Terry Wilson
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1979 · When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
- 1977 · Charge of the Model T's as Stonewall Adams
- 1975 · Escape to Witch Mountain as Biff Jenkins
- 1975 · The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return as Sergeant Maxwell
- 1974 · Hitchhike! as Gas Station Owner
- 1973 · Westworld as Sheriff
- 1972 · Banacek as Chuck Smith
- 1972 · Fair Play as Utah Brazos
- 1971 · Support Your Local Gunfighter as Thug
- 1970 · Dirty Dingus Magee as Sergeant
- 1969 · This Savage Land as Nate
- 1968 · The Shakiest Gun in the West as Welsh
- 1967 · Hondo as
- 1967 · The War Wagon as Sheriff Strike
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1966 · The Plainsman as Sgt. Womack
- 1962 · The Virginian as Turner
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Bill Hawks
- 1956 · Pillars of the Sky as Capt. Fanning
- 1956 · The Searchers as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
- 1955 · The Last Frontier as Sentry (uncredited)
- 1955 · Cheyenne as 1st Robber (uncredited)
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Liveryman
- 1955 · It's Always Fair Weather as Charlie's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1954 · Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Town Suitor (uncredited)
- 1952 · Sailor Beware as Shore Patrol (uncredited)
- 1951 · Westward the Women as Lon (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Flame and the Arrow as Guard (uncredited)
- 1949 · A Dangerous Profession as
- 1949 · The Lone Ranger as Stage Guard Hank
- 1948 · My Hands Are Clay as Father O'Brien