Terry Wilson

Acting Sep 3, 1923 Mar 30, 1999 (aged 76) Huntington Park, California, USA

Terry W. Wilson (September 3, 1923 – March 30, 1999) was an American actor most noted for his role as "Bill Hawks", the assistant trail master, in all 267 episodes of the NBC and ABC western television series, Wagon Train, which aired from 1957 to 1965.

Wilson appeared in more than thirty-five films and television programs between 1948 and 1981. Many of his early roles were uncredited. On July 2, 1953, he was cast as a stagecoach guard in episode 121, "Woman from Omaha", of The Lone Ranger. In 1956, he had another uncredited role as a robber in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, the first television western in an hour-long format, starring Clint Walker. Wilson was with Wagon Train for the entire run and worked with all the other stars on the program, including Ward Bond, Robert Horton, John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Denny Miller, and Michael Burns.

Terry enlisted and served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. CLR

Wilson died at age 75 on March 30, 1999. He was survived by his wife Mary Ann Wilson and three children.

34 Acting Credits

17 Crew Credits

Terry Wilson

Acting

The Searchers

Westworld

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Escape to Witch Mountain

The War Wagon

Gunsmoke

Support Your Local Gunfighter

The Flame and the Arrow

Westward the Women

It's Always Fair Weather

The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Last Frontier

The Lone Ranger

The Virginian

Sailor Beware

Wagon Train

Barnaby Jones

Rage

Tarzan

Cheyenne

Banacek

Pillars of the Sky

A Dangerous Profession

Dirty Dingus Magee

Crew

The Searchers

Westworld

Fort Apache

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Rio Grande

The War Wagon

3 Godfathers

Pursued

The Flame and the Arrow

The Red Badge of Courage

The Conqueror

Devil's Doorway