---
name: "Bill Cross"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-cross"
fi1m_id: "bill-cross"
imdb_id: "nm0189118"
tmdb_id: 97976
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T04:34:22.957919+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Cross

## Identity

Bill Cross

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-cross
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-cross
- **IMDb ID:** nm0189118
- **TMDB ID:** 97976
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189118/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97976

Actor.

## Details

- **Active:** 1982–1987
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $144m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189118/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97976

## Biography

Bill Cross is an American actor with credits in film and television from the late 1960s onwards. He played Sheriff Eakers in the 1987 horror film *Near Dark* and appeared in supporting roles in films including *48 Hrs.* (1982), *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), *Three Fugitives* (1989), *Blue Chips* (1994) and *Turbulence* (1997).

On television he has guest roles in series such as *CHiPs* (1977), *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), *Knight Rider* (1982) and *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), and a recurring part in *Days of Our Lives* (1996–2002). He has also worked in additional crew capacities and produced the 2000 film *Ed Gein*, in which he played George Gein.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Near Dark* (1987), Fi1m 82, as Sheriff Eakers — [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), Fi1m 65, as Helicopter Pilot — [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)
- *48 Hrs.* (1982), Fi1m 78, as First Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Ed Gein* (2000), as George Gein
- *Turbulence* (1997), as William Harris
- *The Sentinel* (1996), series, as Mitch Reeves
- *Sugartime* (1995), as Robert Maheu
- *Jack-O* (1995), as Richard Watson
- *In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me* (1995), as John Ryan
- *Blue Chips* (1994), as Freddie
- *The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom* (1993), as Plant Manager
- *Murder in High Places* (1991), as Mowbray
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Curtis — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Three Fugitives* (1989), as Guard at Prison
- *Near Dark* (1987), as Sheriff Eakers — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *The Whoopee Boys* (1986), as Bartender
- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), as Helicopter Pilot — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)
- *Stark* (1985), as Walter Reinhardt
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Officer Jensen
- *48 Hrs.* (1982), as First Cop — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md)
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Conrad Morris, Officer Lester
- *Partners* (1982), as Cop
- *I Ought to Be in Pictures* (1982), as Truck Driver
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Chuck Neely
- *Cannery Row* (1982), Stunts
- *Hellinger's Law* (1981), as Leo
- *The Last Song* (1980), as Emmett Gardner
- *Happily Ever After* (1978), as Second Workman
- *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), as Radio Operator
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, as Biker
- *Checkered Flag or Crash* (1977), as Angel
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Mr. Parker

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