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William Tannen

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedNov 17, 1911 (Died at 65)
Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Career Span1934 – 1976
Known Credits153 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.7

William Tannen

Also known as:Bill TannanBilly TannenBill TannenWilliam J. Tannen+1 more
Total Works

153

136 movies • 17 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Tannen (November 17, 1911 – December 2, 1976) was an American actor originally from New York City, who was best known for his role of Deputy Hal Norton in fifty-six episodes from 1956 to 1958 of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian as Deputy Marshal Wyatt Earp. Tannen was also cast as Gyp Clements in the 1955 episode "The Buntline Special" of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Beginning on September 11, 1956, in the second season of the series, with the setting moved from Wichita to Dodge City, Kansas, Tannen filled the Hal Norton role. His earliest episodes were "Fight or Run", "The Double Life of Dora Hand" and "Clay Allison", the latter two based on historical figures, the saloon singer and actor Dora Hand and the gunfighter Clay Allison. Some of his appearances were uncredited. His last credited role was "Doc Holliday Rewrites History" (May 6, 1958), with Myron Healey as the frontier gunfighter and dentist Doc Holliday. His last uncredited roles aired thereafter in May and June 1958, "Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson", based on the historical figure Ben Thompson played by Denver Pyle, "Frame-up", and "My Husband". He was cast as Ike Clanton, not on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, but in the 1964 episode "After the OK Corral" of the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days. Jim Davis portrayed Wyatt Earp in this particular episode. Tannen appeared twice, one role uncredited in Davis' earlier syndicated western series, Stories of the Century, including the role of Dutch Charlie in "Milt Sharp", the story of the stagecoach robber Milt Sharp.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Touch of Evil
7.7
Touch of Evil
1958•movie
as Marcia Linnekar's Attorney (uncredited)
Batman
6.4
Batman
1966•movie
as American Delegate (uncredited)
Get Smart
8.0
Get Smart
1965•series
as Admiral
The Bad and the Beautiful
7.3
as Reporter (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 153 titles featuring William Tannen

Touch of Evil
7.7
Touch of Evil
1958•movie

as Marcia Linnekar's Attorney (uncredited)

Batman
6.4
Batman
1966•movie

as American Delegate (uncredited)

Get Smart
8.0
1 eps
Get Smart
1965•series

as Admiral

The Bad and the Beautiful
7.3

as Reporter (uncredited)

Fury
7.5
Fury
1936•movie

as Governor's Aide (uncredited)

All the King's Men
7.0
All the King's Men
1949•movie

as Man in City Bar (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.5

as Intern Fenwick

Woman of the Year
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942•movie

as Ellis

The Three Musketeers
6.8

as Traveler (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion
6.6

as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

Another Thin Man
7.1
Another Thin Man
1939•movie

as State Trooper (uncredited)

Perry Mason
7.7
1 eps
Perry Mason
1957•series

as Police Sergeant

Gunsmoke
6.7
1 eps
Gunsmoke
1955•series

as John Hirschbeck

Hero and the Terror
5.4

as Civil Engineer

Tarzan's New York Adventure
6.4

as Mike, an Airport Clerk (uncredited)

Kiss Me Kate
6.5
Kiss Me Kate
1953•movie

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Mortal Storm
7.3
The Mortal Storm
1940•movie

as Nazi Clerk

Annie Get Your Gun
6.7
Annie Get Your Gun
1950•movie

as Barker (uncredited)

99 River Street
6.8
99 River Street
1953•movie

as Director

The Big Store
6.3
The Big Store
1941•movie

as Fred Sutton

Armored Car Robbery
6.5

as Officer Johnson (uncredited)

The Return of Dracula
5.6

as Mack Bryant - Dept. of Immigration (uncredited)

Boom Town
7.0
Boom Town
1940•movie

as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

I Love You Again
7.2
I Love You Again
1940•movie

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal
6.5
For Me and My Gal
1942•movie

as France Soldier-Driver (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World
6.5

as Actor as 'Soldier' (uncredited)

The Canterville Ghost
6.9

as Jordan

The Mad Miss Manton
6.4

as Drunk Who Trips in Las Palmas Club (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940
6.9

as Harmon (uncredited)

Love Crazy
6.8
Love Crazy
1941•movie

as Sanitarium Attendant (uncredited)

Dangerous Crossing
6.4
Dangerous Crossing
1953•movie

as Ship's Officer (uncredited)

The Virginian
6.5
1 eps
The Virginian
1962•series

as Bartender

Convicted
6.2
Convicted
1950•movie

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

A Hatful of Rain
6.8
A Hatful of Rain
1957•movie

as Celia's Supervisor (uncredited)

