Billy Gray net worth is
$1.5 Million
Billy Gray Wiki Biography
William Thomas “Billy” Gray was born on 13th January 1938, in Los Angeles, California USA, and is a retired actor, probably still best known to the world as Bud Anderson in the TV series “Father Knows Best” (1954-1960).
Have you ever wondered how rich Billy Gray is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Billy`s net worth is as high as $1.5 million, earned through his successful career as an actor, during which he has appeared in more than 90 film and TV titles.
Billy Gray Net Worth $1.5 Million
The son of actress, Beatrice Gray and her husband William H. Gray, it was only a matter of time before Billy would be thrown into the film industry, so he was five when he made his debut in the film “Man of Courage”. Through the 1940s he had several uncredited roles, next to his mother in such films as “The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry” (1945), “An Angel Comes to Brooklyn” (1945), and “Specter of the Rose” (1946) among others. His breakthrough role came in 1951 when he was selected for the role of Bobby Benson in the sf film “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, which won a Golden Globe Award, and soon propelled him into the full-time acting world. Just three years later he got the part of James “Bud” Anderson in the sitcom “Father Knows Best”, which lasted until 1960, increasing his net worth by a large margin.
He repeated his role in several spin-off films, including “The Father Knows Best Reunion” (1977) and “Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas” the same year.
While the show lasted, Billy became immensely popular and featured in several more productions, including “The Seven Little Foys” (1955), and “The Scarlet Hour” (1956), directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz. Following the end of the show, it became quite easy for him to find new engagements, however, he only recorded one-time appearances in various television series, including “Stagecoach West” (1960), “Bachelor Father” (1960), and made an appearance in the film “The Explosive Generation” (1961), while continuing with TV roles in “The Red Skelton Hour” (1962), “Arrest and Trial” (1964), “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” (1966) and “The Medical Center” (1969) among others which increased his net worth. In 1971 he returned to the big screen with the role of City Life in “Dusty and Sweets McGee” (1971). The same year he also appeared in “Werewolves on Wheels” (1971). Billy finished the `70s with a role in the film “Love and Bullets” (1979). His last know role was in the film “Vampyre Wars” in 1996.
Billy is also a successful businessman; he is the co-owner of the Big Rock Engineering, through which he manufactures several of his own inventions, including the self-massager and high-technology guitar picks, among other products. He is also an avid motorcyclist, and has maintained a large collection of motorbikes.
Regarding his personal life, Billy has been married and divorced twice, firstly to actress Donna Wilkes, and secondly to Helena Kallioniotes, but no further details about his marriages are available to the public.
Full Name | Billy Gray |
Net Worth | $1.5 Million |
Date Of Birth | January 13, 1938 |
Place Of Birth | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Profession | Actor |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Helena Kallianiotes, Donna Wilkes |
Parents | Beatrice Gray, William H. Gray |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336474/ |
Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a C, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Supporting Performa |
Movies | Father Knows Best, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dusty and Sweets McGee, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, The Seven Little Foys, On Moonlight Bay, Porklips Now, The Girl Next Door, The Explosive Generation, Talk About a Stranger, Fighting Father Dunne |
TV Shows | Father Knows Best |
# | Quote |
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1 | [on his Father Knows Best (1954) years, c. 1983] "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." |
# | Fact |
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1 | Today, those who fondly recall him in the archetypal 1950s family sitcom Father Knows Best (1954) may be surprised to learn that when the series debuted in 1954, the show did so poorly in the ratings that CBS canceled it in March of 1955. A flood of protests came from viewers insisting that the show be reinstated. The show was moved to an earlier time, and it gradually became a hit. |
