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Billy Gray(I)

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Billy Gray
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Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
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Billy Gray was born on January 13, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA, as the son of famous actress Beatrice Gray. He was a successful child actor, known for Father Knows Best (1954), On Moonlight Bay (1951), and as Bobby in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). He went on the become an inventor and a competitive motor racer.
BornJanuary 13, 1938
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    7.7
    • Bobby Benson
    • 1951
    Father Knows Best (1954)
    Father Knows Best
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Actor
    Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay (1951)
    On Moonlight Bay
    6.9
    • Wesley Winfield
    • 1951
    By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
    By the Light of the Silvery Moon
    7.0
    • Wesley Winfield
    • 1953

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Porklips Now (1980)
      Porklips Now
      6.9
      Short
      • Dullard (as William Gray)
      • 1980
    • Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland in Love and Bullets (1979)
      Love and Bullets
      5.6
      • Officer Durant (as William Gray)
      • 1979
    • Robert Young, Lauren Chapin, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Jane Wyatt in Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas (1977)
      Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Bud Anderson (as Bill Gray)
      • 1977
    • Lauren Chapin in The Father Knows Best Reunion (1977)
      The Father Knows Best Reunion
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • James Anderson Jr. (as Bill Gray)
      • 1977
    • Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
      Werewolves on Wheels
      4.3
      • Pill (as William Gray)
      • 1971
    • Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971)
      Dusty and Sweets McGee
      6.5
      • Billy Gray
      • 1971
    • The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969)
      The Bold Ones: The Protectors
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Morgan Vontz
      • 1970
    • Medical Center (1969)
      Medical Center
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Student at Party (uncredited)
      • 1969
    • The Ping-Pong Match
      Short
      • Ping Pong Player
      • 1968
    • Wayne Maunder in Custer (1967)
      Custer
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Billy Nixon (as Bill Gray)
      • 1967
    • Combat! (1962)
      Combat!
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Candell (as Bill Gray)
      • 1966
    • Anthony Eisley and Mamie Van Doren in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
      The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
      3.7
      • CPO Fred Twining (as Bill Gray)
      • 1966
    • Rawhide (1959)
      Rawhide
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Lindsay McCuller (as Bill Gray)
      • 1965
    • Ben Gazzara and Chuck Connors in Arrest and Trial (1963)
      Arrest and Trial
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Colin Martin (as Bill Gray)
      • 1964
    • Jack Palance, Tuesday Weld, and Russ Tamblyn in The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
      The Greatest Show on Earth
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Nick (as Bill Gray)
      • 1964

    Soundtrack



    • Father Knows Best (1954)
      Father Knows Best
      7.4
      TV Series
      • performer: "Happy Birthday To You"
      • performer: "Good Night, Ladies"
      • performer: "Bongo Solo" (uncredited)
      • 1958–1960
    • The Girl Next Door (1953)
      The Girl Next Door
      6.4
      • performer: "I'd Rather Have a Pal Than a Gal Anytime", "You(I)'d Rather Have a Pal / I'm Mad About the Girl Next Door" (medley) (uncredited)
      • 1953
    • Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay (1951)
      On Moonlight Bay
      6.9
      • performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (uncredited)
      • 1951

    Videos3

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:39
    Official Trailer
    The Day the Earth Stood Still: Trailer
    Trailer 1:08
    The Day the Earth Stood Still: Trailer
    The Day the Earth Stood Still: Trailer
    Trailer 1:08
    The Day the Earth Stood Still: Trailer
    Father Knows Best: Season 1
    Trailer 0:46
    Father Knows Best: Season 1

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Billie Gray
    • Born
      • January 13, 1938
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Spouses
        Donna Wilkes1977 - ? (divorced)
    • Parents
        Beatrice Gray
    • Other works
      Stage: Appeared in Joseph Stein (III)'s play, "Enter Laughing," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Lynn Bari and Alan Mowbray in the cast.
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Interviews
      • 1 Article

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      In July 1998, he settled a libel suit he brought against noted film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, known for his annual guides on available movies and videos. In all guides from 1974-98, Maltin mistakenly listed Gray as a real-life drug addict and pusher in the critique of Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971); he appeared in the film only as an actor. Part of the settlement required that Maltin publicly apologize for the 27-year-long defamation of character. He did so during a press conference on the morning of July 18, 1998.
    • Quotes
      [in 1983, on his Father Knows Best (1954) years] 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. The show contributed to a lot of the problems between men and women that we see today . . . I think we were all well motivated, but what we did was run a hoax. Father Knows Best (1954) purported to be a reasonable facsimile of life. And the bad thing is that the model is so deceitful. It usually revolved around not wanting to tell the truth, either out of embarrassment or not wanting to hurt someone . . . If I could say anything to make up for all the years I lent myself to that kind of bullshit, it would be: "YOU Know Best".

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