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Acting

William Phipps

Career: Active from 1947 to 1983, with a break from 1963 to 1975, busiest in 1952 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 6
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: They Live by Night
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 125 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William Phipps Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.9, average 5.4
Psychological
4.0, average 5.5
Cringe Humor
0.8, average 2.2
Melancholy
3.6, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Western 5
1950s 3
Crime 2
Crime Thriller 2
Historical Drama 2
B-Movie 2
Kidnapping 2
Wholesome Entertainment 2
Action-Packed 2
Small Town 2
Mystery 2
Western 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

170

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 78

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

78

as Quentin

Man of the People

TV show · as Old Stable Hand

1980s

15 titles · average score 65

Empty Nest

41

TV show · as Otto

Messenger of Death

46

as Doc Turner

Jake and the Fatman

64

TV show · as Mr. Hunter

227

78

TV show · as Leo

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Charlie

Highway to Heaven

73

TV show · as Carl / Dr. Gleason

Santa Barbara

57

TV show

Boone

TV show · as Uncle Link

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Mr. Genessee

Tales of the Gold Monkey

77

TV show

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show · as Professor Dynamite

Darkroom

71

TV show · as Store Clerk

1970s

13 titles · average score 63

Time Express

TV show

Space Force

as Commander Irving Hinkley

Lou Grant

73

TV show · as Spence

Eight Is Enough

42

TV show

The Oregon Trail

TV show

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as George Jackson

Sara

TV show · as Claude Bristow /Claude Barstow

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Johnny Livingston / Sergeant

Police Woman

43

TV show · as C.J.

The Waltons

65

TV show · as Mel Parsons / The Bus Driver

McMillan & Wife

70

TV show · as Judge Brody

1960s

35 titles · average score 62

The Mod Squad

43

TV show · as Combs

Mannix

71

TV show · as Walter Stig Wilson

Batman

73

TV show · as Hood #2

The Green Hornet

74

TV show · as Jack Starkey

The Wild Wild West

64

TV show · as Marshall

F Troop

45

TV show · as Scout

The Munsters

72

TV show · as Hank

Daniel Boone

47

TV show · as Horn / Dink

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Ranch Hand / Hank

Combat!

82

TV show · as Pvt. Barnhill / Capt. Whitlow

Ben Casey

65

TV show · as Pathologist

Thriller

74

TV show · as Harry Laxer

1950s

95 titles · average score 65

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Sergeant

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Tom Burgess

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Floyd Peters / Joe Leeds

The Rifleman

77

TV show · as Asa Manning

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Martin Ellis / Dwight Wilson

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Bill Hammond / Hank Watts

Maverick

75

TV show · as Hazelton

Lassie

64

TV show · as Joe / Jenkins

Cat-Women of the Moon

38

as Douglas 'Doug' Smith

Flat Top

46

as Red Kelley

Five

67

as Michael

Cinderella

82

as Prince Charming (voice)

1940s

10 titles · average score 65

They Live by Night

81

as Young Farmer

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

55

as Janvier

Train to Alcatraz

as Tommy Calligan

Belle Starr's Daughter

54

as Yuma Talbott

Studio One

65

TV show · as Vavick

Desperadoes of Dodge City

as Ted Loring

Station West

57

as Sergeant (uncredited)

The Arizona Ranger

65

as Ranger Mac

Crossfire

79

as Leroy

Leben des Galilei

as Andrea Sarti