Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1935
Place of Birth:
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | Sheriff Ed Landis |
| 1991 | Conagher | Jacob Teale |
| 1991 | Critters 3 | Dad (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Elvis and Me | Vernon Presley |
| 1987 | Rampage | Judge McKinsey |
| 1986 | Critters | Jay Brown |
| 1986 | The Hitcher | Trooper Donner |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Officer Bradley |
| 1984 | The River | Harve Stanley |
| 1981 | The Girl on the Edge of Town | |
| 1980 | Tom Horn | Joe Belle |
| 1980 | The Jericho Mile | Warden Earl Gulliver |
| 1978 | The Beasts Are on the Streets | Jim Scudder |
| 1976 | The Call of the Wild | Redsweater |
| 1976 | The Invasion of Johnson County | Frank Canton |
| 1975 | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Dave Keene |
| 1975 | Mackintosh and T.J. | Luke |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Donald Hyatt |
| 1974 | Skyway to Death | Walter Benson |
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Zipper |
| 1973 | 40 Carats | J.D. Rogers |
| 1972 | The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Frank Culpepper |
| 1971 | The Jesus Trip | Tarboro |
| 1971 | Welcome Home, Soldier Boys | Sheriff |
| 1971 | The Organization | Dave Thomas |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces | Elton |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh | Powder Kent |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Patron |
| 1966 | Unholy Matrimony | Eavesdropping Husband |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Elvis | |
| 1992 | Renegade | Harry Wells |
| 1990 | Elvis | |
| 1988 | Elvis and Me | Vernon Presley |
| 1986 | Matlock | Billy Ray Webber |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | George Willoughby |
| 1985 | Misfits of Science | |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Cutter's Number Two Man |
| 1983 | AfterMASH | The Stranger |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Bobby Angel |
| 1978 | The Runaways | |
| 1977 | CHiPs | |
| 1977 | The Oregon Trail | |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Ray |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Sheriff Carl Decker |
| 1976 | City of Angels | Charles Downing |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Willy Hall |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Cowboy |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| 1972 | Banyon | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | John Morgan |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Tom - Duckhunter #3 (as William Bush) |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Tony Spanier |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Kermit |