Bill Ingram(III)
- Actor
Bill Ingram was born in East Tennessee to Sam Ingram & Ethel Ingram his
desire to become an actor came at an early age of 7 when he saw the
Greatest Story Ever Told he told his dad that night that is what I want
to be when I grow up his dad told him the role of Moses was already
taken and he replied no Dad I want to be an actor, # 9 of 12 children
Bill found his niche in acting starting with school productions, home
shows for his family and church plays. Bill started his professional
career with bit parts in different plays but it was his Jimmy in
Rainmaker that propelled him to the forefront of the stage he would go
on to play Arnold Crouch in NOT NOW DARLING, Carl in Bus Stop and other
roles around Tennessee and Virginia, Bill moved from regional to the
bright lights of New York after being spotted in Miami by casting
director Dot Burns (deceased)Once in New York he received a message
that Joyce Robinson and Penny Eller were interested in seeing him in
Los Angeles so off he went. The Revenge Of Al Capone was his first
movie followed by two apperances on THIRTYSOMETHING, He followed that
with The Rock Hudson Story, and Norm the Gnome. Bill left Los Angeles
in 1991 and moved his family to Tennessee to care for his ailing
mother. She passed in 1993 and two years later He wrote the tribute
song called Wings for Christmas, Since 1998 Bill has wrote directed and
produced several full scripts for drama departments .