2 | Portrays Bryan Foy as a teen in The Seven Little Foys (1955). |
3 | His resemblance to actor Martin Sheen was exploited in the film short Porklips Now (1980), a parody of Apocalypse Now (1979), where he played the character of Health Inspector Will Dullard, based on Sheen's performance of Capt. Benjamin L. Willard. |
4 | Son of actress Beatrice Gray. |
5 | Inventor of the F-1 guitar pick. |
6 | Billy Gray has been involved in 'Speedway' Motorcycle Racing as a Competitor during the 70s, 80s & 90s. His 'Speedway' Bike was known as the 'Orange Crate Special', then later as the 'Orange Blossom Special'. The name was given to Billy's bike By the Announcer at Irwindale Raceway due to the solid orange rims that Billy used on his 'Speedway Bike'. |
7 | In July, 1998, Billy Gray 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 to 1998, Maltin mistakenly listed Mr. Gray as a real-life drug addict and pusher in the critique of Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971). Billy appeared in the film only as an actor. Part of the suit brought against 'Leonard Maltin' required that he publicly apologize for the 27-year long defamation of character. He did so, during a press conference, on the morning of July 18, 1998. |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Vampyre Wars | 1996 | Majordomo | |
Porklips Now | 1980 | Short | Dullard (as William Gray) |
Love and Bullets | 1979 | Officer Durant (as William Gray) | |
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas | 1977 | TV Movie | Bud Anderson |
The Father Knows Best Reunion | 1977 | TV Movie | James Anderson Jr. |
Werewolves on Wheels | 1971 | Pill (as William Gray) | |
Dusty and Sweets McGee | 1971 | City Life | |
The Bold Ones: The Protectors | 1970 | TV Series | Morgan Vontz |
Medical Center | 1969 | TV Series | Student at Party |
Custer | 1967 | TV Series | Billy Nixon |
I Spy | 1966 | TV Series | Gerson Stutman |
Combat! | 1966 | TV Series | Candell |
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters | 1966 | CPO Fred Twining (as Bill Gray) | |
Rawhide | 1965 | TV Series | Lindsey McCuller |
Arrest and Trial | 1964 | TV Series | Colin Martin |
The Greatest Show on Earth | 1964 | TV Series | Nick |
The Red Skelton Hour | 1962 | TV Series | Mr. Carmichael |
The Explosive Generation | 1961 | Bobby Herman Jr. | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1961 | TV Series | Perry Hatch |
General Electric Theater | 1961 | TV Series | Buzz Marlowe / Jerry Alquist |
The Deputy | 1961 | TV Series | Johnny Blatner |
Bachelor Father | 1960 | TV Series | David Ross |
Stagecoach West | 1960 | TV Series | Frankie Niles |
Peter Gunn | 1960 | TV Series | Eric Thorwald |
Father Knows Best | 1954-1960 | TV Series | Bud Anderson |
The Christophers | 1957 | TV Series | |
TV Reader's Digest | 1956 | TV Series | |
The Scarlet Hour | 1956 | Tom Rycker | |
The Seven Little Foys | 1955 | Bryan Lincoln Foy, as a Teen | |
The Outlaw Stallion | 1954 | Danny Saunders | |
Annie Oakley | 1954 | TV Series | Tagg Oakley |
The Loretta Young Show | 1954 | TV Series | Nick Monti |
Cavalcade of America | 1954 | TV Series | Andy Jackson |
Fireside Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Barry |
Doggie in the Bedroom | 1954 | Short | |
Adventures of Superman | 1953 | TV Series | Alan Harper |
All I Desire | 1953 | Ted Murdoch | |
The Girl Next Door | 1953 | Joe Carter | |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon | 1953 | Wesley Winfield | |
The Schaefer Century Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | |
Racket Squad | 1952 | TV Series | Danny Jenkins |
Chevron Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | |
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | 1952 | Kettle Boy (uncredited) | |
Celanese Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | |
Gruen Guild Theater | 1952 | TV Series | |
The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan | 1952 | Short | |
Talk About a Stranger | 1952 | Robert Fontaine Jr. | |
The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 | Bobby Benson | |
Jim Thorpe -- All-American | 1951 | Jim Thorpe - as a Boy (uncredited) | |
The Guy Who Came Back | 1951 | Willy Joplin | |
On Moonlight Bay | 1951 | Wesley Winfield | |
Her First Romance | 1951 | Boy at Camp Barracks (uncredited) | |
So You Want to Be a Cowboy | 1951 | Short | Little Boy Movie Patron with Lollipop (uncredited) |
Gene Autry and The Mounties | 1951 | Boy (uncredited) | |
Sierra Passage | 1950 | Young Johnny Yorke | |