Here's Lucy
6.7
1 eps
Here's Lucy
1968•series

as Workman #2

Wagon Train
6.6
1 eps
Wagon Train
1957•series

as Ralph Jessup

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
5.8

as Casting Director / Dr. Caswell Snide (uncredited)

Two-Faced Woman
6.4
Two-Faced Woman
1941•movie

as Missing Couple-Skier Searcher (uncredited)

Sitting Bull
5.3
Sitting Bull
1954•movie

as O'Connor

Grand Central Murder
5.7

as Second Railroad Yardman (uncredited)

Walk a Crooked Mile
6.2

as FBI Chemist

Air Raid Wardens
7.2
Air Raid Wardens
1943•movie

as Joseph

The Quick Gun
6.4
The Quick Gun
1964•movie
Abandoned
6.2
Abandoned
1949•movie

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Law and Order
5.7
Law and Order
1953•movie

as Stranger (uncredited)

Fingers at the Window
5.7

as Devlan

Miracles for Sale
6.4
Miracles for Sale
1939•movie

as Spectator in Theatre Box

Dark Shadows
8.9
Dark Shadows
1944•movie

as McKay's Assistant (uncredited)

Talk About a Stranger
6.2

as Driggs

Best of the Badmen
6.5
Best of the Badmen
1951•movie

as Bill - Adjutant (uncredited)

Three Secrets
6.5
Three Secrets
1950•movie

as Bobby Lynch (uncredited)

Phantom Raiders
6.1
Phantom Raiders
1940•movie

as Sailor

Tales of Wells Fargo
7.2
1 eps

as Keenan

Whistling in the Dark
5.9

as Robert Graves

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
6.1

as Bates (uncredited)

I, the Jury
5.9
I, the Jury
1953•movie
Flat Top
4.6
Flat Top
1952•movie

as Commander (uncredited)

Week-End at the Waldorf
6.5

as Photographer (uncredited)

Stand by for Action
7.0

as Flag Lt. Dudley

Presenting Lily Mars
6.4

as Eugene Shepherd

Nazi Agent
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942•movie

as Ludwig

The Tijuana Story
4.5
The Tijuana Story
1957•movie
Top Gun
6.6
Top Gun
1955•movie

as Torchy (uncredited)

Flight Command
5.9
Flight Command
1940•movie

as Lieut. Freddy Townsend

The Ice Follies of 1939
5.6

as Assistant Doorman (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
5.7

as Mr. Franklin (voice) (uncredited)

Speed
5.9
Speed
1936•movie

as Intern Attending Terry

Fast and Furious
5.2
Fast and Furious
1939•movie

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Ship Ahoy
6.4
Ship Ahoy
1942•movie

as Agent Flammer

Tombstone Territory
6.9
1 eps
Tombstone Territory
1957•series

as Dr. Buell

The Cisco Kid
6.2
1 eps
The Cisco Kid
1950•series

as Bix Douglas

The First Texan
6.7
The First Texan
1956•movie

as President Jackson's Aide (uncredited)

Dial Red O
5.2
Dial Red O
1955•movie

as Devon

A Gun in His Hand
6.1
A Gun in His Hand
1945•movie

as Police Lab Technician Wilson (uncredited)

The Corsican Brothers
7.0

as One of Lucien's Men (Uncredited)

The Flying Missile
5.3
The Flying Missile
1950•movie

as Lieutenant

Raiders of the Seven Seas
6.1

as Ramon

I Was an American Spy
6.6

as American Captain (uncredited)

Gun Duel in Durango
5.6

as Larkin - Man Stealing Guns (uncredited)

New Moon
6.9
New Moon
1940•movie

as Pierre

Sky Murder
6.8
Sky Murder
1940•movie

as Gus

Jack McCall, Desperado
6.0

as Spargo

A Thrill for Thelma
6.1

as MGM Reporter

The Spectacle Maker
6.2

as The Grand Duke as Seen thru the Magic Spectacle

High Barbaree
5.6
High Barbaree
1947•movie

as Officer of the Deck (uncredited)

Gallant Sons
7.4
Gallant Sons
1940•movie

as Spath, a Gangster (uncredited)

Sunset in the West
7.4
Sunset in the West
1950•movie

as John Kimball (as William J. Tannen)

Jesse James vs. the Daltons
5.9

as Emmett Dalton

Noose for a Gunman
6.0
Noose for a Gunman
1960•movie

as Willetts

Roaring City
5.1
Roaring City
1951•movie

as Ed Gannon

The Affairs of Martha
6.6

as Mechanic (uncredited)

