Billy Sands
Sands at left with Phil Silvers and Paul Ford in The Phil Silvers Show, 1958
Born(1911-01-06)January 6, 1911
Bergen, New York, US
DiedAugust 24, 1984(1984-08-24) (aged 73)
Los Angeles, California, US
Resting placeHillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California
OccupationTelevision actor
SpouseMarsha[citation needed]
Children2

Billy Sands (January 6, 1911 – August 27, 1984) was an American character actor who appeared as a regular on The Phil Silvers Show (Sgt Bilko) as Pvt. Dino Papparelli and was a regular on McHale's Navy as Harrison "Tinker" Bell. He also made guest-starring roles on many other television series, including Car 54, Where Are You?, All in the Family, Here's Lucy, Happy Days, and The Odd Couple. Sands also appears in one of the opening scenes of Rocky as a booker for the fighters and season 1 episode 22 of Alice.

Personal life and death

Born William F. Sands in Bergen, New York to Samuel & Henrietta Epstein, he began his professional career in 1946 when he appeared on Broadway with Spencer Tracy in Robert E. Sherwood's Rugged Path.

Sands died of lung cancer at age 73 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, on August 27, 1984, and was buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.[1][2][3][4] He was survived by his wife Marsha, daughter Susan, son Eugene, two sisters and a brother.[5]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Page 40". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 31 August 1984. p. 40. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ "BILLY SANDS". The New York Times. 31 August 1984. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Billy Sands, 73, Popular TV Comedy Series Actor". The Los Angeles Times. 30 August 1984. p. B22. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. May 1, 2001. p. 110. ISBN 978-0786450190.
  5. ^ "Actor Billy Sands, best known for roles on such..." UPI. 30 August 1984. Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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