Billy Green Bush

Billy Green Bush Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: November 7, 1935

Age: 89 years old

Birth Place: Montgomery, Alabama

Veteran character actor Billy Green Bush is best known for his offbeat roles in the 1970s. The flinty, folksy actor began his career working on many notable shows of the 1960s, including the sci-fi anthology "The Outer Limits" as well as the Western staples "Bonanza" and "Gunsmoke." His first notable film role came in 1971 with his standout performance as Elton, a redneck oil-rig worker, and Jack Nicholson's only friend, in the landmark drama "Five Easy Pieces." Bush followed it up playing another dullard opposite an established actor: Robert Blake's Highway Patrol partner in 1973's "Electra Glide in Blue."

The following year brought another meaty part in a classic 1970s film, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," as Ellen Burstyn's no-good but much-grieved trucker husband. For the remainder of the decade, Bush moved firmly into television, with appearances on the motorcycle-cop show "CHiPs," the war comedy "M*A*S*H," and the good-ol'-boy lark "The Dukes of Hazzard," among many others.

Credits

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final FridayStream

Actor
Sheriff Ed Landis
Movie
1993
15%

RenegadeStream

Guest Star
Sheriff Harry Wells
Series
1992

ConagherStream

Actor
Jacob Teale
Movie
1991

Elvis et moi

Actor
Movie
1988

Elvis and Me

Actor
Vernon Presley
Movie
1988

Houston KnightsStream

Guest Star
Series
1987

Rampage

Actor
Judge McKinsey
Movie
1987

Extrañas Criaturas

Actor
Movie
1986

The Hitcher

Actor
Trooper Donner
Movie
1986

CrittersStream

Actor
Jay Brown
Movie
1986
50%

Amazing StoriesStream

Actor
Series
1985

The RiverStream

Actor
Harve Stanley
Movie
1984
24%

The Fall GuyStream

Guest Star
Series
1981

Hill Street BluesStream

Guest Star
Bobby Angel
Series
1981
97%

Tom HornStream

Actor
U.S. Marshal Joe Belle
Movie
1980
71%

The Dukes of HazzardStream

Guest Star
Marty Garbade
Series
1979

The Jericho Mile

Actor
Warden Earl Gulliver
Movie
1979

DallasStream

Guest Star
Soap
1978

The Incredible HulkStream

Guest Star
Series
1978

The Beasts Are on the Streets

Actor
Jim Scudder
Movie
1978

CHiPsStream

Guest Star
Series
1977

Call of the Wild

Actor
Redsweater
Movie
1976

The Invasion of Johnson County

Actor
Frank Canton
Movie
1976

Barbary Coast

Guest Star
Series
1975

Starsky & HutchStream

Guest Star
Series
1975

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Actor
Dave Keene
Movie
1975

MacKintosh and T.J.

Actor
Luke Jenkins
Movie
1975

Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreStream

Actor
Donald
Movie
1974
91%

Skyway to Death

Actor
Walter Benson
Movie
1974

Forty Carats

Actor
J.D. Rogers
Movie
1973

Electra Glide in Blue

Actor
John Wintergreen
Movie
1973

M*A*S*HStream

Guest Star
John 'Cowboy' Hodges
Series
1972

The Streets of San FranciscoStream

Guest Star
Series
1972

The Rookies

Guest Star
Series
1972

The Culpepper Cattle Company

Actor
Frank Culpepper
Movie
1972

Cannon

Guest Star
Gardner Finney
Series
1971

Alias Smith and Jones

Guest Star
Series
1971

The Organization

Actor
Dave Thomas
Movie
1971

The Jesus Trip

Actor
Tarboro
Movie
1971

Five Easy PiecesStream

Actor
Elton
Movie
1970
89%

Monte Walsh

Actor
Powder Kent
Movie
1970

The Outer LimitsStream

Actor
Hunter
Series
1963
92%

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

GunsmokeStream

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Kermit
Series
1955