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Bill Kurtis

Producer | Actor | Miscellaneous Crew

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Several scenes in independent filmmaker Kevin Willmott's upcoming feature The Battle for Bunker Hill were filmed at Kurtis' Red Buffalo Ranch near Sedan, Kansas. See more trivia »

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William Horton Kuretich
in Pensacola, Florida, USA
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Bill Kurtis attends the Roger Ebert Memorial Tribute at Chicago Theatre on April 11, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Hide HideProducer (18 titles)
2011 The American Tax Cheat (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2010 The Abduction of Jaycee Dugard (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2009 CNBC Investigates: Illegal Gambling (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2009 The Oprah Effect (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2008 Parking Wars (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2008 American Originals (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Budweiser (2008) (executive producer)
 
2007 Day Under Fire: Vietnam War (TV documentary) (series producer)
 
2007 Madness in the White City (TV documentary) (series producer)
 
2007 Day Under Fire: The Civil War (TV documentary) (series producer)
 
1993-2005 American Justice (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
– Til Death Do Us Part (2005) (executive producer)
– Payback for a Bully (2001) (executive producer)
– The Green Beret Murder Mystery (1999) (executive producer)
– The John Lennon Assassination (1998) (executive producer)
– Mob Hitmen (1996) (executive producer)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2005 High Tech Lincoln (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2004 Investigating History (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– The JFK Assassination (2004) (executive producer)
 
2004 The Secrets of Genghis Khan (executive producer)
 
1999-2003 Cold Case Files (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– The Zodiac Killer (2003) (executive producer)
– Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost (1999) (executive producer)
– Killer in the County (1999) (executive producer)
 
2003 Saudi Arabia: A Complicated Ally (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
Investigative Reports (TV series) (executive producer - 15 episodes, 1991-2002) (executive producer: Investigative Reports - 1 episode, 2001) (producer - 1 episode, 1998)
– Columbine: Understanding Why (2002) (executive producer)
– Healing and Prayer: Power or Placebo? (2001) (executive producer: Investigative Reports)
– Criminal Evidence (2001) (executive producer - final season)
– New York Justice: Beat Reporters (2001) (executive producer)
– Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Goods (2000) (executive producer)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1998 The Farm: Angola, USA (documentary) (executive producer: Investigative Reports)
 
1993 American Justice: Target - Mafia (TV mini-series documentary) (executive producer: American Justice - 1 episode)
– The Prohibition Years (1993) (executive producer: American Justice)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
2012 Parking Wars (TV series)
– Episode #6.25 (2012)
– Episode #6.26 (2012)
– Episode #6.27 (2012)
– Episode #6.28 (2012)
– Episode #6.29 (2012)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2010 Stull (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005-2006 Biography (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Mothers Who Kill (2006) … Narrator
– Empire of Crime: A Century of the New York Mob (2005) … Narrator
– The Chicago Mob (2005) … Narrator
 
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (video)
Bill Lawson
 
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Bill Lawson - Narrator (voice)
 
1996 The Unexplained (TV series)
Narrator
– 666, the Sign of Evil … Narrator
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1998-1999 The Unexplained (TV series) (narrator - 4 episodes)
– Death Cheaters (1999) (narrator)
– The Death Zone (1999) (narrator)
– Dangerous Obsessions (1998) (narrator)
– UFO Cults (narrator)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2003 Investigating History (TV series documentary)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2009 The Only Good Indian (special thanks)
 
2008 The Battle for Bunker Hill (special thanks)
 
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (video) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (41 titles)
2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
Himself - Speaking for Roger Ebert
– Episode #2.24 (2011) … Himself - Speaking for Roger Ebert (voice)
– Episode #2.23 (2011) … Himself - Speaking for Roger Ebert (voice)
– Episode #2.22 (2011) … Himself - Speaking for Roger Ebert (voice)
– Episode #2.20 (2011) … Himself - Speaking for Roger Ebert (voice)
– Episode #2.19 (2011) … Himself - Speaking for Roger Ebert (voice)
See all 32 episodes »
 
2010 Carbon Nation (documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2010 The Good Wife (TV series)
Himself
– Bad (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Abduction of Jaycee Dugard (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2009 Discovering Deerpath (documentary)
Narrator
 
2009 The Last Four Miles: A Legacy to Complete (short)
Himself - Host
 
2009 A Better Life (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 30 Rock (TV series)
Himself
– Gavin Volure (2008) … Himself (voice)
 
