Sam Edwards
Acting
Born 1915-05-26
Died 2004-07-28
Macon, Georgia, USA
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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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Filmography
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Acting
40 credits
Perry Mason
Little House on the Prairie
The Andy Griffith Show
Dragnet
Hawaii Five-O
Mission: Impossible
Wagon Train
The Flintstones
Adam-12
The Virginian
Have Gun, Will Travel
Petticoat Junction
I Love Lucy
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Happy Days
Cannon
Green Acres
Full Circle
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Thriller
The Dukes of Hazzard
Gunsmoke
The F.B.I.
The Invaders
The Rookies
Dragnet
Hazel
Mayberry R.F.D.
Bambi
Wonder Woman
Black Saddle
Then Came Bronson
The Dick Powell Show
Hello, Dolly!
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Kodiak
Twelve O'Clock High
The Cheyenne Social Club
Operation Pacific
Other credits
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Lassie
Mannix
Peter Gunn
Laramie
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
McCloud
That Girl
The Streets of San Francisco
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Texan
Felony Squad
The Mod Squad
Laredo
S.W.A.T.
Straightaway
Gang Busters
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
Chase
Flying Leathernecks
These Are the Days
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