---
name: "Bill Wiley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-wiley"
fi1m_id: "bill-wiley"
imdb_id: "nm0928814"
tmdb_id: 154584
roles: []
born: "1 November 1928"
died: "12 July 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:24:57.097685+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 Wiley

## Identity

Bill Wiley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-wiley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-wiley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0928814
- **TMDB ID:** 154584
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928814/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154584

Actor. Born 1 November 1928 in Norfolk, VA. Died 12 July 2021.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 November 1928, Norfolk, VA
- **Died:** 12 July 2021
- **Active:** 1980–1983
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928814/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154584

## Biography

Bill Wiley was an American actor whose career spanned eight decades across stage, television and film. He attended William & Mary College and appeared on Broadway in *Hadrian the Seventh* and in the original cast of Sam Shepard's *Buried Child*.

After moving to Los Angeles in 1980, he took numerous guest roles on television series including *Knight Rider* (1982), *Cheers* (1982), *ALF* (1986), *Full House* (1987), *The Golden Girls* (1985), *Charmed* (1998) and *The King of Queens* (1998). His film credits include *Gloria* (1980), *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983) as Reverend Flavel, *That Thing You Do!* (1996) and *Baby Geniuses* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), Fi1m 61, as Reverend Flavel — [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)
- *Gloria* (1980), Fi1m 78, as Bellman — [page](https://film.one/film/gloria-1980.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Punching the Clown* (2009), as Sam
- *The Sarah Silverman Program* (2007), series, as Patrick Pillows
- *I'll Remember April* (1999), as Train Engineer
- *Baby Geniuses* (1999), as Wino
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Caddie
- *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Burt
- *Amazing Stories: The Movie III* (1998), as Underling #2
- *The Ransom of Red Chief* (1998), as Grouch
- *Hardball* (1994), series, as Pickles McGerkin
- *The American Clock* (1993), Actor
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Gardener
- *Wings* (1990), series, as Gilbert
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Robert
- *Going to the Chapel* (1988), as Clerk No. 2
- *Moving* (1988), as Arnold Butterworth
- *Full House* (1987), series, as Jeb
- *Marblehead Manor* (1987), series, as Roger Asta
- *ALF* (1986), series, as Farmer
- *All Is Forgiven* (1986), series, as Wendell Branch
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Underling #2
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Smokey — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), as Reverend Flavel — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)
- *Newhart* (1982), series, as Doctor
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as The Tour Guide — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Maxwell Elliott
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Reverend Bushnell
- *Mistress of Paradise* (1981), as Capt. Tyler
- *Gloria* (1980), as Bellman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/gloria-1980.md)
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as George Givens — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/taxi.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bill-wiley