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Billy Sands
American character actor (1911–84)
Billy Sands | |
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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 |
Died | August 24, 1984(1984-08-24) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, US |
Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California |
Occupation | Television actor |
Spouse | Marsha[citation needed] |
Children | 2 |
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 & Hen
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Billy Sands Biography
Jan 6, 1911Birth Place:
Bergen, New York, USA
Biography
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(Biographical Series)
William Sands (1757-1776)
MSA SC 3520-16709
Biography:
William Sands was nineteen years old when he enlisted as a sergeant in the First Maryland Regiment's Seventh Company, commanded by Captain John Day Scott, in January 1776. The company was raised in Annapolis, Sands's hometown. He lived in a house on Prince George Street, along with his parents John and Ann Sands, his older brother Thomas, and his younger siblings Ann, John Jr., Sarah, and Joseph. Sands's father was a ship captain, while his mother helped support the family as a seamstress, sewing clothing and sails for residents of Annapolis. [1]
The Seventh Company was stationed in Annapolis, along with five of the regiment's other companies; three additional companies were in Baltimore. Commanded by Colonel William Smallwood, the regiment was the first unit of full-time, professional soldiers raised in Maryland for service in the Continental Army. As a sergeant, Sands was responsible for keeping the soldiers of the company properly aligned during marches and in
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