Terry Wilson
Acting
1923-09-03 · Huntington Park, California, USA
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.
Filmography
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979 · Movie
Charge of the Model T's
1977 · Movie
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · Movie
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975 · Movie
Hitchhike!
1974 · Movie
Westworld
1973 · Movie
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
Rage
1972 · Movie
Banacek
1972 · Series
Fair Play
1972 · Movie
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Movie
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970 · Movie
This Savage Land
1969 · Movie
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Movie
Hondo
1967 · Series
The War Wagon
1967 · Movie
Winchester '73
1967 · Movie
Tarzan
1966 · Series
The Plainsman
1966 · Movie
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · Movie
Pillars of the Sky
1956 · Movie
The Searchers
1956 · Movie
The Conqueror
1956 · Movie
The Last Frontier
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Movie
The Prodigal
1955 · Movie
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Movie
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Movie
Sailor Beware
1952 · Movie
Westward the Women
1951 · Movie
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · Movie
Rio Grande
1950 · Movie
Devil's Doorway
1950 · Movie
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Movie
A Dangerous Profession
1949 · Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Series
3 Godfathers
1948 · Movie
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
Silver River
1948 · Movie
My Hands Are Clay
1948 · Movie
Pursued
1947 · Movie