Bill Edwards (actor)
{{Short description|American actor (1918–1999)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bill Edwards
| image = Bill Edwards in The Fighting Stallion (cropped).jpg
| caption = Edwards in The Fighting Stallion (1950)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|9|14}}
| birth_place = Sea Isle City, New Jersey, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|12|21|1918|9|14}}
| death_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S.
| occupation = Film, television actor, Artist
| years_active = 1938–1987
| spouse = Hazel Allen
| children = Linda Edwards
}}
Bill Edwards (September 14, 1918 – December 21, 1999) was an American film and television actor, championship rodeo rider, and artist.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/21097-Bill-Edwards|publisher=American Film Institute|title=BILL EDWARDS|accessdate=November 7, 2018}} His film roles include Hail the Conquering Hero, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, and The Virginian. He is also known for his recurring role as Jonathan Kaye in the television series Hawaii Five-O.
He appeared in the 1961 episode of Danger Man entitled "The Girl Who Liked GI's" as Sgt. Poole.{{cite web | url=http://danger-man.co.uk/episodeDetails.asp?episodeID=18&seriesNo=1 | title=The Danger Man Website }}
Selected filmography
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- Adventure in Iraq (1943) as Radio Operator
- You Can't Ration Love (1944) as Pete Allen, big man on campus
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1943) as Forrest Noble
- Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) as Tom Newhall
- Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) as Elijah Howe, Jr.
- The Virginian (1946) as Sam Bennett
- Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) as Tom Newhall
- Danger Street (1947) as Sandy Evans
- Home in San Antone (1949) as Ted Gibson
- Trail of the Yukon (1949) as Jim Blaine
- The Fighting Stallion (1950) as Lon Evans
- Federal Man (1950) as Agent George Palmer
- Border Outlaws (1950) as Mike Hoskins
- The First Legion (1951) as Joe
- First Man into Space (1959) as Air Force pilot Lt. Dan Milton Prescott
- Sea Hunt (1961, Season 4, Episode 19) as USCG Commander Murdock
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Colonel Kendall J. Fiedler
- Hawaii Five-O (1972-1978) as Jonathan Kaye
- Inferno in Paradise (1974) as Captain Martin
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References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0249823|Bill Edwards}}
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Category:American male television actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from New Jersey
Category:20th-century American artists
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in California