Bill Landry
| Bill Landry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Anthony Landry III April 10, 1950 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, director |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca "Becky" Landry |
| Children | Jack Landry |
| Parent(s) | William Anthony Landry, Jr. (father) Katherine Sullivan Landry (mother) |
William Anthony "Bill" Landry III (born April 10, 1950) is an actor, director and producer best known for The Heartland Series, a historical series on East Tennessee broadcast from WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Bill Landry was born the son of William Anthony Landry, Jr. and Katherine Sullivan Landry on April 10, 1950. He is one of nine siblings, which they were raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended Notre Dame High School. He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on a football scholarship, where he studied with Dorothy Hackett Ward, Jim Lewis and John Tinkler, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, English and Arts. He continued his studies at the Dallas Theater Center, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree. After completing his education, he worked as a teacher.
In the early 1980s, Landry wrote and performed a one-man play titled Einstein the Man and worked during the 1982 Knoxville Worlds Fair as a riverboat captain in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) exhibit. After the fair ended, he continued to play the role of "Captain Nat" on a TVA tour of the Cumberland, Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers as part of TVA's 50-year anniversary celebrations. After working in a commercial filmed at Pellissippi State Community College, Landry was referred to WBIR-TV and hired in 1984 to work on The Heartland Series, a historical program on East Tennessee.
Landry wrote and directed many of the episodes, as well as producing and appearing as a character. The series issued over 1400 short features and about 150 half-hour length programs, and won awards including four Emmy Awards, six Iris Awards from the National Association of Television Program Executives, two bronze medals and a silver from the New York International Film and Television Festival, and a Theodore Roosevelt Award for "Best Outdoor Documentary."
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