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Billy Green Bush
Billy Green Bush
Born	William Warren Bush; November 7, 1935 (age 90); Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Other name	Billy Greenbush
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1966–1993
Spouse	Carole Kay
Children	Clay, Lindsay, Sidney

William Warren Bush (born November 7, 1935) is an American actor usually credited as Billy Green Bush, and sometimes as Billy Greenbush.

Typecast

Bush is a character actor, typically projecting in his screen appearances the good-ol'-boy image. He portrays mostly sheriffs and state troopers, although in his repertoire there are the occasional villains.^[1]

Film

Bush's film work includes appearances in The Savage Seven (1968), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Monte Walsh (1970), The Jesus Trip (1971), The Organization (1971), Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972), The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972), 40 Carats (1973), Electra Glide in Blue (1973)^[2] where his performance caused some critics to characterize his screen persona as "irrepressibly unique";^[3] Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), The Call of the Wild (1976), The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978), The Jericho Mile (1979), Tom Horn (1980), The River (1984), The Hitcher (1986), Critters (1986), Rampage (1987) and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993).^[4]

Television

Bush has appeared frequently on television, including a recurring role as Bobby Angel on Hill Street Blues and an episode of M*A*S*H, in which his character, “Cowboy”, tries to kill commanding officer Henry Blake.^[4]

He twice portrayed Vernon Presley, the father of Elvis Presley, first in the 1988 TV movie Elvis and Me, which was based on the 1985 memoir of the same name by Presley's ex-wife Priscilla, and then in the short-lived weekly series Elvis in 1990.^[5]^[6]

Personal life

Bush is the father of twins Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush (retired child actresses who alternately starred as Carrie in Little House on the Prairie) and actor Clay Greenbush.^[4]

Selected filmography

1966 Unholy Matrimony as Eavesdropping Husband (uncredited)
1968 The Savage Seven as Seely
1969 The Reivers as Patron
1970 Five Easy Pieces as Elton
1970 Monte Walsh as "Powder" Kent
1971 The Jesus Trip as Tarboro
1971 The Organization as Dave Thomas
1972 Welcome Home, Soldier Boys as Sheriff
1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Frank Culpepper
1972 M*A*S*H as John "Cowboy" Hodges
1972 Mister Brown
1973 40 Carats as J.D. Rogers
1973 Electra Glide in Blue as Officer "Zipper" Davis
1973 Gunsmoke as Kermit
1973 The Rookies as Country Marc Rogers
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Donald Hyatt
1975 Mackintosh and T.J. as Luke
1976 The Call of the Wild as "Redsweater"
1976 The Invasion of Johnson County as Frank Canton
1978 The Beasts Are on the Streets as Jim Scudder
1978-1982 The Incredible Hulk as Ray Thomas / Sheriff Carl Decker
1979 The Jericho Mile as Warden Earl Gulliver
1980 Tom Horn as U.S. Marshal Joe Belle
1984 The River as Harvey "Harve" Stanley
1986 The Hitcher as Trooper Donner
1986 Critters as Jay Brown
1986 The Deliberate Stranger (TV) as Officer Bradley
1987 Rampage as Judge McKinsey
1991 Conagher as Jacob Teale
1993 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday as Sheriff Ed Landis (final film role)

References

^ Biography, The New York Times; accessed September 6, 2017.
^ Greenspun, Roger (August 20, 1973). "Electra Glide in Blue (1973) Screen: Guercio's 'Electra Glide in Blue' Arrives:Director Makes Debut With a Mystery The Cast Police Officer Tracks Recluse's Killer". The New York Times.
^ Riding shotgun: Review of Electra Glide in Blue, DVD Outsider
^ ^a ^b ^c Billy Green Bush at IMDb
^ Bio Rotten Tomatoes
^ "Quality production fails to ignite audience", Elvis InfoNet, February 1, 2013.

External links

Billy Green Bush at IMDb
Billy Green Bush at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
Billy Green Bush at Rotten Tomatoes
Wm. Green Bush at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection

[nyt-1] Biography, The New York Times; accessed September 6, 2017.

[NYT-2] Greenspun, Roger (August 20, 1973). "Electra Glide in Blue (1973) Screen: Guercio's 'Electra Glide in Blue' Arrives:Director Makes Debut With a Mystery The Cast Police Officer Tracks Recluse's Killer". The New York Times.

[3] Riding shotgun: Review of Electra Glide in Blue, DVD Outsider

[imdb-4] Billy Green Bush at IMDb

[rot-5] Bio Rotten Tomatoes

[6] "Quality production fails to ignite audience", Elvis InfoNet, February 1, 2013.

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