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name: "William Eythe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-eythe"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 April 1918"
died: "26 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T01:12:20.159608+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."
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# William Eythe

Actor. Born 7 April 1918 in Mars, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 26 January 1957.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 April 1918, Mars, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 26 January 1957
- **Active:** 1943–1944
- **Also known as:** William John Eythe
- **Frequently works with:** [Henry King](https://film.one/person/henry-king.md), [Lamar Trotti](https://film.one/person/lamar-trotti.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eythe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264278/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14659

## Biography

William Eythe (also credited as William John Eythe) was an American actor who worked in film, radio, television and stage. Born in Mars, Pennsylvania, on 7 April 1918, he studied drama at the Carnegie Institute of Technology before moving to New York, where he appeared in radio dramas and on Broadway in *The Moon Is Down*.

Spotted by a 20th Century Fox talent scout, he made his screen debut as Gerald Tetley in *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943) and played Antoine Nicolau in *The Song of Bernadette* (1943). He went on to leading roles in *The Eve of St. Mark* (1944), *Wilson* (1944) and *The House on 92nd Street* (1945).

Eythe was married to actress Buff Cobb from 1947 to 1949. He died in Los Angeles on 26 January 1957, aged 38.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Wilson* (1944), Fi1m 61, as George Felton — [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Gerald Tetley — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), Fi1m 63, as Antoine Nicolau — [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor
- *Tales of Tomorrow* (1951), series, Actor
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Peter
- *Customs Agent* (1950), as Bert Stewart
- *Special Agent* (1949), as Johnny Douglas
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Foxworth
- *Mr. Reckless* (1948), as Jeff Lundy
- *Meet Me at Dawn* (1947), as Charles Morton
- *Centennial Summer* (1946), as Ben Phelps
- *Colonel Effingham's Raid* (1946), as Albert 'Al' Marbury
- *The House on 92nd Street* (1945), as Bill Dietrich
- *A Royal Scandal* (1945), as Alexei Chernoff
- *Wilson* (1944), as George Felton — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *The Eve of St. Mark* (1944), as Quizz West
- *Wing and a Prayer* (1944), as Hallam "Oscar" Scott
- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), as Antoine Nicolau — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), as Gerald Tetley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)

## Gallery

- ![William Eythe, 1946](https://film.one/media/person/1234234/gallery-16186b07a951.jpg) William Eythe, 1946 — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/William_Eythe_telephone%2C_1946.jpg/1280px-William_Eythe_telephone%2C_1946.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![William Eythe](https://film.one/media/person/1234234/gallery-9747475e0517.jpg) William Eythe — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/William_Eythe_sitting_on_a_swing%2C_1946.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margaret Whiting and Bill Eythe at the Hollywood Bowl, 1946](https://film.one/media/person/1234234/gallery-317898a994c3.jpg) Margaret Whiting and Bill Eythe at the Hollywood Bowl, 1946 — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Margaret_Whiting_and_Bill_Eythe_at_the_Hollywood_Bowl%2C_1946.jpg/1280px-Margaret_Whiting_and_Bill_Eythe_at_the_Hollywood_Bowl%2C_1946.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![William Eythe](https://film.one/media/person/1234234/gallery-505d02253ec9.jpg) William Eythe — Image via TMDB

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