Billy Gray Net Worth

Billy Gray net worth is
$1.5 Million

Billy Gray Wiki Biography

William Thomas “Billy” Gray was born on 13th January 1938, in Los Angeles, California USA, and is a retired actor, probably still best known to the world as Bud Anderson in the TV series “Father Knows Best” (1954-1960).

Have you ever wondered how rich Billy Gray is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Billy`s net worth is as high as $1.5 million, earned through his successful career as an actor, during which he has appeared in more than 90 film and TV titles.

Billy Gray Net Worth $1.5 Million

The son of actress, Beatrice Gray and her husband William H. Gray, it was only a matter of time before Billy would be thrown into the film industry, so he was five when he made his debut in the film “Man of Courage”. Through the 1940s he had several uncredited roles, next to his mother in such films as “The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry” (1945), “An Angel Comes to Brooklyn” (1945), and “Specter of the Rose” (1946) among others. His breakthrough role came in 1951 when he was selected for the role of Bobby Benson in the sf film “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, which won a Golden Globe Award, and soon propelled him into the full-time acting world. Just three years later he got the part of James “Bud” Anderson in the sitcom “Father Knows Best”, which lasted until 1960, increasing his net worth by a large margin.

He repeated his role in several spin-off films, including “The Father Knows Best Reunion” (1977) and “Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas” the same year.

While the show lasted, Billy became immensely popular and featured in several more productions, including “The Seven Little Foys” (1955), and “The Scarlet Hour” (1956), directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz. Following the end of the show, it became quite easy for him to find new engagements, however, he only recorded one-time appearances in various television series, including “Stagecoach West” (1960), “Bachelor Father” (1960), and made an appearance in the film “The Explosive Generation” (1961), while continuing with TV roles in “The Red Skelton Hour” (1962), “Arrest and Trial” (1964), “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” (1966) and “The Medical Center” (1969) among others which increased his net worth. In 1971 he returned to the big screen with the role of City Life in “Dusty and Sweets McGee” (1971). The same year he also appeared in “Werewolves on Wheels” (1971). Billy finished the `70s with a role in the film “Love and Bullets” (1979). His last know role was in the film “Vampyre Wars” in 1996.

Billy is also a successful businessman; he is the co-owner of the Big Rock Engineering, through which he manufactures several of his own inventions, including the self-massager and high-technology guitar picks, among other products. He is also an avid motorcyclist, and has maintained a large collection of motorbikes.

Regarding his personal life, Billy has been married and divorced twice, firstly to actress Donna Wilkes, and secondly to Helena Kallioniotes, but no further details about his marriages are available to the public.

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Full Name	Billy Gray
Net Worth	$1.5 Million
Date Of Birth	January 13, 1938
Place Of Birth	Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession	Actor
Nationality	American
Spouse	Helena Kallianiotes, Donna Wilkes
Parents	Beatrice Gray, William H. Gray
IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336474/
Nominations	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a C, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Supporting Performa
Movies	Father Knows Best, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dusty and Sweets McGee, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, The Seven Little Foys, On Moonlight Bay, Porklips Now, The Girl Next Door, The Explosive Generation, Talk About a Stranger, Fighting Father Dunne
TV Shows	Father Knows Best

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[on his Father Knows Best (1954) years, c. 1983] "I wish there was some way I could tell kids not to believe it - the dialogue, the situations, the characters - they were all totally false. The show did everybody a disservice. The girls were always trained to use their feminine wiles, to pretend to be helpless to attract men. The show contributed to a lot of the problems between men and women that we see today....I think we were all well motivated, but what we did was run a hoax. Father Knows Best (1954) purported to be a reasonable facsimile of life. And the bad thing is that the model is so deceitful. It usually revolved around not wanting to tell the truth, either out of embarrassment, or not wanting to hurt someone....If I could say anything to make up for all the years I lent myself to that kind of bullshit, it would be: *You* Know Best."

