Bill Vanders was born as Wilhelm Vanders in Hamburg, Germany on November 7th, 1925[1].
He started out in Italian movies when he was around 41 years old and was seen in more than 40 movies and TV productions in all sort of genres. What puzzles me is that he played frequently an American so it could be that one of his parents was of American descent, who knows?
His name was sometimes also spelled as: Willliam Vanders, Bill Wanders, Bill Wander and Bill Wandes.
1. Book "Attori stranieri del nostro cinema" - Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli.
- I Spy (TV series) S. 2, Ep. 4: "Vendetta" .... Waiter (uncredited)
- Il gioco delle spie .... Commander Henry Marone (uncredited)
1967 - Assassination .... Thomas (credited)
- Devilman Story .... Professor Baker (credited as "Billy Wandes")
- Killer calibro 32 .... Mr. Finley (uncredited)
- La più grande rapina del west .... Bank director in hostage (credited)
- Omicidio per appuntamento .... Tennyson (credited)
- Troppo per vivere...poco per morire .... Newspaper editor (credited)
1968 - Acid - Delirio dei sensi .... Doctor (uncredited)
- L'oro di Londra .... Gang member (credited)
- Quella carogna dell'ispettore Sterling .... Hotel manager (uncredited)
- Rose rosse per il führer .... Partisan leader (credited)
- Scacco internazionale .... Jeff Clark (credited)
- Se te lo raccontassi (TV series) - ep.: "Da Hollywood con rancore" .... role? (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
- Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili .... American major (uncredited)
1969 - 5 per l'inferno .... American general (uncredited)
- Geminus (TV mini-series) - eps. 5, 6 .... Professor Battemberg (credited as "Bill Wanders")
- Gli intoccabili .... Rosemary's friend (uncredited)
- Il sasso in bocca .... Lucky Luciano (credited)
- It Takes a Thief (TV series) - season 3, ep. 5: "Flowers from Alexander" .... Mitchell (credited)
- La caduta degli dei .... Chief of police (credited)
- Probabilità zero .... Colonel Timpson (uncredited)
- Una sull'altra .... Insurance agent (credited)
1970 - Corbari .... Ricciardi (credited)
1971 - Gli fumavano le Colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto .... Clay McIntire (credited)
- K2 + 1 (TV series) - ep. 5: "Il furto del Raffaello" .... Signor Raffaello (credited as "Bill Wander")
- Morte a Venezia .... Station master (uncredited)
- The Statue .... The Lawyer (uncredited)
1972 - La notte dei diavoli .... Gorca Ciuvelak (credited as "William Vanders")
- Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso .... Member of the methodic church (uncredited)
- Un uomo chiamato Dakota .... Sheriff Scott (credited?)
1973 - Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Inspector Mackintosh (credited)
1974 - Mussolini ultimo atto .... Hans Fallmeyer (credited as "Bill Wanders")
- Nucleo centrale investigativo (TV series) - ep.: "Il falso tiziano" .... Granger (credited)
1975 - The Count of Monte Cristo (TV movie) .... Official on little boat (uncredited)
1977 - L'altra metà del cielo .... Policeman (credited)
1978 - Il grande attacco .... General von Arnim (credited)
- Quel maledetto treno blindato .... General Tieck (credited)
1979 - Duri a morire .... Swiss bank manager (uncredited)
- L'étrange monsieur Duvallier (TV series) - ep. 4: "Cosmos-Cross" .... role? (credited on website "Base des données des films Français")
- Return of the Saint (TV series) - ep. 22: "Dragonseed" .... Captain (credited as "William Vanders")
- Un'ombra nell'ombra .... Priest (uncredited)
1981 - Vita di Antonio Gramsci (TV mini-series) - ep. 1: "L'educazione politica" .... Giovanni Agnelli (credited as "Bill Wanders")
1982 - La certosa di Parma (TV mini-series) - ep. 3 .... Priest (credited as "Billy Vanders")
1987 - Un siciliano a Sicilia (TV mini-series) - all 3 episodes .... role? (credited as "William Vanders")