"McHale's Navy" (back row, left to right) Edson Stroll, John Wright, Carl Ballantine, Gary Vinson (middle row, left to right) Billy Sands, Gavin MacLeod, Bob Hastings (front row, left to right) Joe Flynn, Yoshio Yoda, Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway




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Caption: "McHale's Navy" (back row, left to right) Edson Stroll, John Wright, Carl Ballantine, Gary Vinson (middle row, left to right) Billy Sands, Gavin MacLeod, Bob Hastings (front row, left to right) Joe Flynn, Yoshio Yoda, Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway

About William F. Sands

Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer
Born: January 6, 1911
Star sign: Capricorn
Known for: McHale's Navy (1962), Rocky (1976), The Phil Silvers Show (1955), High Anxiety (1977)
Source: IMDB

Billy Sands was born William F. Sands on January 6, 1911 in Bergen, NY to John F. and Dana A. Sands. He began his professional acting career in 1946 when he appeared on Broadway with Spencer Tracy in Robert Sherwood's "Rugged Path", but he eventually became a television character actor who appeared regularly as Pvt. Dino Papparelli on The Phil ...


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