First Name
William
Middle Name
Archibald
Last Name
Paxton
Full Name
William Archibald Paxton
Other Names
Wild Bill
Knuckles
Bill Paxton
Bill
William Archibald Paxton
Age
Date of Birth
17 May 1955
Birthplace
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Date of Death
25 February 2017
Location of Death
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of Death
Stroke following an aortic aneurysm repair and bicuspid aortic valve replacement surgery
Build
Average
Height
6' (183 cm)
Eye Color
Blue
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Star Sign
Taurus
Religion
Roman Catholic
Ethnicity
White
Nationality
American
High School
Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
University
New York University (2 years)
Richmond College in England
Occupation
Actor, musician, director, producer, writer, philanthropist
Claim to Fame
his roles in films and television such as Chet Donnelly in the 1985 science fantasy comedy film Weird Science, Private William Hudson in the 1986 science fiction action film Aliens, Morgan Earp in the 1993 Western film Tombstone, Fred Haise in the 1995 space docudrama film Apollo 13, Bill "The Extreme" Harding in the 1996 disaster film Twister, Brock Lovett in the 1997 disaster film Titanic, Professor Gregory "Gregg" O'Hara in the 1998 epic adventure film Mighty Joe Young, Bill Henrickson in the HBO drama series Big Love, Randall McCoy in the History Channel Western miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, John Garrett in the Marvel/ABC espionage drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., General Sam Houston in the History Channel Western miniseries Texas Rising, and Detective Frank Roarke in the CBS crime-thriller series Training Day
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