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Bill Tennant(1941-2012)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Bill Tennant was born on 31 May 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975), The Hollywood Knights (1980) and King of the Mountain (1981). He was married to Frances Louise Badham-Thornhill, Kim Darby, Susan Brewer Fonda and Sandi Stace Terrence. He died on 14 October 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMay 31, 1941
DiedOctober 14, 2012(71)
BornMay 31, 1941
DiedOctober 14, 2012(71)
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Known for

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
5.6
  • Producer(as William Tennant)
  • 1975
The Hollywood Knights (1980)
The Hollywood Knights
6.2
  • Producer(as William Tennant)
  • 1980
King of the Mountain (1981)
King of the Mountain
5.6
  • Producer(as William Tennant)
  • 1981
Shelley Winters and Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Cleopatra Jones
5.9
  • Producer
  • 1973

Credits

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Actor

  • Don Collier, Judy Lewis, and Bruce Yarnell in Outlaws (1960)
    Outlaws
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Emmett Dalton
    • 1961
  • Loretta Young in The Loretta Young Show (1953)
    The Loretta Young Show
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Larry Norden
    • Tommy Seller
    • Marty Bellman
    • 1960
  • Tate (1960)
    Tate
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Will Smith
    • 1960
  • Andrew Duggan, Arlene Howell, Richard Long, and Van Williams in Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
    Bourbon Street Beat
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Chuck
    • Billy Norton
    • 1959–1960

Producer

  • Lori Singer and Bruce Abbott in Summer Heat (1987)
    Summer Heat
    4.8
    • producer (as William Tennant)
    • 1987
  • The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
    5.6
    • executive producer (as William Tennant)
    • 1981
  • King of the Mountain (1981)
    King of the Mountain
    5.6
    • executive producer (as William Tennant)
    • 1981
  • The Hollywood Knights (1980)
    The Hollywood Knights
    6.2
    • executive producer (as William Tennant)
    • 1980
  • Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
    Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
    5.6
    • produced by (as William Tennant)
    • 1975
  • Shelley Winters and Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones (1973)
    Cleopatra Jones
    5.9
    • produced by
    • 1973

Writer

  • The Hollywood Knights (1980)
    The Hollywood Knights
    6.2
    • story (as William Tennant)
    • 1980
  • Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
    Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
    5.6
    • written by (as William Tennant)
    • 1975

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • BIll Tennant
  • Born
    • May 31, 1941
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • October 14, 2012
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Frances Louise Badham-ThornhillMarch 1992 - October 14, 2012 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Tennant had been Roman Polanski' business manager in the late 1960s. It was Tennant who took on the ugly task of identifying the dead at 10050 Cielo Drive on August 9, 1969.
  • Quotes
    I know I was my own worst enemy. Hollywood has always been a magnet attracting incomplete people who think that money and glamour can somehow make them complete. It can't, of course. You get consumed by it, not completed.

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