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Bill Dillard(1911-1995)

  • Actor
  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Bill Dillard was born on 20 July 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Murder with Music (1941), The Green Pastures (1957) and House-Rent Party (1946). He died on 16 January 1995 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
BornJuly 20, 1911
DiedJanuary 16, 1995(83)
BornJuly 20, 1911
DiedJanuary 16, 1995(83)
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Known for

Nellie Hill and Bob Howard in Murder with Music (1941)
Murder with Music
3.9
  • Mike
  • 1941
The Green Pastures (1957)
The Green Pastures
7.7
TV Movie
  • King of Babylon(as William Dillard)
  • 1957
House-Rent Party (1946)
House-Rent Party
  • Police Officer
  • 1946
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, John Murray, and Percy Verwayen in Fight That Ghost (1946)
Fight That Ghost
6.1
  • Jim Brown
  • 1946

Credits

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Actor

  • Ron Carey, Max Gail, Ron Glass, James Gregory, Steve Landesberg, Hal Linden, and Jack Soo in Barney Miller (1975)
    Barney Miller
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Edward Jennings
    • Fast Eddie (as William Dillard)
    • 1980
  • The Green Pastures
    TV Movie
    • King of Babylon (as William Dillard)
    • 1959
  • The Green Pastures (1957)
    The Green Pastures
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • King of Babylon (as William Dillard)
    • 1957
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947)
    Kraft Mystery Theatre
    7.8
    TV Series
    • (as William Dillard)
    • 1954
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
    8.2
    TV Series
    • (segment "135th Street")
    • 1953
  • The Fight Never Ends (1948)
    The Fight Never Ends
    5.8
    • Det. Billingsly
    • 1948
  • Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, John Murray, and Percy Verwayen in Fight That Ghost (1946)
    Fight That Ghost
    6.1
    • Jim Brown
    • 1946
  • House-Rent Party (1946)
    House-Rent Party
    • Police Officer
    • 1946
  • Nellie Hill and Bob Howard in Murder with Music (1941)
    Murder with Music
    3.9
    • Mike
    • 1941

Composer

  • The March in Washington (1963)
    The March in Washington
    Short
    • music by
    • 1963

Music Department

  • Martin Luther King Jr., Joachim Prinz, and A. Philip Randolph in We Have A Dream (2016)
    We Have A Dream
    Short
    • Music by: recorded performance
    • 2016

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • William Dillard
  • Born
    • July 20, 1911
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • January 16, 1995
    • Manhattan, New York, USA(pneumonia)
  • Other works
    He acted in Vernel Bagneris's musical, "One Mo' Time," at the Cambridge Theatre in London, England with Bertice Reading and Clarke Peters in the cast.

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