Terry Wilson

Terry W. Wilson (September 3, 1923 – March 30, 1999) was an American actor most noted for his role as "Bill Hawks", the assistant trail master, in all 267 episodes of the NBC and ABC western television series, Wagon Train, which aired from 1957 to 1965. Wilson appeared in more than thirty-five films and television programs between 1948 and 1981. Many of his early roles were uncredited. On July 2, 1953, he was cast as a stagecoach guard in episode 121, "Woman from Omaha", of The Lone Ranger. In 1956, he had another uncredited role as a robber in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, the first television western in an hour-long format, starring Clint Walker. Wilson was with Wagon Train for the entire run and worked with all the other stars on the program, including Ward Bond, Robert Horton, John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Denny Miller, and Michael Burns. Terry enlisted and served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. CLR Wilson died at age 75 on March 30, 1999. He was survived by his wife Mary Ann Wilson and three children.

Sailor Beware (1952)

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Walker
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Marion Marshall

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Walker
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Marion Marshall

The War Wagon (1967)

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Kirk Douglas  •  Howard Keel  •  Robert Walker Jr.

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Kirk Douglas  •  Howard Keel  •  Robert Walker Jr.

Westworld (1973)

A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Crichton
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Richard Benjamin  •  James Brolin  •  Norman Bartold

A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Crichton
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Richard Benjamin  •  James Brolin  •  Norman Bartold

The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Robert Douglas  •  Aline MacMahon

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Robert Douglas  •  Aline MacMahon

Charge of the Model T's (1977)

Comedy - During WWI, the Germans try to encourage certain Mexican guerrillas to make trouble on the Texas border. Masterminding the plot is a German spy who has, at his disposal, the RX4... a specially equipped weapon-bearing automobile of awesome speed. But a U.S. ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John David Carson  •  Carol Bagdasarian  •  Louis Nye  •  Herb Edelman

Comedy - During WWI, the Germans try to encourage certain Mexican guerrillas to make trouble on the Texas border. Masterminding the plot is a German spy who has, at his disposal, the RX4... a specially equipped weapon-bearing automobile of awesome speed. But a U.S. ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John David Carson  •  Carol Bagdasarian  •  Louis Nye  •  Herb Edelman

This Savage Land (1969)

Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harrassed by Confederate marauders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent McEveety
CAST:  Barry Sullivan  •  Glenn Corbett  •  Kathryn Hays  •  Andrew Prine

Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harrassed by Confederate marauders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent McEveety
CAST:  Barry Sullivan  •  Glenn Corbett  •  Kathryn Hays  •  Andrew Prine

Pillars of the Sky (1956)

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Jeff Chandler  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Ward Bond  •  Keith Andes

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Jeff Chandler  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Ward Bond  •  Keith Andes

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hough
CAST:  Kim Richards  •  Ray Milland  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Eddie Albert

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hough
CAST:  Kim Richards  •  Ray Milland  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Eddie Albert

A Dangerous Profession (1949)

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Tetzlaff
CAST:  George Raft  •  Ella Raines  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Bill Williams

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Tetzlaff
CAST:  George Raft  •  Ella Raines  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Bill Williams

Westward the Women (1951)

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There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Denise Darcel  •  Hope Emerson  •  John McIntire

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Denise Darcel  •  Hope Emerson  •  John McIntire

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Ass-breaker Dingus Magee is looking for a gold train when he comes upon old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill on stage to San Francisco, and robs him of his money. Hoke goes to the nearby town of Yerkey's Hole, where Belle Knops is both mayor and bordello-mistress. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  George Kennedy  •  Anne Jackson  •  Lois Nettleton

Ass-breaker Dingus Magee is looking for a gold train when he comes upon old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill on stage to San Francisco, and robs him of his money. Hoke goes to the nearby town of Yerkey's Hole, where Belle Knops is both mayor and bordello-mistress. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  George Kennedy  •  Anne Jackson  •  Lois Nettleton

The Plainsman (1966)

Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Don Murray  •  Guy Stockwell  •  Abby Dalton  •  Bradford Dillman

Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Don Murray  •  Guy Stockwell  •  Abby Dalton  •  Bradford Dillman

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Barbara Rhoades  •  Jackie Coogan  •  Ruth McDevitt

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Barbara Rhoades  •  Jackie Coogan  •  Ruth McDevitt

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  James Garner  •  Suzanne Pleshette  •  Jack Elam  •  Harry Morgan

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  James Garner  •  Suzanne Pleshette  •  Jack Elam  •  Harry Morgan

Fair Play (1972)

A young man arrives at the town of Fair Play to see his uncle. What he finds upon arriving is a town hiding a secret from any outsiders. The young man must uncover the truth the townspeople wish to keep hidden in order to save his uncle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Sullivan
CAST:  Paul Ford  •  Robert Middleton  •  Terry Wilson  •  Paul Glaser

A young man arrives at the town of Fair Play to see his uncle. What he finds upon arriving is a town hiding a secret from any outsiders. The young man must uncover the truth the townspeople wish to keep hidden in order to save his uncle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Sullivan
CAST:  Paul Ford  •  Robert Middleton  •  Terry Wilson  •  Paul Glaser

Hitchhike! (1974)

A Los Angeles woman, on her way to visit her sister in San Fransisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behavior until it is too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Hessler
CAST:  Cloris Leachman  •  Michael Brandon  •  Henry Darrow  •  Cameron Mitchell

A Los Angeles woman, on her way to visit her sister in San Fransisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behavior until it is too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Hessler
CAST:  Cloris Leachman  •  Michael Brandon  •  Henry Darrow  •  Cameron Mitchell

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)

A crusty old rancher hires three young women to pose as his daughters. However, the real father of one of the daughters finds out about it, and kidnaps her to hold her for ransom--which the rancher can't pay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Dub Taylor  •  Ronne Troup  •  Christina Hart

A crusty old rancher hires three young women to pose as his daughters. However, the real father of one of the daughters finds out about it, and kidnaps her to hold her for ransom--which the rancher can't pay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Dub Taylor  •  Ronne Troup  •  Christina Hart

My Hands Are Clay (1948)

A sculptor is tortured from childhood by jealousy of the son of the woman who had him trained, but marriage and a family cures him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lionel Tomlinson
CAST:  Richard Aherne  •  Robert Dawson  •  Tony O'Shea  •  Hamilton Humphries

A sculptor is tortured from childhood by jealousy of the son of the woman who had him trained, but marriage and a family cures him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lionel Tomlinson
CAST:  Richard Aherne  •  Robert Dawson  •  Tony O'Shea  •  Hamilton Humphries