Willis Bouchey - Turner Classic Movies

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Already in his 40s when he first hit the big screen, versatile character actor Willis Bouchey managed to amass an enormous number of screen credits through the 1950s and '60s, frequently working with such legends as John Ford and Jimmy Stewart. Bouchey first broke into pictures in the early '50s, often in small uncredited bits before playing the President of the United States in the scie...

Filmography

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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

Young Billy Young (1969)

The Love God? (1969)

Return of the Gunfighter (1967)

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Horse Soldiers, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Quite Enough of Both

Darby's Rangers (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Tip Of The Javelin

Biography

Already in his 40s when he first hit the big screen, versatile character actor Willis Bouchey managed to amass an enormous number of screen credits through the 1950s and '60s, frequently working with such legends as John Ford and Jimmy Stewart. Bouchey first broke into pictures in the early '50s, often in small uncredited bits before playing the President of the United States in the science fiction thriller "Red Planet Mars," setting himself up for future parts as a man of authority. He played larger supporting roles, an FBI agent and a police lieutenant, in the crime dramas "Pickup on South Street" and "The Big Heat," working with esteemed directors Samuel Fuller and Fritz Lang, respectively. Bouchey played a secret service agent facing wild would-be assassin Frank Sinatra in "Suddenly." As various mayors, military men, and officers of the law, he worked his way through dozens of guest spots on television shows, including crime serials and Westerns. As a judge, he faced Raymond Massey across the bench on "Perry Mason." He was also a regular member of the John Ford Stock Company, and appeared in many of the acclaimed director's productions, including the standout classic "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," featuring Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

Young Billy Young (1969)

The Love God? (1969)

Return of the Gunfighter (1967)

Follow Me, Boys! (1966)

McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965)

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Where Love Has Gone (1964)

How the West Was Won (1963)

Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

Saintly Sinners (1962)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Incident in an Alley (1962)

Five Guns to Tombstone (1961)

[George] Landon

Two Rode Together (1961)

You Have To Run Fast (1961)

Colonel Maitland

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Newspaper editor

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Col. Otis Thornton Fosgate

The Horse Soldiers (1959)

Maj. William Secord

No Name on the Bullet (1959)

Darby's Rangers (1958)

The Sheepman (1958)

The Last Hurrah (1958)

The Night Runner (1957)

Last of the Bad Men (1957)

Last Stagecoach West (1957)

George Bryceson

Zero Hour! (1957)

Beau James (1957)

The Garment Jungle (1957)

The Wings of Eagles (1957)

Mister Cory (1957)

Magnificent Roughnecks (1956)

The Spoilers (1956)

Jonathan Struve

Johnny Concho (1956)

Sheriff Henderson

Pillars of the Sky (1956)

Colonel Edson Stedlow

Hell on Frisco Bay (1956)

Forever, Darling (1956)

I Cover the Underworld (1955)

Warden Lewis L. Johnson

The McConnell Story (1955)

The Long Gray Line (1955)

The Eternal Sea (1955)

Pres. of review board

Battle Cry (1955)

The Violent Men (1955)

Sheriff Martin Kenner

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955)

Big House, U.S.A. (1955)

Robertson Lambert

Executive Suite (1954)

Morgue official

Drum Beat (1954)

General Gilliam

Battle of Rogue River (1954)

Fireman Save My Child (1954)

Suddenly (1954)

A Star Is Born (1954)

McBride, director

Gun Belt (1953)

Destination Gobi (1953)

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Lieutenant colonel

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)

The Big Heat (1953)

Dangerous Crossing (1953)

The President's Lady (1953)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

The I Don't Care Girl (1953)

Ned, manager of Keith's Theater

Washington Story (1952)

Witness before committee

Anything Can Happen (1952)

Belles on Their Toes (1952)

Kendall Williams

Red Planet Mars (1952)

Just for You (1952)

Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Return of the Texan (1952)

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Deadline--U.S.A. (1952)

Carbine Williams (1952)

Elopement (1951)

Cast (Special)

Last Stagecoach West (1954)

Life Events

Videos

Horse Soldiers, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Quite Enough of Both Southerner Hannah Hunter (Constance Towers) entertains Union officers Marlowe (John Wayne), Secord (Willis Bouchey), Gray (William Leslie) and Kendall (William Holden) in John Ford's The Horse Soldiers, 1959.

Darby's Rangers (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Tip Of The Javelin Darby (James Garner) pitches generals Wise (Raymond Bailey) then Truscott (Willis Bouchey) for the chance to lead the commando team he's dreamed up, in William A. Wellman's generous bio-pic, Darby's Rangers, 1958.

Pickup On South Street (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Come Back Right Away! Famous first scene in which Jean Peters and two FBI guys (Willis Bouchey, Jerry O'Sullivan) are among the straphangers, when pickpocket Richard Widmark appears, after which she calls Joey (Richard Kiley), in writer-director Samuel Fuller's Pickup On South Street, 1953.

Affairs Of Dobie Gillis, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Learn Learn Learn Work Work Work At the freshman dance at Grainbelt U, title character Bobby Van still hasn’t got the name of the cute brunette (Debbie Reynolds), sidekick George (Bob Fosse) has problems, and she calls her parents (Hanley Stafford, Lurene Tuttle), in The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis, 1953, from the stories by Max Shulman.

Zero Hour! (1957) -- (Movie Clip) On April 10th 1945 That's William "Cannon" Conrad narrating as injured pilot Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews) foreshadows Airplane!, 1980, and converses with an RCAF doctor (Willis Bouchey) in Zero Hour!, 1957.

Violent Men, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Who Seen What Happened? Rancher Parrish (Glenn Ford) with doctor (Raymond Greenleaf), planning to leave town, then watching thug Matlock (Richard Jaeckel) with a farmer (Frank Ferguson) and the sheriff (Willis Bouchey), gathering resolve, in Rudolph Mate`'s The Violent Men, 1955.

Sergeant Rutledge (1960) -- (Movie Clip) White Women Only Spell Trouble With John Ford's dimmed-lighting-during-testimony device, Mary (Constance Towers) recounting her evening with accused Woody Strode (title character), Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) examining, in Sergeant Rutledge, 1960.

Sergeant Rutledge (1960) -- (Movie Clip) The Unspeakable Nature The first appearance by the accused, title character Woody Strode in the famous trial setting by director John Ford, in Sergeant Rutledge (1960), co-starring Jeffrey Hunter and Constance Towers.

Suddenly (1954) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Careful Man In the town for which the movie is named, Sheriff Shaw (Sterling Hayden), who’s just heard of the imminent presidential visit, greets Carney (Willis Bouchey), who finds out his old partner Pops (James Gleason), lives up on the hill with his family (Nancy Gates, Kim Charney) in Suddenly, 1954.

Last Hurrah, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Sex Fiends, Dope Addicts Mayor Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) at a campaign rally, his nephew, columnist Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter) with his wife (Dianne Foster) and her grouchy father (Willis Bouchey), then the mayor's no-account son (Arthur Walsh) arriving home, in John Ford's The Last Hurrah, 1958.

Heaven With A Gun -- (Movie Clip) We Play For High Stakes Locally presumed to be a hired gun, preacher Killian (Glenn Ford) plays poker with local bully Coke (David Carradine), saloon keeper Madge (Carolyn Jones) intervening just in time, in Heaven With A Gun, 1969.

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