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1	Today, those who fondly recall him in the archetypal 1950s family sitcom Father Knows Best (1954) may be surprised to learn that when the series debuted in 1954, the show did so poorly in the ratings that CBS canceled it in March of 1955. A flood of protests came from viewers insisting that the show be reinstated. The show was moved to an earlier time, and it gradually became a hit.
2	Portrays Bryan Foy as a teen in The Seven Little Foys (1955).
3	His resemblance to actor Martin Sheen was exploited in the film short Porklips Now (1980), a parody of Apocalypse Now (1979), where he played the character of Health Inspector Will Dullard, based on Sheen's performance of Capt. Benjamin L. Willard.
4	Son of actress Beatrice Gray.
5	Inventor of the F-1 guitar pick.
6	Billy Gray has been involved in 'Speedway' Motorcycle Racing as a Competitor during the 70s, 80s & 90s. His 'Speedway' Bike was known as the 'Orange Crate Special', then later as the 'Orange Blossom Special'. The name was given to Billy's bike By the Announcer at Irwindale Raceway due to the solid orange rims that Billy used on his 'Speedway Bike'.
7	In July, 1998, Billy Gray settled a libel suit he brought against noted film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, known for his annual guides on available movies and videos. In all guides from 1974 to 1998, Maltin mistakenly listed Mr. Gray as a real-life drug addict and pusher in the critique of Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971). Billy appeared in the film only as an actor. Part of the suit brought against 'Leonard Maltin' required that he publicly apologize for the 27-year long defamation of character. He did so, during a press conference, on the morning of July 18, 1998.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Vampyre Wars	1996		Majordomo
Porklips Now	1980	Short	Dullard (as William Gray)
Love and Bullets	1979		Officer Durant (as William Gray)
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas	1977	TV Movie	Bud Anderson
The Father Knows Best Reunion	1977	TV Movie	James Anderson Jr.
Werewolves on Wheels	1971		Pill (as William Gray)
Dusty and Sweets McGee	1971		City Life
The Bold Ones: The Protectors	1970	TV Series	Morgan Vontz
Medical Center	1969	TV Series	Student at Party
Custer	1967	TV Series	Billy Nixon
I Spy	1966	TV Series	Gerson Stutman
Combat!	1966	TV Series	Candell
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters	1966		CPO Fred Twining (as Bill Gray)
Rawhide	1965	TV Series	Lindsey McCuller
Arrest and Trial	1964	TV Series	Colin Martin
The Greatest Show on Earth	1964	TV Series	Nick
The Red Skelton Hour	1962	TV Series	Mr. Carmichael
The Explosive Generation	1961		Bobby Herman Jr.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1961	TV Series	Perry Hatch
General Electric Theater	1961	TV Series	Buzz Marlowe / Jerry Alquist
The Deputy	1961	TV Series	Johnny Blatner
Bachelor Father	1960	TV Series	David Ross
Stagecoach West	1960	TV Series	Frankie Niles
Peter Gunn	1960	TV Series	Eric Thorwald
Father Knows Best	1954-1960	TV Series	Bud Anderson
The Christophers	1957	TV Series
TV Reader's Digest	1956	TV Series
The Scarlet Hour	1956		Tom Rycker
The Seven Little Foys	1955		Bryan Lincoln Foy, as a Teen
The Outlaw Stallion	1954		Danny Saunders
Annie Oakley	1954	TV Series	Tagg Oakley
The Loretta Young Show	1954	TV Series	Nick Monti
Cavalcade of America	1954	TV Series	Andy Jackson
Fireside Theatre	1954	TV Series	Barry
Doggie in the Bedroom	1954	Short
Adventures of Superman	1953	TV Series	Alan Harper
All I Desire	1953		Ted Murdoch
The Girl Next Door	1953		Joe Carter
By the Light of the Silvery Moon	1953		Wesley Winfield
The Schaefer Century Theatre	1952	TV Series
Racket Squad	1952	TV Series	Danny Jenkins
Chevron Theatre	1952	TV Series
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair	1952		Kettle Boy (uncredited)
Celanese Theatre	1952	TV Series
Gruen Guild Theater	1952	TV Series
The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan	1952	Short
Talk About a Stranger	1952		Robert Fontaine Jr.
The Day the Earth Stood Still	1951		Bobby Benson
Jim Thorpe -- All-American	1951		Jim Thorpe - as a Boy (uncredited)
The Guy Who Came Back	1951		Willy Joplin
On Moonlight Bay	1951		Wesley Winfield
Her First Romance	1951		Boy at Camp Barracks (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Cowboy	1951	Short	Little Boy Movie Patron with Lollipop (uncredited)
Gene Autry and The Mounties	1951		Boy (uncredited)
Sierra Passage	1950		Young Johnny Yorke
The Magnavox Theatre	1950	TV Series	Johnny / Big Mouth's Grandson
The Killer That Stalked New York	1950		Pinkie (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show	1950	TV Series	Eddie Baker / Jimmy Foster
Mister 880	1950		Mickey (uncredited)
Between Midnight and Dawn	1950		Peter J. 'Petey' Conklin (uncredited)
Three Little Words	1950		Boy (uncredited)
In a Lonely Place	1950		Young Boy Seeking Autograph (uncredited)
Kill the Umpire	1950		The Boy Catcher (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man	1950		Junior (uncredited)
Singing Guns	1950		Albert
Father Is a Bachelor	1950		Feb Chalotte
Abandoned	1949		Tough Kid in Park (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	1949		Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)
The House Across the Street	1949		Boy (uncredited)
The Talented Tramps	1949	Short
So You're Having In-Law Trouble	1949	Short	Little Willie (uncredited)
Lust for Gold	1949		Boy (uncredited)
Bad Men of Tombstone	1949		Willie Stover (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter	1949	Short	Junior - Homer's Boy (uncredited)
Puddle Patch Klub	1949	TV Series	Pinky
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath	1948	Short
Fighting Father Dunne	1948		Chip
The Bride Goes Wild	1948		Boy (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out	1947		Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
The Gangster	1947		Little Boy (uncredited)
The Fabulous Texan	1947		Boy (uncredited)
Driftwood	1947		Boy (uncredited)
The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival	1947		Sandy, in 'Curly'
Curley	1947		Sandy (uncredited)
Little Mister Jim	1947		Neighbor Boy (uncredited)
Backlash	1947		Denny (uncredited)
The Strange Woman	1946		Boy on Bridge (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie	1946		Little Boy (uncredited)
Specter of the Rose	1946		Jack Jones
Suspense	1946		Small Boy at Zoo (uncredited)
Our Old Car	1946	Short	Boy (uncredited)
One Exciting Week	1946		Small Boy (uncredited)
Cluny Brown	1946		Richard Watkins, Boy in Pharmacy (uncredited)
Throw a Saddle on a Star	1946		Tough Boy (uncredited)
To Each His Own	1946		Billy Ingham (uncredited)
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn	1945		Boy (uncredited)
Adventures of Rusty	1945		Harry (uncredited)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry	1945		Child (uncredited)
Man of Courage	1943		Mike Wilson

