Deceased

How Did Billy Sands Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 73

GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn06/01/1911Died27/08/1984Died inLos AngelesCausecancerWikidataQ2903715 ↗Buried atHillside Memorial ParkTMDb#29364 ↗

Billy Sands was an American character actor who appeared as a regular on The Phil Silvers Show 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.

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Filmography26 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1983	WebsterSeries	—	72
1982	The New Odd CoupleSeries	Delivery Man	71
1980	SerialMovie	Bartender	69
1977	High AnxietyMovie	Customer	66
1977	The World's Greatest LoverMovie	Guard - Paramount	66
1976	RockyMovie	Club Fight Announcer	65
1976	AliceSeries	—	65
1976	Laverne & ShirleySeries	—	65
1976	Raid on EntebbeMovie	Mr. Goldbaum	65
1975	BarettaSeries	—	64
1975	The JeffersonsSeries	—	64
1972	Evil Roy SladeMovie	Randolph Sweet	61
1971	All in the FamilySeries	Man in Bar	60
1970	The Odd CoupleSeries	Tailor	59
1969	Love, American StyleSeries	Joe	58
1969	The Bill Cosby ShowSeries	Porter	58
1969	The Love God?Movie	Barber (uncredited)	58
1968	Adam-12Series	Bartender	57
1968	Here's LucySeries	Mr. Larson	57
1964	McHale's NavyMovie	Motor Machinist Mate Harrison Bell	53
1962	McHale's NavySeries	'Tinker' Bell	51
1955	The Phil Silvers ShowSeries	Dino Paparelli	44
1950	Lux Video TheatreSeries	Reporter	39
1950	The Colgate Comedy HourSeries	Self	39
1950	The Bob Hope ShowSeries	Self	39
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	37