947 The Fabulous Texan
Boy (uncredited)
 
1947 Driftwood
Boy (uncredited)
 
1947 The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival
Sandy, in 'Curly'
 
1947 Curley
Sandy (uncredited)
 
1947 Little Mister Jim
Neighbor Boy (uncredited)
 
1947 Backlash
Denny (uncredited)
 
1946 The Strange Woman
Boy on Bridge (uncredited)
 
1946 Rendezvous with Annie
Little Boy (uncredited)
 
1946 Specter of the Rose
Jack Jones
 
1946 Suspense
Small Boy at Zoo (uncredited)
 
1946 Our Old Car (short)
Boy (uncredited)
 
1946 One Exciting Week
Small Boy (uncredited)
 
1946 Cluny Brown
Richard Watkins, Boy in Pharmacy (uncredited)
 
1946 Throw a Saddle on a Star
Tough Boy (uncredited)
 
1946 To Each His Own
Billy Ingham (uncredited)
 
1945 An Angel Comes to Brooklyn
Boy (uncredited)
 
1945 Adventures of Rusty
Harry (uncredited)
 
1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Child (uncredited)
 
1943 Man of Courage
Mike Wilson
 
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1958-1960 Father Knows Best (TV series)
– Time to Retire (1960) (performer: "Happy Birthday To You" - uncredited)
– Calypso Bud (1958) (performer: "Bongo Solo")
 
1953 The Girl Next Door (performer: "I'd Rather Have a Pal Than a Gal Anytime" - uncredited, "You/I'd Rather Have a Pal/I'm Mad About the Girl Next Door" medley - uncredited)
 
1951 On Moonlight Bay (performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" - uncredited, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2008 The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
2008 Acting Normal: Billy Gray on Douglas Sirk's All I Desire (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2011 The Actor's Journey (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Actor's Journey for Kids (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (video documentary short)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2008 Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Acting Normal: Billy Gray on Douglas Sirk's All I Desire (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 On the Edge of Black and White (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Finales (2007) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2005 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2000 Child Stars: Their Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Making the Earth Stand Still (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 March 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1987 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1987) … Himself
 
1984 The 36th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Comedy Series
 
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.2 (1958) … Himself
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.2 (1951) … Himself - Actor (as Bill Gray)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2011 Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV documentary)
Bobby Benson (uncredited)
 
1954 Superman and the Jungle Devil
Alan Harper
 

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[on his Father Knows Best years, c. 1983] "I wish there was some way I could tell kids not to believe it - the dialogue, the situations, the characters - they were all totally false. The show did everybody a disservice. The girls were always trained to use their feminine wiles, to pretend to be helpless to attract men... See more »

Trivia:

Billy Gray has been involved in 'Speedway' Motorcycle Racing as a Competitor during the 70s, 80s & 90s. His 'Speedway' Bike was known as the 'Orange Crate Special', then later as the 'Orange Blossom Special'. The name was given to Billy's bike By the Announcer at Irwindale Raceway due to the solid orange rims that Billy used on his 'Speedway Bike'. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn