Cast
William Tannen
Acting
Cast
William Tannen
Known for
Acting
Born
1911-11-17
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1976-12-02
Also known as Bill Tannan, Billy Tannen, Bill Tannen
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Tannen (November 17, 1911 – December 2, 1976) was an American actor originally from New York City, who was best known for his role of Deputy Hal Norton in fifty-six episodes from 1956 to 1958 of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian as Deputy Marshal Wyatt Earp. Tannen was also cast as Gyp Clements in the 1955 episode "The Buntline Special" of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Beginning on September 11, 1956, in the second season of the series, with the setting moved from Wichita to Dodge City, Kansas, Tannen filled the Hal Norton role. His earliest episodes were "Fight or Run", "The Double Life of Dora Hand" and "Clay Allison", the latter two based on historical figures, the saloon singer and actor Dora Hand and the gunfighter Clay Allison. Some of his appearances were uncredited. His last credited role was "Doc Holliday Rewrites History" (May 6, 1958), with Myron Healey as the frontier gunfighter and dentist Doc Holliday. His last uncredited roles aired thereafter in May and June 1958, "Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson", based on the historical figure Ben Thompson played by Denver Pyle, "Frame-up", and "My Husband". He was cast as Ike Clanton, not on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, but in the 1964 episode "After the OK Corral" of the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days. Jim Davis portrayed Wyatt Earp in this particular episode. Tannen appeared twice, one role uncredited in Davis' earlier syndicated western series, Stories of the Century, including the role of Dutch Charlie in "Milt Sharp", the story of the stagecoach robber Milt Sharp.
★6.4
MOVIE1966
Batman
as American Delegate (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1958
Touch of Evil
as Marcia Linnekar's Attorney (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1948
The Three Musketeers
as Traveler (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1942
Woman of the Year
as Ellis
★6.6
MOVIE1956
Friendly Persuasion
as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1953
Law and Order
as Stranger (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Reporter (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1988
Hero and the Terror
as Civil Engineer
★7.1
MOVIE1943
Air Raid Wardens
as Joseph
★6.5
MOVIE1939
It's a Wonderful World
as Actor as 'Soldier' (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Intern Fenwick
★7.0
MOVIE1949
All the King's Men
as Man in City Bar (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1953
Dangerous Crossing
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Speed
as Intern Attending Terry
★7.1
MOVIE1939
Another Thin Man
as State Trooper (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1955
Devil Goddess
as Nels Comstock
★6.5
MOVIE1951
Best of the Badmen
as Bill - Adjutant (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1940
The Mortal Storm
as Nazi Clerk
★6.5
MOVIE1953
Kiss Me Kate
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1948
An Innocent Affair
as Gaylord
★6.7
MOVIE1941
The Wild Man of Borneo
as Actor in Film Scene (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Joe Smith, American
as Eddie
★6.4
MOVIE1964
The Quick Gun
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Mike, an Airport Clerk (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1945
The Great Morgan
as Officer Donohue (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Within the Law
as Green's Clerk
★5.6
MOVIE1958
The Return of Dracula
as Mack Bryant - Dept. of Immigration (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Corsican Brothers
as One of Lucien's Men (Uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1956
The First Texan
as President Jackson's Aide (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Stand by for Action
as Flag Lt. Dudley
★7.2
MOVIE1940
I Love You Again
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1945
Main Street After Dark
as Wallet-Preparer (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Boom Town
as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1938
The Mad Miss Manton
as Drunk Who Trips in Las Palmas Club (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1936
Fury
as Governor's Aide (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Harmon (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1957
A Hatful of Rain
as Celia's Supervisor (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Fingers at the Window
as Devlan
★6.4
MOVIE1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Photographer (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1941
Two-Faced Woman
as Missing Couple-Skier Searcher (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Flight Command
as Lieut. Freddy Townsend
★6.4
MOVIE1943
Presenting Lily Mars
as Eugene Shepherd
★5.3
MOVIE1954
Sitting Bull
as O'Connor
★6.2
MOVIE1941
The Big Store
as Fred Sutton
★6.1
MOVIE1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Bates (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1953
I, the Jury
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Lewis, Arnold's Henchman
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Love Crazy
as Sanitarium Attendant (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Mr. Franklin (voice) (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1944
The Canterville Ghost
as Jordan
★6.6
MOVIE1939
Broadway Serenade
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1941
Whistling in the Dark
as Robert Graves
★6.1
MOVIE1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Ramon
★5.8
MOVIE1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Casting Director / Dr. Caswell Snide (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1942
