Terry Wilson
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Terry Wilson

Sep 3, 1923 - Huntington Park, California, USA

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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1973WestworldSheriff
Movie1968The Shakiest Gun in the WestWelsh
Movie1967The War WagonSheriff Strike
Movie1970Dirty Dingus MageeSergeant
Movie1951Westward the WomenLon (uncredited)
Movie1979When the West Was Fun: A Western ReunionSelf
Movie1952Sailor BewareShore Patrol (uncredited)
Movie1956Pillars of the SkyCapt. Fanning
Movie1948My Hands Are ClayFather O'Brien
Movie1975The Daughters of Joshua Cabe ReturnSergeant Maxwell
Movie1956The SearchersTexas Ranger (uncredited)
Movie1977Charge of the Model T'sStonewall Adams
Movie1954Seven Brides for Seven BrothersTown Suitor (uncredited)
Movie1955The Last FrontierSentry (uncredited)
Movie1955It's Always Fair WeatherCharlie's Henchman (uncredited)
Movie1966The PlainsmanSgt. Womack
Movie1972Fair PlayUtah Brazos
Movie1974Hitchhike!Gas Station Owner
Movie1950The Flame and the ArrowGuard (uncredited)
Movie1975Escape to Witch MountainBiff Jenkins
Movie1971Support Your Local GunfighterThug
Movie1949A Dangerous Profession
Movie1969This Savage LandNate
Movie1972RageKaufman Trucking Co. driver
Movie1967Winchester '73Shooting Contestant (uncredited)
TV Show1955GunsmokeLiveryman1
TV Show1966Tarzan1
TV Show1967Hondo1
TV Show1955Cheyenne1st Robber (uncredited)1
TV Show1957Wagon TrainBill Hawks284
TV Show1972BanacekChuck Smith1
TV Show1949The Lone RangerStage Guard Hank1
TV Show1962The VirginianTurner1
TV Show1973Barnaby JonesJudge Lennon1

Crew

Media
Movie1947PursuedStuntsCrew
Movie1949She Wore a Yellow RibbonStuntsCrew
Movie1955The Last FrontierStuntsCrew
Movie1973WestworldStuntsCrew
Movie1948Fort ApacheStuntsCrew
Movie1956The SearchersStuntsCrew
Movie19483 GodfathersStuntsCrew
Movie1950Rio GrandeStuntsCrew
Movie1951The Red Badge of CourageStuntsCrew
Movie1950The Flame and the ArrowStuntsCrew
Movie1967The War WagonStuntsCrew
Movie2008What Happens in VegasMusic EditorSound
Movie1947PursuedAnimal WranglerCrew
Movie1950Devil's DoorwayStuntsCrew