highest rated
acting
- The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia → Texan
- Attack of the Jungle Women → Himself, an Explorer
- Night Passage → Blacksmith / Livery Stable Owner (uncredited)
- Hellcats of the Navy → Carroll (as William Phillips)
- Revolt at Fort Laramie → Serrell
- The Fastest Gun Alive → Lars Toomey
- Backlash → Rebel, the Bartender (uncredited)
- Slightly Scarlet
- Stagecoach To Fury → Harold, the Bartender
- Naked Gun → Wilson - Bartender
- East of Eden → Coalman at Lettuce Fields / Man at Exercise Class (uncredited)
- Man Without a Star → Cookie
- New York Confidential → Whitey
- Fort Yuma → Sgt. Milo Hallock
- The Law vs. Billy the Kid → Charley Bowdre
- Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake → Sam Brown
- Gun Belt → Curley
- Private Eyes → Soapy
- Devil's Canyon → Red
- Wicked Woman → Gus
- High Noon → Barber (uncredited)
- The Bad and the Beautiful → Assistant Director (uncredited)
- Bugles in the Afternoon → Tinney (as William 'Bill' Phillips)
- Just This Once → Caddie Horace Melnick
- Detective Story → Det. Pat Callahan
- The Red Badge of Courage → Veteran Officer (uncredited)
- The Texas Rangers
- Cavalry Scout → Sgt. Wilkins
- Al Jennings of Oklahoma → Bill Mertz
- Smuggler's Gold → Chet Blake
- A Yank in Korea → Sgt. Kirby
- Father of the Bride → Foreman of Moving Men (uncredited)
- The Outriders → Outrider at Dance (uncredited)
- Devil's Doorway → Ed's Pal (uncredited)
- The Flying Missile → Chief Mechanic
- Chain Gang → Roy Snead
- Revenue Agent → Harry Reardon
- He's a Cockeyed Wonder → 'Pick' Reedley (as William Phillips)
- On the Town → Sailor Simkins (uncredited)
- Act of Violence → War Vet Speaker at Dedication (uncredited)
- Red Light → Det. Jim Ryan
- Easy Living → Ozzie
- Johnny Allegro → Roy
- Mary Ryan, Detective → Joey Gurney (as William Phillips)
- The Three Musketeers
- The Man from Colorado → York
- The Sea of Grass → Banty
- Living in a Big Way → Schultz
- My Brother Talks to Horses → Driver (uncredited)
- Till the Clouds Roll By → Joe Hennessey
- The Harvey Girls → 1st Cowboy
- The Hoodlum Saint → Dave Fernby
- Holiday in Mexico → Sam, Evans' Chauffeur
- Faithful in My Fashion → 1st Barfly
- Anchors Aweigh → 1st Sailor on Pay Phone (uncredited)
- Main Street After Dark → Salior with Jessie (uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood → Kavanaugh's Assistant
- The Hidden Eye → Marty Corbett
- What Next, Corporal Hargrove? → Bill Burk
- The Great American Mug → Old Time Storyteller (uncredited)
- The Last Installment → Louie
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo → Don Smith
- See Here, Private Hargrove → Pvt. Bill Burk (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)
- Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense → Chief
- Easy Life → Jesse
- First Comes Courage → Edvard, Aanrud's assistant
- Lady Gangster → Stew
- Murder in the Big House → Mike - Henchman (as Bill Phillips)
- Sergeant York → Sergeant (uncredited)
- Steel Against the Sky → Construction Worker (uncredited)
- A Shot in the Dark → Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- City for Conquest → Sailor - Sparring Partner (uncredited)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town → Cameraman (uncredited)