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name: "Austin Willis"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 September 1917"
died: "4 April 2004"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Austin Willis

Actor. Born 30 September 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Died 4 April 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 September 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- **Died:** 4 April 2004
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Willis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4823335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9914

## Biography

Austin Willis was a Canadian actor and television host. Born Alexander Austin Willis on 30 September 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he died on 4 April 2004 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

He appeared as Simmons in the James Bond film *Goldfinger* (1964). His other film roles included *The Mouse That Roared* (1959), *The Boston Strangler* (1968) and *Firefox* (1982). In Canada he hosted the television series *Cross-Canada Hit Parade* in the 1950s and *This Is the Law* in the 1970s, and appeared in the early science-fiction series *Space Command*. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002. Willis was married to actress Kate Reid from 1953 to 1962.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Goldfinger* (1964), Fi1m 82, as Simmons — [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Boy in Blue* (1986), as Bainbridge
- *Kane & Abel* (1985), series, as Senator Willis
- *Firefox* (1982), as Walters
- *Casino* (1980), as Packard
- *The Last Flight of Noah's Ark* (1980), as Slabotsky
- *C.H.O.M.P.S.* (1979), as Head Engineer
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Acting
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Grube
- *Face-Off* (1971), as Graydon Hunter
- *Death Takes a Holiday* (1971), as Martin Herndon
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Acting
- *The Sheriff* (1971), as Judge
- *Flick* (1970), as Cantwell
- *The Boston Strangler* (1968), as Dr. Nagy
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, as Joseph Bellen
- *Hour of the Gun* (1967), as Anson Safford
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Dr. Mark Gregory, George Carlisle
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Acting
- *Eight on the Lam* (1967), as Mr. Pomeroy
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as William Gehrig
- *The Rat Patrol* (1966), series, as Doctor Anderson
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Warden James, Stuart
- *Seaway* (1965), series, as Admiral Henry Victor Leslie Fox
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Myles Prentice
- *Goldfinger* (1964), as Simmons — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md)
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as District Attorney
- *The Barbarians* (1960), as Varro
- *Crack in the Mirror* (1960), as Hurtelaut
- *Too Young to Love* (1960), as Mr. Collins
- *Upstairs and Downstairs* (1959), as McGuffey
- *The Mouse That Roared* (1959), as United States Secretary of Defense
- *Wolf Dog* (1958), as Clem Krivak
- *First Performance* (1955), series, as Ken Cullum
- *On Camera* (1954), series, as Charles Stevens, John, Captain of a cargo vessel, Anthony Pinkerton, Father, 'Dr.' Barney Weaver
- *Space Command* (1953), series, as Dr. Fleming, Space Command
- *Sins of the Fathers* (1948), as Dr. Ben Edwards
- *Bush Pilot* (1947), as Red North
- *Hudson's Bay*, series, as The Preacher, Factor Lyman

## Gallery

- ![Austin Willis](https://film.one/media/person/1025794/gallery-887fefbf84b4.jpg) Austin Willis — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Canadian_Actor_Austin_Willis_and_Dick_Fry_Perform_from_the_CHNS_Studio%2C_Lord_Nelson_Hotel%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia%2C_Canada%2C_1928.jpg/1280px-Canadian_Actor_Austin_Willis_and_Dick_Fry_Perform_from_the_CHNS_Studio%2C_Lord_Nelson_Hotel%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia%2C_Canada%2C_1928.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Austin Willis](https://film.one/media/person/1025794/gallery-19564f406cc4.jpg) Austin Willis — Image via TMDB

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