William Tannen
Date of birth: 1911-11-17
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Bill Tannan, Billy Tannen, Bill Tannen, William J. Tannen, Bill Tanmen
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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I, the Jury
1953-08-14
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941-08-12
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side,
Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relation
99 River Street
1953-08-21
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel t
Air Raid Wardens
1943-04-04
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs
Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a
Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparen
The Canterville Ghost
1944-07-20
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage wh
Whistling in the Dark
1941-08-08
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenou
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942-05-01
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his
Flight Command
1940-12-27
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pe
Men of the Timberland
1941-05-06
Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953-05-27
After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spiri
Law and Order
1953-05-13
Frame Johnson's attempt to settle down in Tombstone is interrupted when a mob tries to mete out some
Flat Top
1952-10-26
A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
I Was an American Spy
1951-04-14
An American nightclub singer in 1940's Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back
The First Texan
1956-06-29
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his
Sitting Bull
1954-10-06
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with vi
The Return of Dracula
1958-05-21
After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and move
Eyes of the Jungle
1953-07-01
Ramar of the Jungle encounters a holy man who warns him of great danger. His friend Professor Howard
Exclusive Story
1936-01-17
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster be
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945-10-04
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a w
Best of the Badmen
1951-08-09
After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confeder
The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
1952-03-17
Jungle Jim is forced to lead anthropologist Dr. Edwards into a land inhabited by giant people.
Insurance Investigator
1951-03-23
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his ins
The Quick Gun
1964-04-01
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.
Pygmy Island
1950-11-22
Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who's gone missing.
I'll Wait for You
1941-05-16
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
A Yank in Korea
1951-02-14
A tough sergeant has to teach a hotshot young soldier how to be a team player.
The Golden Idol
1954-01-10
Prince Ali wants the Golden Idol of Watusi and hires a ruthless hunter to get it for him. Bomba has
An Innocent Affair
1948-10-15
Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich
She Couldn't Take It
1935-10-08
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustra
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956-04-01
A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron.
Abandoned
1949-10-26
A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
Dial Red O
1955-03-13
The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's de
Speed
1936-05-08
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to
Dangerous Crossing
1953-07-22
A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unab
Hero and the Terror
1988-08-26
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three y
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer,
Two-Faced Woman
1941-12-31
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
The Band Plays On
1934-12-21
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
Four Girls in White
1939-01-27
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They
The Big Store
1941-06-20
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store,
The Tijuana Story
1957-10-01
Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newsp
Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Women Are Trouble
1936-07-31
A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939-03-10
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a
Within the Law
1939-03-17
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge up
Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audi
The Hardys Ride High
1939-04-21
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney Geo
It's a Wonderful World
1939-05-19
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a
Miracles for Sale
1939-08-10
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Dark Shadows
1944-12-16
A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Fast and Furious
1939-10-06
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a
Murder in the Fleet
1935-05-24
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find t
Fury
1936-06-05
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the
Main Street After Dark
1945-01-12
A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.
All the King's Men
1949-11-16
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wi
Gun Duel in Durango
1957-05-01
A former outlaw must prove himself innocent after he's accused of bank robbery. Western.
Love Crazy
1941-05-23
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorc
Alaska Patrol
1949-03-10
Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he trie
Touch of Evil
1958-03-30
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement ag
Pal, Canine Detective
1950-09-17
Gary and his dog Pal are having fun working on make-believe crime cases, though Gary's father, a cit
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940-02-09
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as
When Love Is Young
1937-03-26
In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to sch
My Grandfather's Clock
1934-10-27
At Phwitterby-on-Thames, England, a murder has occurred and Philo Holmes and Dr. Watkins are out to
Wyoming
1940-09-13
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nic
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942-03-28
Author Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending of
The Mysterious Desperado
1949-09-10
A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954-08-01
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his
Boom Town
1940-08-30
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both lov
Devil Goddess
1955-10-01
Jungle-Jim type Johnny Weissmuller helps Professor Blakely look for a missing colleague who is now p
Pound Foolish
1940-01-27
An expose of attempts by wealthy people to avoid payment of customs duties. Part of the MGM "Crime D
Cairo
1942-08-17
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Alli
Friendly Persuasion
1956-10-30
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio
Gallant Sons
1940-11-15
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to fin
The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. Aft
New Moon
1940-06-28
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
I Love You Again
1940-08-09
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and love
Florian
1940-06-05
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by
Sky Murder
1940-09-27
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth
Phantom Raiders
1940-06-07
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Lle
Sporting Blood
1940-07-11
Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and
Sunset in the West
1950-09-25
Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling.
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954-04-02
Joe Branch, reputed to be the son of Jesse James, comes riding into Coffeyville Kansas, looking for
Riders of the Range
1950-02-11
Out-of-work cowboys Kansas Jones and Chito Rafferty are offered jobs at pretty Dusty Willis' ranch a
The Flying Missile
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Road Agent
1952-03-29
Brand controls the only road to the cattle market and is charging exorbitant rates. Tim and Chito ro
Chain Gang
1950-11-01
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
Down in San Diego
1941-08-01
A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego,
El Paso Stampede
1953-09-06
The cattle that are being rustled apparently vanish as no one is able to find them. But Rocky Lane,
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953-04-01
During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the
Noose for a Gunman
1960-05-01
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach ro
Roaring City
1951-05-04
A San Francisco private eye finds himself under suspicion while investigating a prizefighter's murde
For God and Country
1943-05-15
The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940-07-05
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He
The Affairs of Martha
1942-06-21
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids i
Our Old Car
1946-06-11
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man traces his history by the succession of cars his
The Great Morgan
1945-01-01
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by
Batman
1966-07-30
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a s
Stand by for Action
1942-12-31
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about
Joe Smith, American
1942-02-01
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948-09-02
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that t
The Perfect Set-Up
1936-02-01
In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of
A Thrill for Thelma
1935-11-23
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "eas
A Gun in His Hand
1945-09-15
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the to
Main Street Today
1944-03-25
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional smal
Presenting Lily Mars
1943-04-29
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role bu
The Spectacle Maker
1934-09-20
A parable about magic glasses involving on the nature of beauty, truth, good, and evil set in 17th C
The Corsican Brothers
1941-11-28
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' dea
Grand Central Murder
1942-05-01
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Ce
Crash Donovan
1936-08-01
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Three Secrets
1950-10-20
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California
Convicted
1950-08-01
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Armored Car Robbery
1950-06-08
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phil
Talk About a Stranger
1952-04-18
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder
Blue Blood
1951-01-28
An out of work racehorse trainer is adopted by the daughters of a wealthy breeder and trains a cast-
Pacific Rendezvous
1942-05-21
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire
Annie Get Your Gun
1950-05-17
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's
Ship Ahoy
1942-04-16
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a protot
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
Cynthia
1947-08-29
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
A Hatful of Rain
1957-07-17
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939-03-18
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954-05-20
When Captain Kidd is reprieved from the gallows by a greedy nobelman who wants to know the location
For Me and My Gal
1942-10-21
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942-06-01
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a b
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944-08-15
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
1-2-3-Go!
1941-04-26
While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When
Kiss Me Kate
1953-11-26
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of
High Barbaree
1947-05-01
After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while a