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William Phipps

William Phipps

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William Edward "Bill" Phipps (born February 4, 1922 in Vincennes, Indiana) is a retired American actor and producer, perhaps best known for his roles in dozens of classic sci-fi and westerns, both film and television, from the late 1940s through the mid 1960s. From then, until his retirement in 2000, his work was mainly in television.

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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)

A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the people who made them. ...

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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise golden retriever; and Sassy, a cautious cat -- at a friend's ranch. But when the animals start to worry tha ...

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Messenger of Death (1988)

A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado. ...

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Lots of Luck (1985)

A middle-aged Annette Funicello stars in this made-for-Disney film about a blue-collar family whose lives are forever transformed when they win the lottery. ...

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The Ambush Murders (1982)

An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him. ...

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Bogie (1980)

The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot and Lauren Bacall. ...

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Space Force (1978)

The comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station. ...

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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)

The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial. ...

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Gunfight in Abilene (1967)

Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff ...

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Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966)

During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains ...

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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive. ...

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Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)

At the end of the Civil War, a major shipment of Union gold has been stolen and buried in the desert. Only one man knows the whereabouts of gold and the US Army sends captain Matt Martin to arrest him and come back with the gold. Martin, his prisoner and a ...

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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life wi ...

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Black Gold (1962)

Two friends join together to strike oil, court women, and battle an unscrupulous oilman politician during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s. ...

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Aftermath (1960)

Aftermath was the pilot for an unsold TV series called "The Code of Jonathan West"; it aired as part of The General Electric Theater. The film takes place just after the Civil War, in a small southern town – war-ravaged, impoverished, and seething with h ...

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The FBI Story (1959)

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies. ...

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The Kidnappers (1958)

Manila, Philippines. The loving American father Louis Halliburton desperate attempts to save his son from ruthless kidnappers. He is unable to do it alone and so calls up his wife's former lover, an ex-FBI agent to assist. Unfortunately, the former agent i ...

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Kiss Them for Me (1957)

Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls. ...

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Escape from Red Rock (1957)

Pursued by a posse, a rancher and a young woman, partners in crime, are chased into Indian country. ...

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The Brothers Rico (1957)

Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing ...

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Badlands of Montana (1957)

Wanting to follow in his late father's footsteps, eager reformer Steve Brewster runs for mayor of a small Montana town but is forced to flee and join a gang of notorious outlaws after he's provoked into killing two corrupt officials in self-defense. Gang l ...

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The Boss (1956)

A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power. ...

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Lust for Life (1956)

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for ...

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The First Texan (1956)

After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan inde ...

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Johnny Moccasin (1956)

Johnny Moccasin a white teenage boy is raised by an Indian tribe after his parents are killed in a wagon train massacre. ...

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Great Day in the Morning (1956)

After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a Confederate minority in a strongly ...

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The Indian Fighter (1955)

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter. ...

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The Far Horizons (1955)

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before. ...

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Rage at Dawn (1955)

In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and killers while a fifth, Clint is a respected Indiana farmer. A sister, Laura, who has inherited the family home, serves the outlaw brothers as a housekeeper and cook. ...

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Smoke Signal (1955)

Capt. Harper's cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. The apparent cause is the recapture of Army traitor Brett Halliday, who deserted to the Utes in a previous war; but Brett has a different story. With capture imminent, th ...

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The Violent Men (1955)

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay ...

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The Snow Creature (1954)

A botanical expedition to the Himalayas captures a Yeti and brings it back alive to Los Angeles, where it escapes and runs amok, seeking food. ...

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Two Guns and a Badge (1954)

In the last of his four western programmers for Allied Artists, Wayne Morris plays frontiersman Jim Bisby. Mistaken for a notorious gunslinger, Jim is appointed deputy sheriff of a wide-open cattle town. Playing along, our hero gets down to business -- and ...

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Executive Suite (1954)

When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him. ...

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Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954)

Joe Branch, reputed to be the son of Jesse James, comes riding into Coffeyville Kansas, looking for proof one way or the other regarding the question of who his father was. ...

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Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly. ...

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Red River Shore (1953)

When an oil discovery is reported at Paxton, Oklahoma, Marshal Rex Allen immediately suspects that where there is oil, there is trouble. Rex arrives just as a band of desperadoes stage a bank hold-up and escape with $25,000 which ranchers have invested in ...

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Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)

Astronauts travel to the moon where they discover it is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights. ...

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Fort Algiers (1953)

In northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers. ...

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Northern Patrol (1953)

Northern Patrol was the last entry in Monogram/Allied Artists' off-and-on "Northwest Mountie" series. Taking time off from his Sky King shooting schedule, Kirby Grant stars as mounted policeman Rod Webb, while second billing is bestowed upon Webb's faithfu ...

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The Twonky (1953)

A college professor, left alone by his wife for the weekend, discovers his new TV set is not only alive, but determined to take control of his entire life. ...

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Julius Caesar (1953)

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony. ...

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Savage Frontier (1953)

Sam is a parolee who has paid for his dirty deeds. Now determined to go straight and help take care of his hot headed brother and devoted sister, he becomes set upon by both the law, represented by Federal Marshall Rocky Lane, and by his former outlaw budd ...

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Invaders from Mars (1953)

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants. ...

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The War of the Worlds (1953)

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb. ...

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The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Upon waking up to the news that the man she'd gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night's events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances. ...

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The Yellow Haired Kid (1952)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature. ...

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Flat Top (1952)

A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War ...

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Fort Osage (1952)

Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, ...

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Rose of Cimarron (1952)

A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents. ...

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The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom an ...

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No Questions Asked (1951)

With the help of some seedy gangsters, young attorney Steve Keiver makes some quick cash by bending the law, and in the process, he impresses the mobsters so much that they invite him to work for them on a regular basis. But when Police Inspector Matt Dugg ...

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Five (1951)

The film's storyline involves five survivors, one woman and four men, of an atomic bomb disaster. The five come together at a remote, isolated hillside house, where they try to figure out how to survive. ...

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Rider from Tucson (1950)

In order to make Tug Cardwell (William Phipps) sign over his rich gold claim to them, John Avery (Robert Shayne), Gypsy Avery (Veda Ann Borg) and Jackson (Marshall Reed) hire Bob Rankin (Douglas Fowley') to kidnap Tug's sweetheart Jane Whipple (Elaine Rile ...

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The Vanishing Westerner (1950)

Posing as wanted men, Chris and Waldorf get hired by Sanderson. He sends them to kill the Sheriff but puts blanks in their guns. When they arrive someone else shoots the Sheriff and Chris is blamed and jailed. The Sheriff's brother then incites the mob to ...

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The Outriders (1950)

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transpo ...

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Cinderella (1950)

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the cl ...

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The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man. ...

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They Live by Night (1949)

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning. ...

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Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)

The daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to find her killer. ...

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Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948)

Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of ...

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Station West (1948)

When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers. ...

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Train to Alcatraz (1948)

Criminals aboard a train to the infamous penitentiary plot an escape, and receive outside help in their attempt. ...

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The Arizona Ranger (1948)

A disgraced veteran wanders the West alone until he decides to help a battered woman. ...

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Leben des Galilei (1947)

Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam. ...

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Crossfire (1947)

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why? ...

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