Acting
William Tannen
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.
Movies with William Tannen
Touch of Evil
1958
Batman
1966
The Three Musketeers
1948
All the King's Men
1949
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
Law and Order
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
Hero and the Terror
1988
Fury
1936
Friendly Persuasion
1956
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Kiss Me Kate
1953
Woman of the Year
1942
Sitting Bull
1954
Another Thin Man
1939
Air Raid Wardens
1943
Boom Town
1940
I, the Jury
1953
Speed
1936
Convicted
1950
Devil Goddess
1955
The Big Store
1941
Best of the Badmen
1951
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
For Me and My Gal
1942
The First Texan
1956
Stand by for Action
1942
The Mortal Storm
1940
The Quick Gun
1964
I Love You Again
1940
Nazi Agent
1942
Flat Top
1952
Three Secrets
1950
The Canterville Ghost
1944
An Innocent Affair
1948
For God and Country
1943
Within the Law
1939
Love Crazy
1941
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
Two-Faced Woman
1941
The Affairs of Martha
1942
The Corsican Brothers
1941
Armored Car Robbery
1950
A Hatful of Rain
1957
The Tijuana Story
1957
The Great Morgan
1945
Flight Command
1940
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
The Flying Missile
1950
Dangerous Crossing
1953
99 River Street
1953
Fast and Furious
1939
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
I'll Wait for You
1941
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Top Gun
1955
Sporting Blood
1940
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
Florian
1940
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Whistling in the Dark
1941
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Pacific Rendezvous
1942
A Gun in His Hand
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
The Return of Dracula
1958
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
Sky Murder
1940
Murder in the Fleet
1935
New Moon
1940
High Barbaree
1947
Cynthia
1947
Phantom Raiders
1940
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
Fingers at the Window
1942
Exclusive Story
1936
Crash Donovan
1936
Grand Central Murder
1942
Stand Up and Fight
1939
Abandoned
1949
My Grandfather's Clock
1934
Pal, Canine Detective
1950
I Was an American Spy
1951
Noose for a Gunman
1960
Joe Smith, American
1942
Gallant Sons
1940
Riders of the Range
1950
The Hardys Ride High
1939
The Golden Idol
1954
The Spectacle Maker
1934
Pygmy Island
1950
Ship Ahoy
1942
Four Girls in White
1939
She Couldn't Take It
1935
The Mysterious Desperado
1949
Alaska Patrol
1949
Cairo
1942
Dial Red O
1955
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942
Main Street After Dark
1945
Pound Foolish
1940
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954
Road Agent
1952
A Thrill for Thelma
1935
Wyoming
1940
Our Old Car
1946
Broadway Serenade
1939
The Perfect Set-Up
1936
Miracles for Sale
1939
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
Main Street Today
1944
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956
Sunset in the West
1950
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954
Dark Shadows
1944
Talk About a Stranger
1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
1952
Men of the Timberland
1941
Roaring City
1951
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953
When Love Is Young
1937
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954
Insurance Investigator
1951
Blue Blood
1951
Eyes of the Jungle
1953
Women Are Trouble
1936
1-2-3-Go!
1941
The Band Plays On
1934
Down in San Diego
1941
A Yank in Korea
1951
El Paso Stampede
1953
Chain Gang
1950
TV Shows with William Tannen
Perry Mason
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Get Smart
1965
The Virginian
1962
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Here's Lucy
1968
MGM Parade
1955
Tombstone Territory
1957
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Cisco Kid
1950
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Gunslinger
1961
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
The Adventures of Champion
1955