Billy Hughes (actor)

Billy Hughes (November 28, 1948 – December 20, 2005), was an American actor best known for various television and film roles he played during the Sixties. His Hollywood lineage included both his father (Bill Hughes) and uncle (Whitey Hughes), who were both stunt men.

Television Roles

Between 1960 and 1964 Hughes appeared in over a dozen television programs, beginning with "Robert Taylor's Detectives", where he played the role of Bobby Marx in the episode "The Little Witness". Other TV shows he appeared in include "The Shirley Temple Show", "Leave It to Beaver", "Gunsmoke", "The Twilight Zone", "Dr. Kildare", "Wagon Train", and "Lassie".

Hughes appeared in three different episodes of Gunsmoke between 1961 and '62, playing the roles of Joey Glover, Timmy, and Tommy. From 1961 to 1964 he also had three appearances on Wagon Train (playing Adam Bancroft as a Boy, Mark Basham, and Matt). Two of his three appearances on Lassie were in the role of Billy Joe (in the 1961 episodes "Cracker Jack" and "Yochim's Christmas"), while in 1964 he played Ricky Sutton in the episode "Climb the Mountain Slowly".

Filmography

*"Ole Rex" (1961) - The runaway boy
*"Stakeout!" (1962) - Joey Dasco, Jr.
*"Posse from Hell" (1961) - Jackie Hutchins (uncredited role)
*"My Six Loves" (1963) - Leo
*"Gone with the West" (1975) - Mimmo's Man
*"Smoke in the Wind" (1975) - Till Mondier
*"Convoy" (1978) - Pack Rat
*"I Wish I Was Denny Crane" (2006) - not Denny Crane

Billy Hughes also had an uncredited stunt role in the 1969 film "The Wild Bunch".

Trivia

According to [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb] Billy Hughes was also credited as Billy E. Hughes, Billy E. Hughes Jr. and Billy Hughes Jr. during his career.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400475/ IMDB Filmography]
* [http://www.minorcon.org/hughes.html Billy Hughes Memorial on A Minor Consideration Website]