Movies List
TV Show List
Noose for a Gunman

as Willetts

1960
Sitting Bull

as O'Connor

1954
The Golden Idol

as Sergeant Reed

1954
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

as 'Doc' Edwards

1952
Road Agent

as Toll Gate Guard

1952
Insurance Investigator

as 1st Hood

1951
A Yank in Korea

as Lt. Lewis

1951
Roaring City

as Ed Gannon

1951
Pygmy Island

as Kruger

1950
Riders of the Range

as Trump Dixon

1950
Dark Shadows

as McKay's Assistant (uncredited)

1944
Nazi Agent

as Ludwig

1942
The Big Store

as Fred Sutton

1941
Flight Command

as Lieut. Freddy Townsend

1940
My Grandfather's Clock

as Ronny Belvedere

1934
William Tannen William Tannen

Birthday

1911-11-17

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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.
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