Maisie Goes to Reno
6.6

as Lead Man (Uncredited)

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
6.0

as 'Doc' Edwards

An Innocent Affair
4.8
An Innocent Affair
1948•movie

as Gaylord

Within the Law
6.5
Within the Law
1939•movie

as Green's Clerk

The Hardys Ride High
6.5

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Main Street After Dark
4.5

as Wallet-Preparer (uncredited)

Cairo
6.3
Cairo
1942•movie

as Mechanic at Pyramid (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American
6.5

as Eddie

Main Street Today
6.3
Main Street Today
1944•movie

as Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)

Cynthia
6.2
Cynthia
1947•movie

as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

Exclusive Story
7.2
Exclusive Story
1936•movie

as Kent (uncredited)

The Golden Idol
4.8
The Golden Idol
1954•movie

as Sergeant Reed

Stand Up and Fight
6.0
Stand Up and Fight
1939•movie

as Lewis, Arnold's Henchman

Broadway Serenade
6.6
Broadway Serenade
1939•movie

as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

Murder in the Fleet
6.6

as Pee Wee Adams (Uncredited)

Wyoming
6.7
Wyoming
1940•movie

as Sgt. Reynolds

The Law vs. Billy the Kid
5.0

as Dave Rudabaugh

Sporting Blood
4.2
Sporting Blood
1940•movie

as Ted Milner

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
5.7

as Steve Castle (as Bill Tannen)

1-2-3-Go!
6.6
1-2-3-Go!
1941•movie

as Taxi Driver

Pygmy Island
4.8
Pygmy Island
1950•movie

as Kruger

I'll Wait for You
6.8
I'll Wait for You
1941•movie

as Driver

Four Girls in White
7.2

as Doctor at Accident

Women Are Trouble
7.0
Women Are Trouble
1936•movie

as Reporter

Chain Gang
7.5
Chain Gang
1950•movie

as Harry Cleaver

The Perfect Set-Up
6.5
The Perfect Set-Up
1936•movie

as MGM Crime Reporter Jim (uncredited)

The Adventures of Champion
6.2
1 eps

as Rustler

The Adventures of Kit Carson
6.0
1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
6.2
1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
1956•series

as Paul Revere

Arrest and Trial
8.2
1 eps
Arrest and Trial
1963•series

as Mack

Insurance Investigator
5.7

as 1st Hood

She Couldn't Take It
5.3

as Cesar

The Band Plays On
8.3
The Band Plays On
1934•movie

as Rosy Rosenberg

My Grandfather's Clock
8.0

as Ronny Belvedere

The Mysterious Desperado
6.7

as Bart Barton

Devil Goddess
6.7
Devil Goddess
1955•movie

as Nels Comstock

Pound Foolish
8.0
Pound Foolish
1940•movie

as Marshall-Agent in Antwerp

Riders of the Range
6.3

as Trump Dixon

Road Agent
7.0
Road Agent
1952•movie

as Toll Gate Guard

Down in San Diego
6.7
Down in San Diego
1941•movie

as Matt Herman

Our Old Car
7.0
Our Old Car
1946•movie

as Officer Donahue (uncredited)

The Great Morgan
6.0
The Great Morgan
1945•movie

as Officer Donohue (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maisie Gets Her Man
6.7

as Army Stage Manager (Uncredited)

The Wild Man of Borneo
6.7

as Actor in Film Scene (uncredited)

Dangerous Assignment
5.3
1 eps
Gunslinger
6.3
1 eps
Gunslinger
1961•series

as Ben Tracy

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
7.3

as Dee Havalik

Florian
4.5
Florian
1940•movie

as Sergeant

El Paso Stampede
7.0
El Paso Stampede
1953•movie

as Henchman Joe

Pacific Rendezvous
7.5
Pacific Rendezvous
1942•movie

as Jasper Dean

The Story of Dr. Jenner
8.0

as Sarah's Sweetheart (uncredited)

MGM Parade
7.5
1 eps
MGM Parade
1955•series

as Self

Men of the Timberland
8.0

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

A Yank in Korea
7.0
A Yank in Korea
1951•movie

as Lt. Lewis

Alaska Patrol
10.0
Alaska Patrol
1949•movie

as Dajek

Pal, Canine Detective
10.0
When Love Is Young
10.0
When Love Is Young
1937•movie

as Norman Crocker

The Lady or the Tiger?
7.0

as Frank R. Stockton

For God and Country
8.0

as Captain

Crash Donovan
8.0
Crash Donovan
1936•movie

as Tony

Blue Blood
10.0
Blue Blood
1951•movie

as Sparks