Billy Gray

Actor Jan 13 (age 88) Los Angeles, California, USA 1943–2021 (78 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Biography

Billy Gray (born January 13, 1938) is an American actor best known for his role as Bud Anderson on the classic television sitcom *Father Knows Best* (1954–1960). His career spans both film and television, and he became a prominent figure in 1950s and 1960s American entertainment. Billy Gray was born in Los Angeles, California. He began his acting career at a young age, appearing in commercials and small roles on television. His early experiences in the entertainment industry led to more signifi…

Known For

Film

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Bobby Benson

Film

In a Lonely Place

Young Boy Seeking Autograph (uncredited)

Film

Cluny Brown

Richard Watkins

Film

All I Desire

Ted Murdoch

Film

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)

Film

Mister 880

Mickey (uncredited)

Film

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

6.2 1945

Film

Two for the Seesaw

Monsieur Jacoby

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (54)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

2021

as Self

4.7

Making The Earth Stand Still

2001

as Self

The Vampyre Wars

1996

as Majordomo

Porklips Now

as Dullard

Love and Bullets

as Officer Durant

The Father Knows Best Reunion

1977

as James Anderson Jr.

5.7

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

1977

as Bud Anderson

7.3

Dusty and Sweets McGee

as City Life

Werewolves on Wheels

as Pill

The Ping-Pong Match

as Ping Pong Player

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

as CPO Fred Twining

Two for the Seesaw

as Monsieur Jacoby

The Scarlet Hour

as Tom Rycker

The Seven Little Foys

as Bryan Lincoln Foy

The Outlaw Stallion

as Danny Saunders

All I Desire

as Ted Murdoch

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

as Wesley Winfield

The Girl Next Door

as Joe Carter

Talk About a Stranger

1952

as Robert 'Bud' Fontaine Jr.

6.0

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

as Bobby Benson

7.5

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

1951

as Little Boy Movie Patron with Lollipop

On Moonlight Bay

1951

as Wesley Winfield

6.3

Her First Romance

1951

as Boy at Camp Barracks (uncredited)

3.0

The Guy Who Came Back

1951

as Willy Joplin

5.0

Gene Autry and the Mounties

1951

as Ned (uncredited)

6.0

In a Lonely Place

1950

as Young Boy Seeking Autograph (uncredited)

7.6

The Good Humor Man

1950

as Junior (uncredited)

Singing Guns

Mister 880

as Mickey (uncredited)

7.1

Between Midnight and Dawn

1950

as Peter J. 'Petey' Conklin (uncredited)

5.6

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

as Pinkie (uncredited)

6.2

Kill the Umpire

1950

as Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)

Father Is a Bachelor

as Feb Chalotte

Sierra Passage

as Young Johnny Yorke

6.0

Abandoned

1949

as Tough Kid in Park (uncredited)

6.2

Lust for Gold

1949

as Boy

5.9

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

as Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)

6.5

The House Across the Street

1949

as Boy (uncredited)

4.0

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

as Chip

6.0

Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

Curley

as Sandy

The Gangster

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Backlash

as Denny

The Judge Steps Out

as Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)

7.0

Rendezvous with Annie

1946

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Cluny Brown

as Richard Watkins

Suspense

as Small Boy at Zoo (uncredited)

6.0

The Strange Woman

1946

as Boy on Bridge (uncredited)

To Each His Own

as Billy Ingham

Specter of the Rose

as Jack Jones

Our Old Car

as Boy (uncredited)

Adventures of Rusty

as Harry (uncredited)

6.0

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945

6.2

A Present with a Future

1943

as Billy (uncredited)

6.0

Television (10)

That Girl

Arrest and Trial

as Colin Martin

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Nick

Stagecoach West

as Frankie Niles

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Perry Hatch

Father Knows Best

as Bud Anderson

Adventures of Superman

as Alan Harper

Racket Squad

The Gene Autry Show

as Jimmy Foster

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self