The Affairs of Martha
as Mechanic (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Four Girls in White
as Doctor at Accident
★6.6
MOVIE1942
Nazi Agent
as Ludwig
★6.5
MOVIE1942
For Me and My Gal
as France Soldier-Driver (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1950
Convicted
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Army Stage Manager (Uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1957
Gun Duel in Durango
as Larkin - Man Stealing Guns (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1934
My Grandfather's Clock
as Ronny Belvedere
★6.8
MOVIE1953
99 River Street
as Director
★6.8
MOVIE1941
I'll Wait for You
as Driver
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Armored Car Robbery
as Officer Johnson (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1945
A Gun in His Hand
as Police Lab Technician Wilson (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1954
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
as Emmett Dalton
★5.3
MOVIE1935
She Couldn't Take It
as Cesar
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Grand Central Murder
as Second Railroad Yardman (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1936
The Perfect Set-Up
as MGM Crime Reporter Jim (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1940
Phantom Raiders
as Sailor
★6.2
MOVIE1952
Talk About a Stranger
as Driggs
★8.0
MOVIE1943
For God and Country
as Captain
★4.6
MOVIE1952
Flat Top
as Commander (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1948
Walk a Crooked Mile
as FBI Chemist
★8.9
MOVIE1944
Dark Shadows
as McKay's Assistant (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
as 'Doc' Edwards
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Pacific Rendezvous
as Jasper Dean
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Murder in the Fleet
as Pee Wee Adams (Uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1951
I Was an American Spy
as American Captain (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Sky Murder
as Gus
★6.7
MOVIE1949
The Mysterious Desperado
as Bart Barton
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Cairo
as Mechanic at the pyramid (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1940
Gallant Sons
as Spath, a Gangster (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1950
The Flying Missile
as Lieutenant
★6.5
MOVIE1939
The Hardys Ride High
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1947
High Barbaree
as Officer of the Deck (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1950
Annie Get Your Gun
as Barker (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1949
Alaska Patrol
as Dajek
★5.7
MOVIE1954
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Steve Castle (as Bill Tannen)
★5.7
MOVIE1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Assistant Doorman (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1950
Pygmy Island
as Kruger
★10.0
MOVIE1950
Pal, Canine Detective
★5.2
MOVIE1939
Fast and Furious
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1944
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Lead Man (Uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1954
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
as Dave Rudabaugh
★6.7
MOVIE1940
Wyoming
as Sgt. Reynolds
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Down in San Diego
as Matt Herman
★5.7
MOVIE1951
Insurance Investigator
as 1st Hood
★7.4
MOVIE1950
Sunset in the West
as John Kimball (as William J. Tannen)
★4.5
MOVIE1957
The Tijuana Story
★7.2
MOVIE1936
Exclusive Story
as Kent (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1951
A Yank in Korea
as Lt. Lewis
★6.1
MOVIE1935
A Thrill for Thelma
as MGM Reporter
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Three Secrets
as Bobby Lynch (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1960
Noose for a Gunman
as Willetts
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Miracles for Sale
as Spectator in Theatre Box
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Crash Donovan
as Tony
★5.2
MOVIE1955
Dial Red O
as Devon
★7.5
MOVIE1950
Chain Gang
as Harry Cleaver
★4.5
MOVIE1940
Florian
as Sergeant
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Blue Blood
as Sparks
★6.3
MOVIE1950
Riders of the Range
as Trump Dixon
★6.6
MOVIE1955
Top Gun
as Torchy (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1944
Main Street Today
as Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1956
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
as Dee Havalik
★4.8
MOVIE1954
The Golden Idol
as Sergeant Reed
★4.2
MOVIE1940
Sporting Blood
as Ted Milner
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Men of the Timberland
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Pound Foolish
as Marshall-Agent in Antwerp
★8.3
MOVIE1934
The Band Plays On
as Rosy Rosenberg
★7.0
MOVIE1942
The Lady or the Tiger?
as Frank R. Stockton
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Women Are Trouble
as Reporter
★6.9
MOVIE1940
New Moon
as Pierre
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Cynthia
as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Jack McCall, Desperado
as Spargo
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Ship Ahoy
as Agent Flammer
★5.1
MOVIE1951
Roaring City
as Ed Gannon
★8.0
MOVIE1953
Eyes of the Jungle
as Jeff Roper
★10.0
MOVIE1937
When Love Is Young
as Norman Crocker
★6.2
MOVIE1949
Abandoned
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Road Agent
as Toll Gate Guard
★6.3
MOVIE1934
The Spectacle Maker
as The Grand Duke as Seen thru the Magic Spectacle
★8.0
MOVIE1939
The Story of Dr. Jenner
as Sarah's Sweetheart (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1953
El Paso Stampede
as Henchman Joe
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Our Old Car
as Officer Donahue (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1941
1-2-3-Go!
as Taxi Driver