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Billy Green Bush
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Billy Green Bush

Born 1935 · Montgomery, Alabama, USA · Active 1955–2005

Billy Green Bush, born in 1935, is an American actor known for his roles in cult cinema. He appears as the menacing John Ryder in The Hitcher (1986), a film that has become a staple of the horror genre. Bush also showcases his versatility in Critters (1986) and its sequel, Critters 3 (1991), where he navigates the chaos brought by extraterrestrial creatures. His work in The Organization (1971) and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) further cements his presence in the realm of exploitation and genre films.

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Critters 3

Critters 3

1991 ★ 5.1
as Dad (archive footage)

Sometime after the events in Critters 2: The Main Course, Charlie MacFadden is tracking down the last of the Critters. A family of three – Annie (the main protagonist), Johnny (her little brother) and Clifford (the father) – stops at a rest stop when their car's tire pops. At the rest stop, Charlie warns them and Josh, stepson of a corrupt landlord, about the Critters. As this happens, a Critter lays eggs under the family's car and the family leaves, unknowingly taking the eggs with them. Soon after they arrive at their tenement, the Critters hatch and attack the sleazy maintenance man, Frank. When the landlord arrives, he too is eaten by the Critters after Josh locks him in Clifford's room, unknowingly trapping his stepfather with the creatures. Next, one of the residents is attacked and wounded. Annie, her family and five others (including Josh) try to get to safety in one piece by getting to the roof of the building. Charlie arrives and destroys the remaining Critters, saving the remaining tenants. The film ends in a cliffhanger as Charlie is about to destroy two Critter eggs, but is ordered not to and a containment pod sent from the Intergalactic Council crashes into the basement.

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Filmography

63 credits
2000s 1 credit
2005
TV ★ 6.3
1990s 5 credits
1993
Movie ★ 4.6
1992
Renegade as Harry Wells
TV ★ 6.7
1991
Conagher as Jacob Teale
Movie ★ 6.8
1991
Critters 3 as Dad (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.3
1990
TV ★ 6.5
1980s 17 credits
1988
Elvis and Me as Vernon Presley
Movie ★ 7.3
1988
Elvis and Me as Vernon Presley
TV ★ 9.0
1987
Rampage as Judge McKinsey
Movie ★ 6.0
1986
Critters as Jay Brown
Movie ★ 6.5
1986
The Hitcher as Trooper Donner
Movie ★ 7.0
1986
The Deliberate Stranger as Officer Bradley
Movie ★ 6.4
1986
Matlock as Billy Ray Webber
TV ★ 7.1
1986
The Deliberate Stranger as Officer Bradley
TV
1985
Amazing Stories as George Willoughby
TV ★ 7.5
1985
TV ★ 7.0
1984
The River as Harve Stanley
Movie ★ 6.4
1983
The A-Team as Cutter's Number Two Man
TV ★ 7.5
1983
AfterMASH as The Stranger
TV ★ 5.5
1981
Movie
1981
Hill Street Blues as Bobby Angel
TV ★ 7.6
1980
Tom Horn as Joe Belle
Movie ★ 6.4
1980
The Jericho Mile as Warden Earl Gulliver
Movie ★ 6.0
1970s 32 credits
1978
Movie ★ 6.5
1978
TV ★ 6.5
1977
TV ★ 6.9
1977
TV ★ 5.7
1977
TV ★ 7.2
1977
The Incredible Hulk as Sheriff Carl Decker
TV ★ 7.2
1976
Movie ★ 6.5
1976
Movie ★ 6.6
1976
City of Angels as Charles Downing
TV ★ 5.6
1975
Movie ★ 7.5
1975
Movie ★ 6.2
1975
Starsky & Hutch as Willy Hall
TV ★ 7.3
1975
TV ★ 6.5
1975
TV ★ 8.3
1974
Movie ★ 7.0
1974
Skyway to Death as Walter Benson
Movie ★ 5.3
1974
TV ★ 7.0
1973
Movie ★ 6.9
1973
40 Carats as J.D. Rogers
Movie ★ 5.7
1972
The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Frank Culpepper
Movie ★ 6.4
1972
M*A*S*H as Cowboy
TV ★ 7.9
1972
TV ★ 6.9
1972
TV ★ 8.0
1971
The Jesus Trip as Tarboro
Movie ★ 7.7
1971
Movie ★ 4.8
1971
The Organization as Dave Thomas
Movie ★ 6.3
1971
TV ★ 7.0
1971
TV ★ 6.7
1970
Movie ★ 7.1
1970
Monte Walsh as Powder Kent
Movie ★ 6.3
1960s 5 credits
1969
The Reivers as Patron
Movie ★ 6.4
1966
Unholy Matrimony as Eavesdropping Husband
Movie ★ 4.3
1965
The F.B.I. as John Morgan
TV ★ 5.6
1963
The Outer Limits as Tom - Duckhunter #3 (as William Bush)
TV ★ 7.8
1962
Stoney Burke as 2nd Doctor
TV ★ 6.8
1950s 2 credits
1959
Bonanza as Tony Spanier
TV ★ 7.5
1955
Gunsmoke as Kermit
TV ★ 6.7
s 1 credit