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Sam Edwards
Macon, Georgia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sam George Edwards (May 26, 1915 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor. His most famous role on television was as banker Bill Anderson on L…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sam George Edwards (May 26, 1915 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor. His most famous role on television was as banker Bill Anderson on Little House on the Prairie. Film Edwards' first major screen role was as Chuck Ramsey in the movie serial version of Captain Midnight (1942). From 1949 to 1981, he made several film appearances, with significant roles in Twelve O'Clock High (1949), Operation Pacific (1951), Gangbusters (1954), and supporting roles in The Beatniks (1960) and Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came (1969). He was also seen in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). Television Edwards appeared on many television series starting in the mid-1950s. Most notable of these include many episodes of Dragnet and Gunsmoke throughout their long runs. He also appeared on over 60 different series, including The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Straightaway, The Andy Griffith Show, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Mannix, Mission: Impossible, The Streets of San Francisco, Adam-12, The Red Skelton Show, Happy Days, The Dukes of Hazzard, and even Days of Our Lives. In 1969 Edwards appeared as Will Frazee on the TV series The Virginian in the episode titled "A Woman of Stone." Spouse Beverly Motley Edwards (m. 1969) Children 3 step-children Death On July 28, 2004, Edwards died of a heart attack in Durango, Colorado. CLR
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1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Movie Ticket Clerk
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1980
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Movie Announcer
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1979
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
Movie Bixby
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1979
The Dukes of Hazzard
TV show Track Steward
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1978
Just Me and You
Movie
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1978
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Movie Hotel Manager
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1977
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
Movie Milford Petrie
- 1976
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1975
Wonder Woman
TV show Ernie
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1975
S.W.A.T.
TV show
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1974
Hit Lady
Movie Innkeeper
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1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV show
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1974
Kodiak
TV show Barber
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1974
Little House on the Prairie
TV show Mr. Bill Anderson
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1974
These Are the Days
TV show
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1974
Hog Wild
Movie Farmer
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1974
Happy Days
TV show Dr. Abner
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1973
Chase
Movie
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1973
Set This Town on Fire
Movie Motel Manager
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1972
The Streets of San Francisco
TV show
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1972
The Rookies
TV show Kurt
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1971
The Death of Me Yet
Movie Jerry
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1971
In Broad Daylight
Movie Cunningham
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1971
The Deadly Dream
Movie Man Protesting His Innocence
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1971
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
TV show
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1971
Cannon
TV show Airport Manager
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1970
The Cheyenne Social Club
Movie Barfly Getting Up from Table (uncredited)
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1970
McCloud
TV show
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1969
Hello, Dolly!
Movie Laborer (uncredited)
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1969
Then Came Bronson
TV show Will Hudson
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1969
Hawaii Five-O
TV show Johnny Arnett
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1969
Dragnet
Movie Rodman
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1968
The Mod Squad
TV show
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1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV show Clerk
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Harvey Pollard
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1967
Mannix
TV show
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1967
Dragnet
TV show Steve Houseman
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1967
The Invaders
TV show Hank
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1966
Mission: Impossible
TV show Drunk
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1966
Felony Squad
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