The Magnavox Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | Johnny / Big Mouth's Grandson |
The Killer That Stalked New York | 1950 | Pinkie (uncredited) | |
The Gene Autry Show | 1950 | TV Series | Eddie Baker / Jimmy Foster |
Mister 880 | 1950 | Mickey (uncredited) | |
Between Midnight and Dawn | 1950 | Peter J. 'Petey' Conklin (uncredited) | |
Three Little Words | 1950 | Boy (uncredited) | |
In a Lonely Place | 1950 | Young Boy Seeking Autograph (uncredited) | |
Kill the Umpire | 1950 | The Boy Catcher (uncredited) | |
The Good Humor Man | 1950 | Junior (uncredited) | |
Singing Guns | 1950 | Albert | |
Father Is a Bachelor | 1950 | Feb Chalotte | |
Abandoned | 1949 | Tough Kid in Park (uncredited) | |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | 1949 | Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited) | |
The House Across the Street | 1949 | Boy (uncredited) | |
The Talented Tramps | 1949 | Short | |
So You're Having In-Law Trouble | 1949 | Short | Little Willie (uncredited) |
Lust for Gold | 1949 | Boy (uncredited) | |
Bad Men of Tombstone | 1949 | Willie Stover (uncredited) | |
So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter | 1949 | Short | Junior - Homer's Boy (uncredited) |
Puddle Patch Klub | 1949 | TV Series | Pinky |
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath | 1948 | Short | |
Fighting Father Dunne | 1948 | Chip | |
The Bride Goes Wild | 1948 | Boy (uncredited) | |
The Judge Steps Out | 1947 | Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited) | |
The Gangster | 1947 | Little Boy (uncredited) | |
The Fabulous Texan | 1947 | Boy (uncredited) | |
Driftwood | 1947 | Boy (uncredited) | |
The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival | 1947 | Sandy, in 'Curly' | |
Curley | 1947 | Sandy (uncredited) | |
Little Mister Jim | 1947 | Neighbor Boy (uncredited) | |
Backlash | 1947 | Denny (uncredited) | |
The Strange Woman | 1946 | Boy on Bridge (uncredited) | |
Rendezvous with Annie | 1946 | Little Boy (uncredited) | |
Specter of the Rose | 1946 | Jack Jones | |
Suspense | 1946 | Small Boy at Zoo (uncredited) | |
Our Old Car | 1946 | Short | Boy (uncredited) |
One Exciting Week | 1946 | Small Boy (uncredited) | |
Cluny Brown | 1946 | Richard Watkins, Boy in Pharmacy (uncredited) | |
Throw a Saddle on a Star | 1946 | Tough Boy (uncredited) | |
To Each His Own | 1946 | Billy Ingham (uncredited) | |
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn | 1945 | Boy (uncredited) | |
Adventures of Rusty | 1945 | Harry (uncredited) | |
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | 1945 | Child (uncredited) | |
Man of Courage | 1943 | Mike Wilson |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Father Knows Best | 1958-1960 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
The Girl Next Door | 1953 | performer: "I'd Rather Have a Pal Than a Gal Anytime", "YouI'd Rather Have a Pal / I'm Mad About the Girl Next Door" medley - uncredited | |
On Moonlight Bay | 1951 | performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - uncredited |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' | 2008 | Video documentary short thanks | |
Acting Normal: Billy Gray on Douglas Sirk's All I Desire | 2008 | Video documentary short special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Actor's Journey | 2011 | Video documentary | Himself |
The Actor's Journey for Kids | 2011 | Video documentary | Himself |
Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself - Interviewee |
Acting Normal: Billy Gray on Douglas Sirk's All I Desire | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
On the Edge of Black and White | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
TV Land Confidential | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
The O'Reilly Factor | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
Child Stars: Their Story | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Making the Earth Stand Still | 1995 | Video documentary | Himself |
The Howard Stern Show | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
The Howard Stern Show | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Comedy Series |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1978 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
That Regis Philbin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1951 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1959 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series | Father Knows Best (1954) |
Known for movies
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