Acting
Billy Green Bush
EN cinema · 29 credits
Born
7 November 1935 (age 90)
Birthplace
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Also known as Billy Greenbush · William Warren Bush
William Warren Bush (born 1935) is an American actor, sometimes credited as “Billy Greenbush”. Notable movie appearances include Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972), Electra Glide in Blue (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), The River (1984), The Hitcher (1986), Critters (1986) and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993). He has also appeared frequently on television, including a recurring role as Bobby Angel on Hill Street Blues and a memorable episode of MAS*H. He later appeared as Vernon Presley, the father of Elvis Presley, in the series Elvis. Bush is the father of twins Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush (who starred as Carrie in Little House on the Prairie) and actor Clay Greenbush.
Known for
Filmography
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
as Sheriff Landis
Conagher
as Jacob Teale
Critters 3
as Dad (archive footage)
Elvis and Me
as Vernon Presley
Rampage
as Judge McKinsey
Critters
as Jay Brown
The Hitcher
as Trooper Donner
The Deliberate Stranger
as Officer Bradley
The River
as Harve Stanley
The Girl on the Edge of Town
as Frank Swenson
Tom Horn
as Joe Belle
The Jericho Mile
as Warden Earl Gulliver
The Beasts Are on the Streets
as Jim Scudder
The Call of the Wild
as Redsweater
The Invasion of Johnson County
as Frank Canton
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Donald Hyatt
Skyway to Death
as Walter Benson
Electra Glide in Blue
as Zipper
40 Carats
as J.D. Rogers
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
as Frank Culpepper
The Jesus Trip
as Tarboro
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
as Sheriff
The Organization
as Dave Thomas
Five Easy Pieces
as Elton
Monte Walsh
as Powder Kent
The Reivers
as Patron
Unholy Matrimony
as Eavesdropping Husband