Personal Info
Birth date
1963-09-17 (61 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Also known as
Bill Schockley
Bill Shockley
William Shockley
Biography
William Shockley (born September 17, 1963) is an actor and musician. Shockley was born in Lawrence, Kansas and found his love for music at the age of seven. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in political science. Shockley has appeared in many movies and TV shows including Welcome to Paradise, In Justice, Showgirls, The Joyriders, and most famously Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman in which he played Hank Lawson. He is currently filming Treasure Raiders. He is also in a band called Kanan Dume, where he is a vocalist and plays rhythm guitar. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Shockley (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
NCIS: Los Angeles
7.5
Overview:
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.Quantum Leap
8.033
Overview:
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.Numb3rs
7.052
Overview:
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
7.614
Overview:
Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.Jake and the Fatman
6.041
Overview:
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.In Justice
6.6
Overview:
In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 9 p.m. EST. It was cancelled after its 13-episode run on March 31, 2006. The series was simulcast in Canada on CTV. In the UK In Justice was shown on UKTV Gold beginning September 17, 2006 and was later repeated on ABC1 in 2007.The Pretender
7.4
Overview:
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.The Assessment
6.771
Overview:
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.Nasty Boys
5.5
Overview:
The Nasty Boys is a television action drama series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of the North Las Vegas Police Department.Showgirls
5.568
Overview:
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.Lady Boss
NYR
Overview:
A miniseries based on the Jackie Collins novel "Lady Boss." In this sequel to "Chances," Lucky Santangelo returns to Hollywood determined to become its most powerful woman.Hardball
7
Overview:
Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.Haunting of the Queen Mary
5.3
Overview:
When photographers Erin and Patrick are brought aboard the ship with their young son Lukas, they unleash a series of events that entwines their family with the ship’s dark past. As the terror unfolds around them they begin to realise there is more to this sumptuous ocean liner than meets the eye: its remarkable legacy masking violent secrets.Treasure Raiders
2.842
Overview:
Michael, an American professor teaching history at Moscow University, finances his passion for treasure hunting with competitive street racing. His racing nemesis Wolf becomes his ally as they both embark on a quest to search for a famous ancient Russian treasure.Switch
5.91
Overview:
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.Frank and Penelope
7.341
Overview:
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.Dream Lover
5.9
Overview:
Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.Last Rampage
5.424
Overview:
The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.Death in Texas
4.3
Overview:
Recently released from prison, Billy will do whatever it takes to save the only person who has stuck by him, his mother Grace who desperately needs a liver transplant and she is all out of legal options.The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
6.066
Overview:
To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.Far Haven
8
Overview:
In 1887, after serving two years in Yuma Territorial Prison, wrongfully accused Hunter Braddock, a virtuous man with a complex past, moves back to the Arizona town of Far Haven to start over with his two young children. But when his father-in-law is brutally attacked by an unidentified raiding party, Braddock must take on the corrupt forces strangling the town in order to protect what he loves most.Welcome to Paradise
6.8
Overview:
When big-city preacher Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) moves to the small town of Paradise with her son Hayden (Bobby Edner), she finds the local community unreceptive to her message of love and forgiveness. Determined to get through to her stubborn congregation, Debbie uses unique methods to shake the churchgoers out of their indifference, such as inviting a homeless man to sing during one of the services. Brian Dennehy co-stars.Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
7.7
Overview:
Kansas, 1868. A wagon train is attacked by a band of Lakota Sioux led by the young and athletic warrior Tokalah. The attractive, red haired Anna Brewster-Morgan and her friend Sarah White are on this wagon train too. When Tokalah noticed a terrified Anna with a Bible, he thinks this is an omen. Despite killing the other passengers of the wagon train, only Anna and Sarah may continue their voyage. The next day Anna and Sarah are kidnapped by Tokalah. At first terrified of her captors, the unhappily married Anna eventually falls in love with the noble, honorable Tokalah. After a year's captivity, Sarah is returned to her own people. Anna now must choose between her new life with Tokalah and her previous existence as the wife of farmer Daniel Morgan.Mistrust
4.192
Overview:
Happy, beautiful and independent, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. No commitment, no strings and she never has to be vulnerable. She has carefully laid every brick in the walls of the fortress surrounding her heart. She's safe and having a great time. However, there is one person who knew her heart before those walls were erected, her best friend Brandon, who has stood by her for too many years to count. And while Veronica has tried to keep her feelings at bay, he is the one who holds the key that opens her Pandora's box of emotions.The Legend of 5 Mile Cave
5.583
Overview:
A mysterious drifter bonds with a boy with tales of the West. Past and present collide when a lawman appears seeking long-lost gold.The Gundown
4.125
Overview:
Seeking revenge and justice, Cole Brandt finds himself in the lawless town of Dead River where he is faced with one last bloody showdown for freedom in order to protect The Majestic Saloon and a beautiful woman.Wild League
5.333
Overview:
Varlam decides to leave his home and life as a peasant in order to be with his beloved one. To get some money, he tries himself as a street fighter and is noticed by an Englishman and an avid gambler Parker. The latter gives him a chance to become a professional soccer player in 1909 Russia. Now, Varlam has to not just break all the boundaries but to save his true love.Home by Spring
6.5
Overview:
When an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can’t refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the perfect spring retreat, but will she discover home is where her heart is?Acting
2023Far Haven as Deputy Jensen Longley
2023Martingale as Harland
2023Haunting of the Queen Mary as Deck Officer Brooks
2022Death in Texas as Tex
2020Love by Drowning as Detective Bill Dickerson
2019Wild League as Jones
2019The Legend of 5 Mile Cave as Sheriff Small
2018Mistrust as Adam Ross
2018Home by Spring as Burt Cravage
2018You Can't Say No as Will
2017Last Rampage as Joe Tison
2017You're Gonna Miss Me as Ward Rockwell
2014Reaper as Buck
2013A Country Christmas as Joe Logan
2013Dug Up as ZZ West
2013Silicon Valley as Self (archive footage)
2013Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink as Jesse Parsons
2012Ambush at Dark Canyon as Cage Dalton
2012Born Wild as CJ Jennings
2011The Gundown as Travis McCain
2009NCIS: Los Angeles (1 Episode) as Rand Palmer
2008Cat City as Jack Sweet
2007Welcome to Paradise as Kent Dylan
2007Treasure Raiders as Beekeeper
2006In Justice (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Numb3rs (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999Suckers as Everett
1999The Joyriders as Pony Tail Trucker
1997Stolen Women, Captured Hearts as General George Armstrong Custer
1996The Pretender (1 Episode) as Luther Ecksley
1995Girl in the Cadillac as Lamar
1995Showgirls as Andrew Carver
1993Dream Lover as Buddy
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (116 Episodes) as Hank Lawson
1992Lady Boss (2 Episodes) as Axel Porter
1991Switch as Party Guest
1991Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance as Unknown
1990A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder as Unknown
1990The Adventures of Ford Fairlane as Punk Gunslinger
1990Street Asylum as Tattoo
1989Nasty Boys as Drug Dealer
1989Hardball (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Nasty Boys (2 Episodes) as Milt Jackson
1989Howling V: The Rebirth as Richard Hamilton
1989Quantum Leap (1 Episode) as Boner
1987Jake and the Fatman (1 Episode) as Unknown
Writing
TBALong Shadows ... Writer
TBALong Shadows ... Writer
2023Far Haven ... Writer
2019The Legend of 5 Mile Cave ... Writer
2018Home by Spring ... Story
2013A Country Christmas ... Writer
2013Dug Up ... Writer
2012Ambush at Dark Canyon ... Writer
2011The Gundown ... Writer
2008Cat City ... Writer
2007Welcome to Paradise ... Writer
Production
TBALong Shadows ... Producer
2025The Assessment ... Executive Producer
2022Frank and Penelope ... Executive Producer
2020Love by Drowning ... Co-Producer
2019Wedding at Graceland ... Producer
2018Home by Spring ... Producer
2013Dug Up ... Producer
2011The Gundown ... Producer