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Years active  1951–1972
Name  Willis Bouchey

Role  Character actor
Resting place  Cremation
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Full Name  Willis Ben Bouchey
Born  May 24, 1907 (1907-05-24) Vernon, Michigan, U.S.
Died  September 27, 1977, Burbank, California, United States
Movies  Sergeant Rutledge, The Man Who Shot Liberty V, The Horse Soldiers, Pickup on South Street, Support Your Local Sheriff!
Similar People  Carleton Young, Burt Kennedy, Henry Jones, Constance Towers, Walter Burke

Willis bouchey


Willis Ben Bouchey (May 24, 1907 – September 27, 1977) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films and television shows. He was born in Vernon, Michigan, but reared by his mother and stepfather in Washington State.

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Bouchey may be best known for his movie appearances in The Horse Soldiers, The Long Gray Line, Sergeant Rutledge, Two Rode Together, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Big Heat, Pickup on South Street, No Name on the Bullet, and Suddenly. He also made uncredited appearances in From Here to Eternity, How the West Was Won, Them!, Executive Suite, and A Star is Born, and appears briefly in Frank Capra's cameo-filled comedy Pocketful of Miracles.

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Pickup on South Street (1953) ~ Thelma Ritter/ Willis Bouchey /Richard Kiley


Television

Bouchey projected a sober, dignified demeanor that served him well in character roles. He was a member of Jack Webb's Dragnet stock company, billed variously as "Willis Bouchey", "William Bouchey", "Willis Buchet," or "Bill Bouchey." He appeared as a sheep trader in the title 1958 episode "Cash Robertson" of the NBC children's western series, Buckskin. In 1960 to 1961, he was cast twice in the ABC sitcom, Harrigan and Son, starring Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry, and four times in the role of Springer in the CBS sitcom, Pete and Gladys.

He guest starred on CBS's Dennis the Menace and played a judge in 23 episodes of that same network's Perry Mason, "one of the more frequent judges on the bench" in that program. Also on CBS, on Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), Willis Bouchey appeared as Dr. Samuel Thorne in the episode The Mask which premiered March 20th, 1964.

Also in 1964, he appeared on "Petticoat Junction". He was Dr. John Rhone in the episode "Kate Flat on Her Back".

He also worked again with Perry Mason title star Raymond Burr in an episode of NBC's Ironside. He made guest appearances on Sheriff of Cochise, Crossroads, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Johnny Ringo, Stoney Burke, Going My Way, The Dakotas, Hazel, and The Andy Griffith Show.

On ABC's Colt .45 television series, Bouchey played Lew Wallace, the governor of New Mexico Territory, in the episode "Amnesty". Wallace offered a pardon to the bandit Billy the Kid, played on Colt .45 by Robert Conrad.

Throughout his career, Bouchey worked in twelve different productions for director John Ford and was one of the more frequently-used members of Ford's stock company. In The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, he delivered the final line, "Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance."

Filmography

  • The Horse Soldiers (1959)
  • The Violent Men (1955)
  • The Wings of Eagles (1957)
  • Two Rode Together (1961)
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