William Henry (actor)


William Albert Henry was an American actor who worked in both films and television.

Biography

Born in Los Angeles, California, Henry started as a child actor, then was a hero in B-movies, and ended his career as a character actor. He appeared in various roles on episodes of many television series. He was a member of the John Ford Stock Company and appeared twelve times for Ford. He also appeared in John Wayne's The Alamo ; in this version of the famous siege, Henry's character, Dr. Sutherland, is the last of the defenders to be killed.
Henry was active with the Pasadena Community Playhouse.
In 1952, Henry was cast as the San Francisco lawyer Lew Barry in the episode, "Self Made Man," of the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Barry studies to become a lawyer after he loses an arm in a shooting and can no longer earn his livelihood as a rock driller. Years later, he gains the acquittal of Jerry, the man who shot him, on a murder charge.
Henry's brother was the character actor Thomas Browne Henry.
Henry was married and twice divorced. His first marriage was to Grace Durkin, with whom he had a son, Michael, and a daughter, Michele. He and his second wife, Barbara Knudson, were the parents of William "Bill" Henry, Jr..

Selected filmography