Elliot, Gordon, 1904-1965

LC control no.	n 88094648
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Elliot, Gordon, 1904-1965 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Elliott, Gordon, 1904-1965 Elliott, William, 1904-1965 Elliott, Wild Bill, 1904-1965 Nance, Gordon, 1904-1965 Elliott, Bill, 1904-1965 Wild Bill, 1904-1965
Birth date	1904-10-16
Death date	1965-11-26
Place of birth	Pattonsburg (Mo.)
Place of death	Las Vegas (Nev.)
Profession or occupation	Actors
Found in	The Case of the velvet claws [MP] 1936: credits (Gordon Elliot) Int'l film necrology, 1981 (William Elliott; AKA Wild Bill, Gordon Elliott; r.n. Gordon Nance; actor; b. Oct. 16, 1905, Pattonsburg, Mo.; d. Nov. 26, 1965) Halliwell's Filmgoer's comp., 1985 ('Wild Bill' Elliott; AKA Gordon Elliott; b. 1904 d. 1965) Tucson raiders, 1996: cassette label (Bill Elliott; actor) IMDb, October 24, 2018 (Bill Elliott (1904-1965); "Wild Bill Elliott"; born Gordon Nance on October 16, 1904 on Gordon Nance in 1904 in Pattonsburg, Missouri; he made his first movie in 1925; a steady stream of movies followed, first silents and then talkies; in many of these movies he was billed as "Gordon Elliott"; in 1938, however, Columbia cast him as the lead in its 15-chapter serial, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938), and Elliott's identification with westerns began; he even began to adopt the names "Bill" or "Wild Bill"; he also became famous for using the line, "I'm a peaceable man ... " (which was inevitably followed by an outburst of violence); when his film career was over, Elliott settled in Las Vegas where he hosted a weekly TV show in which he interviewed guests and showed some of his old movies; he also became a pitchman for a cigarette company; he died of lung cancer on November 26, 1965 and is buried in Las Vegas at Palm Memorial Park) Wikipedia, October 24, 2018 (Wild Bill Elliott; Wild Bill Elliott (October 16, 1904--November 26, 1965) was an American film actor; he specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films; he was born Gordon Nance on a ranch near Pattonsburg, Missouri; following his retirement in 1957, he moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he bought a ranch; he died there from lung cancer on November 26, 1965, aged 61)