Billy Sands
Billy Sands | |
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| File:Billy Sands Phil Silvers Paul Ford Bilko 1958.JPG Sands at left with Phil Silvers and Paul Ford in The Phil Silvers Show, 1958 | |
| Born | January 6, 1911 Bergen, New York, US |
| Died | August 24, 1984 (aged 73) |
| Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California |
| Occupation | Television actor |
| Spouse | Marsha[citation needed] |
| Children | 2 |
Billy Sands (January 6, 1911 – August 27, 1984) was an American character actor who appeared as a regular on The Phil Silvers Show (Sgt Bilko) as Pvt. Dino Papparelli and was a regular on McHale's Navy as Harrison "Tinker" Bell (named after Tinker Bell). He also made guest-starring roles on many other television series, including Car 54, Where Are You?, All in the Family, Here's Lucy, Happy Days, and The Odd Couple. Sands also appears in one of the opening scenes of Rocky as a booker for the fighters and season 1 episode 22 of Alice.
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]Born William F. Sands in Bergen, New York to Samuel & Henrietta Epstein, he began his professional career in 1946 when he appeared on Broadway with Spencer Tracy in Robert E. Sherwood's Rugged Path.
Sands died of lung cancer at age 73 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, on August 27, 1984, and was buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.[1][2][3][4] He was survived by his wife Marsha, daughter Susan, son Eugene, two sisters and a brother.[5]
Partial filmography
[edit | edit source]- McHale's Navy (1964) - Motor Machinist Mate Harrison Bell
- McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965) - Motor Machinist Mate Harrison Bell
- The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) - Airport Announcer / Man Mopping Floor in Film (uncredited)
- P.J. (1968) - Barber (uncredited)
- The Love God? (1969) - Barber (uncredited)
- How to Frame a Figg (1971) - Bowling Alley Manager
- Another Nice Mess (1972) - Interpreter
- The Harrad Experiment (1973) - Jack
- Rocky (1976) - Club Fight Announcer
- The World's Greatest Lover (1977) - Guard
- High Anxiety (1977) - Customer
- Serial (1980) - Bartender
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Billy Sands at IMDb
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- Rotten Tomatoes profile
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- 1911 births
- 1984 deaths
- American male television actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
- Deaths from lung cancer in California
- Jewish American male actors
- People from Bergen, New York
- Male actors from New York (state)
- 20th-century American Jews
- American television actor, 1910s birth stubs