Sam Edwards
Acting
1915-05-26 · Macon, Georgia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sam George Edwards (May 26, 1915 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor. His most famous role on television was as banker Bill Anderson on Little House on the Prairie. Film Edwards' first major screen role was as Chuck Ramsey in the movie serial version of Captain Midnight (1942). From 1949 to 1981, he made several film appearances, with significant roles in Twelve O'Clock High (1949), Operation Pacific (1951), Gangbusters (1954), and supporting roles in The Beatniks (1960) and Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came (1969). He was also seen in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). Television Edwards appeared on many television series starting in the mid-1950s. Most notable of these include many episodes of Dragnet and Gunsmoke throughout their long runs. He also appeared on over 60 different series, including The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Straightaway, The Andy Griffith Show, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Mannix, Mission: Impossible, The Streets of San Francisco, Adam-12, The Red Skelton Show, Happy Days, The Dukes of Hazzard, and even Days of Our Lives. In 1969 Edwards appeared as Will Frazee on the TV series The Virginian in the episode titled "A Woman of Stone." Spouse Beverly Motley Edwards (m. 1969) Children 3 step-children Death On July 28, 2004, Edwards died of a heart attack in Durango, Colorado. CLR
Filmography
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · Movie
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
1980 · Movie
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
1979 · Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979 · Series
Just Me and You
1978 · Movie
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978 · Movie
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
1977 · Movie
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976 · Movie
Wonder Woman
1975 · Series
S.W.A.T.
1975 · Series
Hit Lady
1974 · Movie
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
Kodiak
1974 · Series
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
These Are the Days
1974 · Series
Hog Wild
1974 · Movie
Happy Days
1974 · Series
Chase
1973 · Movie
Set This Town on Fire
1973 · Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
The Rookies
1972 · Series
The Death of Me Yet
1971 · Movie
In Broad Daylight
1971 · Movie
The Deadly Dream
1971 · Movie
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Movie
McCloud
1970 · Series
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · Movie
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Series
Dragnet
1969 · Movie
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
Dragnet
1967 · Series
The Invaders
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Felony Squad
1966 · Series
That Girl
1966 · Series
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
Laredo
1965 · Series
Green Acres
1965 · Series
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · Series
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Series
Rod Rocket
1963 · Series
Period of Adjustment
1962 · Movie
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Straightaway
1961 · Series
Hazel
1961 · Series
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Series
Klondike
1960 · Series
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Series
The Flintstones
1960 · Series
Thriller
1960 · Series
Full Circle
1960 · Series
Laramie
1959 · Series
The Beatniks
1959 · Movie
Black Saddle
1959 · Series
Destination Space
1959 · Movie
Revolt in the Big House
1958 · Movie
Torpedo Run
1958 · Movie
The Texan
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Guns Don't Argue
1957 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Gang Busters
1955 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Lassie
1954 · Series
Witness to Murder
1954 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Gang Busters
1952 · Series
Dragnet
1951 · Series
I Love Lucy
1951 · Series
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Movie
Operation Pacific
1951 · Movie
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950 · Movie
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · Movie
The Street with No Name
1948 · Movie
The Little Broadcast
1943 · Movie
Bambi
1942 · Movie
Rubber Racketeers
1942 · Movie
Captain Midnight
1942 · Movie
Hoola Boola
1941 · Movie
East Side Kids
1940 · Movie
High Hat
1937 · Movie