Bill Nestell
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Bill Nestell.
Born: March 3, 1893
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Sundown Trail
Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she does not, everything goes to Buck, who is the manager. She does not like Buck, so she makes a deal with the wrong people for cattle and then the outlaws go to the ranch to get the $10,000 from her. But Buck is on the job.
Hell's Heroes
Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers. Remade as Three Godfathers (1936) and 3 Godfathers (1949).
Gold Is Where You Find It
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
The Woman of the Town
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
Buckskin Frontier
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.
Call of the Rockies
Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely accused of the crime.
The Arizona Kid
Roy is a Confederate officer stationed in Missouri during the Civil War. He must put an end to outlaw gangs working under the pretense of service to the Confederacy.
Melody Ranch
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
Filmography
as Miner (uncredited)
as Poisoned Miner Jim
as Townsman
as Bartender
as Whiskers
as Bar Tough with Cigar
as Mine Guard
as Bartender Bill
as Burly Deputy
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
as Man in Cafe
as Barfly
as Townsman
as Smitty the Blacksmith
as Bill - Miner (uncredited)
as Blacksmith
as Henchman
as Horse Seller
as Cowhand
as Man from Waukegan
as Bartender
as Blacksmith
as Travers Hand
as Burly Vote Counter
as Burly Henchman
as Man at Trial
as Freight Wagon Driver
as Barfly
as Farmer
as Burly Saloon Waiter
as Blacksmith
as Townsman
as Big Brawler (uncredited)
as Egg Trick Victim
as Bartender
as McBride Raider
as Thug in Truck
as Townsman at the Dance
as Smelter Worker Trying to Lift Gold Ball
as Pipeline Thug
as Allen - A Brawler
as Burly Townsman Spooking Stagecoach Horses
as Burly Cowhand
as Henchman
as Henchman
as Miner (uncredited)
as Juror
as Pete
as Henchman 'Forty-Four'
as Mac
as Bill - Henchman
as Texas Ranger / Stanton Rider (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Windy
as Burly Henchman
as Blaney
as Ed Hook (as Bill Nestelle)
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Babcock