Billy Green Bush

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Known For

Acting

Born

1935-11-07

Place of Birth

Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Billy Green Bush

Biography

William Warren Bush (born 1935) is an American actor, sometimes credited as “Billy Greenbush”. Notable movie appearances include Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972), Electra Glide in Blue (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), The River (1984), The Hitcher (1986), Critters (1986) and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993). He has also appeared frequently on television, including a recurring role as Bobby Angel on Hill Street Blues and a memorable episode of MAS*H. He later appeared as Vernon Presley, the father of Elvis Presley, in the series Elvis. Bush is the father of twins Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush (who starred as Carrie in Little House on the Prairie) and actor Clay Greenbush.

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Acting History

2005
Elvis
1993
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday as Sheriff Ed Landis
1992
Renegade as Harry Wells
1991
Critters 3 as Dad (archive footage)
1991
Conagher as Jacob Teale
1990
Elvis
1988
Elvis and Me as Vernon Presley
1988
Elvis and Me as Vernon Presley
1987
Rampage as Judge McKinsey
1986
The Deliberate Stranger as Officer Bradley
1986
Critters as Jay Brown
1986
Matlock as Billy Ray Webber
1986
The Hitcher as Trooper Donner
1985
Misfits of Science
1985
Amazing Stories as George Willoughby
1984
The River as Harve Stanley
1983
AfterMASH as The Stranger
1983
The A-Team as Cutter's Number Two Man
1981
The Girl on the Edge of Town as Frank Swenson
1981
Hill Street Blues as Bobby Angel
1980
The Jericho Mile as Warden Earl Gulliver
1980
Tom Horn as Joe Belle
1978
The Beasts Are on the Streets as Jim Scudder
1978
The Runaways
1977
The Incredible Hulk as Ray
1977
The Incredible Hulk as Sheriff Carl Decker
1977
The Oregon Trail
1977
CHiPs
1976
The Invasion of Johnson County as Frank Canton
1976
The Call of the Wild as Redsweater
1976
City of Angels as Charles Downing
1975
Mackintosh and T.J. as Luke
1975
Starsky & Hutch as Willy Hall
1975
Barbary Coast
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Dave Keene
1975
Baretta
1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Donald Hyatt
1974
The Manhunter
1974
Skyway to Death as Walter Benson
1973
40 Carats as J.D. Rogers
1973
Electra Glide in Blue as Zipper
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
M*A*S*H as Cowboy
1972
Banyon
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Frank Culpepper
1971
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys as Sheriff
1971
The Organization as Dave Thomas
1971
Cannon
1971
The Jesus Trip as Tarboro
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1970
Monte Walsh as Powder Kent
1970
Five Easy Pieces as Elton
1969
The Reivers as Patron
1966
Unholy Matrimony as Eavesdropping Husband
1965
The F.B.I. as John Morgan
1963
The Outer Limits as Tom - Duckhunter #3 (as William Bush)
1962
Stoney Burke as 2nd Doctor
1959
Bonanza as Tony Spanier
1955
Gunsmoke as Kermit