1999-2008 Cold Case Files (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host / Himself - Investigative Reports / Narrator
– Caught on Tape/A Son to Remember (2008) … Himself - Host
– A Knock at the Door/Shattered (2006) … Himself - Host
– Gravado Em Fita (2006) … Himself - Host
– Finding BTK (2005) … Himself - Host
– Blood Money/Precious Doe (2005) … Himself - Host/Narrator
See all 9 episodes »
 
2007 Chasing October (documentary)
Opening Narrator
 
2006 For God's Sake Take Cover (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
2006 The Sopranos (TV series)
Himself
– Mayham (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Criss Angel Mindfreak (TV series)
Himself
– Prediction (2005) … Himself
 
1994-2005 American Justice (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host / Himself / Host / …
– Til Death Do Us Part (2005) … Himself - Host
– The Susan Smith Story: A Mother's Confession (2004) … Himself - Host
– Daughter Dearest (2004) … Himself - Host
– A Model Murder (2004) … Himself - Host
– Murder in Paradise (2004) … Himself - Host
See all 44 episodes »
 
2005 American Justice: Marty Tankleff (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2003-2005 Investigating History (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Narrator
– The Lost Atlantis (2005) … Himself - Presenter
– Was Napoleon Murdered? (2004) … Himself - Presenter
– Buried Secrets of the Revolutionary War (2004) … Himself - Presenter
– The JFK Assassination (2004) … Himself - Presenter (voice)
– The Lost Battle of the Civil War (2004) … Himself - Presenter
See all 14 episodes »
 
2004 Deadly Deception: The Mark Hacking Story (TV documentary)
 
2004 Reel Comedy (TV series)
Himself - Host
– 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' (2004) … Himself - Host
 
2004 History Makers (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
2003 Saudi Arabia: A Complicated Ally (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2003 MIA: Solved (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
2002 Medicine on the Kansas Prairie (TV documentary short)
Narrator
 
2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 June 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Real Story (TV series)
Host
 
1991-2002 Investigative Reports (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself / Narrator
– Columbine: Understanding Why (2002) … Himself - Host
– Parole Board: Louisiana (2002) … Narrator
– Criminal Evidence (2001) … Himself - Host
– New York Justice: Beat Reporters (2001) … Himself - Host
– Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Goods (2000) … Himself - Host
See all 105 episodes »
 
1995-1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Host / Himself - Investigative Journalist
– Richard Speck: Natural Born Killer (1999) … Himself - Investigative Journalist
– Tokyo Rose: Victim of Propaganda (1995) … Himself
– Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob Smith (1995) … Himself - Host
 
1998-1999 The Unexplained (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Modern Psychics (1999) … Himself - Host
– UFOs: Testing the Evidence (1999) … Himself - Host
– Superstitions: Unlucky 13 (1998) … Himself - Host
 
1999 Inside Story (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1999 Guns in America: Gun Life (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1998 L.A. Detectives (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Polluting the Fountain of Youth (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1997 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself
– Chris Farley/The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1997) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 The Best of American Justice: The Mob (video documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1995 The Science of Star Trek (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1994 The American Revolution (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1993 American Justice: Target - Mafia (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
– The Prohibition Years (1993) … Narrator
– Birth of the American Mafia (1993) … Narrator
– Empire of Crime (1993) … Narrator
– The Kennedys and the Mob (1993) … Narrator
– Unions and the Mob (1993) … Narrator
 
1989 Secret Intelligence (TV series documentary)
Correspondent
– The Enterprise (1989) … Correspondent
– Learning to Say No (1989) … Correspondent
– The Only Rule Is Win (1989) … Correspondent
 
1988 The Men Who Killed Kennedy (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator (initial A&E presentations only)
 
1984 The American Parade (TV series)
Correspondent
 
1982 CBS Early Morning News (TV series)
Himself - Co-Anchor (1982-1985)
 
1982-1985 Morning (TV series)
Himself - Co-Anchor
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
 

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Saturday Night Live: Season 30: Episode 12 -- Bill Kurtis records various A&E show promos. A Better Life -- A Better Life examines the effects of American immigration policy by documenting the experiences of three Mexican immigrants in the Chicagoland area. Great American History Quiz: McKinley Assassination: Season 1: Episode 4 -- Bill Kurtis on the assassination of William McKinley.
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Trivia:

Several scenes in independent filmmaker Kevin Willmott's upcoming feature The Battle for Bunker Hill were filmed at Kurtis' Red Buffalo Ranch near Sedan, Kansas. See more »

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Virgo