Name:
Date of Birth:
William Wellman Jr.
20 January 1937
William Wellman Jr. played in 3 movies in the Action, Drama, Thriller, Music, Horror, Sci-Fi genres.
William Wellman Jr. got succeed with average imdb rating 5.8.
Rangy, rugged-looking actor William Wellman Jr., was born in Los Angeles on January 20, 1937, whole of seven children born to traditional impresario 'William A. Wellman' (qv) and his fourth mate, one-sooner actress 'Dorothy Coonan Wellman' (qv), who appeared in a few of her husband's pictures. Bill Jr. exhausted most of his puberty surround about Hollywood star. He got the clean decorum of a skin set as a youngster when he appeared unbilled in a couple of his pater's features. Following graduati... on, he attended Duke University but later uninhibited that direction for a zoom in the movies. Starting off in featured parts in the against pictures _Lafayette Escadrille (1958)_ (qv) and _Darby's Rangers (1958)_ (qv), both of which directed before his old man, Jaws Jr. found other under way on his own in less quality films. Some of the teen exploitation he found himself in be dressed since attained cult status, including _High School Confidential! (1958)_ (qv), _Macumba Preference (1960)_ (qv) and _College Classified (1960)_ (qv). "Billy Jack" overseer 'Tom Laughlin (I)' (qv) also began using Folding money prominently in his advanced work such as _ Father, Like Son (1965)_ (qv) [The Adolescent Sinner] and _The Born Losers (1967)_ (qv). In sparser times he managed to find some unbilled bits in several of 'Jerry Lewis (I)' (qv)'s veil slapstick of the 1960s, and fell in with the ally flood in _A Swingin' Affair (1963)_ (qv), _Winter A-Go-Go (1965)_ (qv) and _A Swingin' Summer (1965)_ (qv). His TV career kicked in as the 1960s approached with a mob of rugged guest roles on such established westerns as "Secure Gun, Will Journeys," "Rawhide," "Laramie" and "Gunsmoke." In later years, Nib build result in in a few more cult classics, including _Negro Caesar (1973)_ (qv), _It's Breathing (1974/I)_ (qv), and Laughlin's "Billy Jack" sequels. Establishing himself as a stalwart attribute actor, he took the leading lady in the apocalypse thrillers _Image of the Beast (1980)_ (qv) and _The Prodigal Planet (1983)_ (qv), the latter featuring daughter 'Cathy Wellman' (qv). While the prominence of a number of his films past the years are certainly suspect, Note has managed longevity and durability in a sheerest intricate obligation. To boot, he is credited with nearly 200 movies and television shows, 17 station productions and some 200 commercial and industrial films. In extension to his acting work, his exactly 50-year includes writing and producing efforts. He has sporadically appeared as a guest lecturer and has been active at autograph conventions. Of his numberless siblings, sister 'Cissy Wellman' (qv) has also established herself on status, murkiness and TV.Read more Less
