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Gray was born in Los Angeles, to William H. Gray (1899–1963) and Beatrice A. Gray (née-Kimbrough; 1911–2009). He lost his father when he was 25. Gray was married to and divorced from Helena Kallianiotes (1967–1969) and Donna Wilkes (1977–1981).
Donna Consuelo Wilkes [3] (born November 11, 1959) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actor in commercials before making her feature film debut in Jaws 2 (1978). She subsequently had a supporting role in Almost Summer (1978), followed by lead roles in the horror films Schizoid (1980) and Blood Song (1982).
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Her co-stars were Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray as her younger brother, James "Bud" Anderson Jr., and Lauren Chapin as her younger sister, Kathy. Elinor Donahue and Lauren Chapin on Father Knows Best in 1959. Donahue was a musical judge in ABC's Jukebox Jury (1953–54). [5]
Donahue's fictional siblings are doing well: Billy Gray is 80 and Lauren Chapin 73, and they both live in Los Angeles. Take a look in the gallery above to see Donahue's transformation over the years.
Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin.The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes.
Gray was studying law when he won a dance contest, and decided to enter show business instead. Gray was the onetime owner of the Band Box, a comedy club at 123 North Fairfax Avenue, [2] in Los Angeles, which was previously owned by Lou Costello, [1] who purchased it in 1942 from Pete and Billy Snyder and installed Gray as the emcee in place of Jackie Green. [3]
Porklips Now is a short, low budget parody film, made in 1980 by the American director Ernie Fosselius [1], based on the 1979 motion picture Apocalypse Now. [2]It chronicles the journey of Dullard (played by William "Billy" Gray, most famous as "Bud" in the Father Knows Best TV series), a gardener and handyman, sent to Chinatown by two butchers to meet a business rival, Fred "Madman" Mertz ...