Craig Hill (actor)

Craig Hill
Born	Craig Hill Fowler[1] March 5, 1926 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	April 21, 2014 (aged 88) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–2003
Spouse(s)	Teresa Gimpera (1990-2014; his death)[2]

Craig Hill (March 5, 1926 – April 21, 2014^[3]) was an American film actor from Los Angeles, California.

Career

He began his film career as a contract star for 20th Century Fox beginning with Cheaper by the Dozen. He also appeared in Sam Fuller's Fixed Bayonets (1951) and John Ford's What Price Glory. After leaving Fox he co-starred in Universal's The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) and appeared in several American television shows.

He is best known for co-starring in the Desilu Studios television series Whirlybirds from 1957–60, playing "P.T. Moore". In the mid 1960s he moved to Spain and gained a new series of fans as a lead actor in several spaghetti westerns beginning with Hands of a Gunfighter (1965).

Personal life/death

In 1990, Hill wed Catalan fashion model and actress Teresa Gimpera (born 1936). Hill died on April 21, 2014 at the age of 88 from natural causes in Barcelona, Spain. He was survived by his wife.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	All About Eve	Leading Man
	Cheaper by the Dozen	Tom
1951	Fixed Bayonets!	Lt. Gibbs
	Detective Story	Arthur Kindred
1952	What Price Glory?	Lt. Aldrich
1954	The Black Shield of Falworth	Francis Gascoyne
1957	Tammy and the Bachelor	Ernie
1961	The Flight that Disappeared	Tom Endicott
1965	Hands of a Gunfighter	Dan Murphy
1966	Black Box Affair	Johnny Grant
	Taste for Killing	Hank Fellows
1968	Bury Them Deep	Norton
	I Want Him Dead	Clayton
1978	The Bloodstained Shadow	Don Paolo
2002	Food of Love	Izzy

References

1. Cine Archivo; accessed April 21, 2014.
2. Notice of death of Craig Hill, El Diario; accessed April 21, 2014.
3. Films and filming. Hansom Books. 1978. p. 46.

External links

• Craig Hill at the Internet Movie Database