Riley Hill

Riley Hill was an American actor who worked in film and television, with 71 feature films and more than a dozen series to his credit. Born Roy Lawrence Harris in Fort Worth, Texas, he first appeared on screen under his own name in The Firefly (1937) and was soon playing substantial parts in Hollywood Westerns, among them Law of the Range (1941) and Arizona Stage Coach (1942). After wartime service in the U.S. Army, he took the name Riley Hill and had a major role in Ghost Guns (1944). Westerns kept him busy through the 1940s and 1950s, and he moved into television on shows including The Lone Ranger and Dick Tracy, playing John the Apostle in The Living Bible, a 1952 series. His later credits included The Trial of Billy Jack (1974), The Last Hard Men (1976) and When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979). He died in 1993.