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Father Knows Best	1958-1960	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Girl Next Door	1953	performer: "I'd Rather Have a Pal Than a Gal Anytime", "YouI'd Rather Have a Pal / I'm Mad About the Girl Next Door" medley - uncredited
On Moonlight Bay	1951	performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - uncredited

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'	2008	Video documentary short thanks
Acting Normal: Billy Gray on Douglas Sirk's All I Desire	2008	Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Actor's Journey	2011	Video documentary	Himself
The Actor's Journey for Kids	2011	Video documentary	Himself
Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'	2008	Video documentary short	Himself - Interviewee
Acting Normal: Billy Gray on Douglas Sirk's All I Desire	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
On the Edge of Black and White	2008	Documentary	Himself
TV Land Confidential	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself - Interviewee
The O'Reilly Factor	2005	TV Series	Himself
Child Stars: Their Story	2000	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Making the Earth Stand Still	1995	Video documentary	Himself
The Howard Stern Show	1992	TV Series	Himself
The Howard Stern Show	1987	TV Series	Himself
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards	1984	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Comedy Series
The Mike Douglas Show	1978	TV Series	Himself - Actor
That Regis Philbin Show	1965	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
The Colgate Comedy Hour	1951	TV Series	Himself - Actor

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Pioneers of Television	2014	TV Mini-Series documentary	Bud Anderson - Father Knows Best
Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War	2011	TV Series documentary	Bud Anderson in 'Father Knows Best'
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us	2005	TV Movie documentary	Bobby Benson (uncredited)
The Our Gang Story	1994	Video documentary	Sandy
Sex Violence & Values: Changing Images	1986	TV Movie	Son (uncredited)
Superman and the Jungle Devil	1954		Alan Harper
Your Play Time	1953	TV Series

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1959	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series	Father Knows Best (1954)

Known for movies

Father Knows Best (1954-1960)
as Bud Anderson

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
as Bobby Benson

The Seven Little Foys (1955)
as Bryan Lincoln Foy, as a Teen

Porklips Now (1980)
as Dullard