Billy Gray (actor)
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Gray in 1977
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William Thomas Gray January 13, 1938 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Topanga, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1943–80 (actor) 1970–95 (motorcyclist) |
| Spouse(s) | Helena Kallioniotes |
| Website | http://www.billygray.com |
William Thomas "Billy" Gray (born January 13, 1938) is an American former actor known primarily for his role as James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., in 193 episodes of the situation comedy Father Knows Best, which aired between 1954 and 1960 on both NBC and CBS. A motorcycle aficionado, Gray maintains a large collection of the vehicles.
Gray was born in Los Angeles to actress Beatrice Gray (March 3, 1911 – November 25, 2009), and her husband, William H. Gray. His mother was mostly uncredited in the 1930s and 1940s, having appeared in Otto Preminger's Laura, with Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. In 1949, Billy Gray appeared with his mother in separate scenes in the film Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.
In 1951, at age 13, he appeared in the film Jim Thorpe -- All-American, with Burt Lancaster in the lead role. Gray portrayed the Indian athlete Jim Thorpe as a child. Later that year, he was chosen to appear in the science fiction picture The Day the Earth Stood Still. Michael Rennie played the part of the alien who befriended the boy played by Gray. He appeared in an uncredited role as one of the many children in Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952). Also in 1952 he played George Murphy's son in "Talk about a Stranger" by MGM; he gives a very good performance in the role of a young boy who wants, saves for, and buys a dog, only to have it killed by a strange reclusive new neighbor played by Kurt Krazner. This film has sadly been neglected and Gray more than holds his own with the two veteran actors.
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