Biography
Burton Gilliam (born August 9, 1938) is an American actor. He is best known for memorable roles in several popular 1970s movies, such as Blazing Saddles and Paper Moon, as well as comedic cameos in Back to the Future, Part III and Honeymoon in Vegas.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first col...
The Lucky Man
2018
as Pawn Broker - Dad
Traveling Route 66, a charismatic preacher, Reverend Johnny Jones, and his seductively beautiful Latina girlfriend, Rebecca, find their lives spiralin...
Breaking the Press
2010
A contemporary retelling of the parable of the prodigal son set in the world of Texas high school basketball.
Fire from Below
2009
as Bubba
Digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and inadvertently brings it to the surface, where the Lithium ...
Cake: A Wedding Story
2007
as Judge
When two star-crossed lovers, set on eloping, are forced into having a big wedding, the bride develops a plan of her own. Unfortunately, the groom is ...
Retribution Road
2007
as Allie
A bank robbery gone wrong leads to a horrific crime and the capture of the most relentless outlaw in Texas...the infamous Johnny Rios. Incarcerated, R...
Killing Down
2006
as Turner
An army vet searching for the truth comes face to face with the man he thinks tortured him seven years ago. But how can he be sure? With limited resou...
Drop Dead Sexy
2005
as Big Tex
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
Shtickmen
2003
as Ray Sellers
While he struggles to make rent by teaching defensive-driving courses and comedy classes, a small-time Dallas comic named Jerry Martin (Dean Lewis) se...
Mi Amigo
2002
as Older Pal Grisham
Thirty years after separating when their friendship is harmed by a mutual love of the same woman, two friends, Bobby Ray and Pal, return to their home...
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, ...
Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self
The cast of "Blazing Saddles" discusses salient points of the movie and its place in modern culture.
The Journeyman
2001
as Silas Bishop
In the Wild West at the turn of the century, two young brothers watch as their Grandpa is gunned down in cold blood. The desperados kidnap the older b...
Soccer Dog: The Movie
1999
as The Mail Man
A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two...
The Love Bug
1997
as Mecanic Race Announcer
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life....
Victim of Desire
1995
as Lynch
An SEC agent investigating $70M in missing funds and a murdered businessman gets involved with the man's wife.
The Getaway
1994
as Gollie
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Roy
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. T...
Quake
1992
as Willie
Set around the tragic events of an earthquake, a young couple experience the horror of being terrorized by a psychotic neighbor in a city where panic ...
The Terror Within II
1991
as Dewitt
In a world gone mad, the last human colony struggles to survive underground, beneath a land of nightmarish mutants who seek to destroy them. But when ...
Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Colt Gun Salesman
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time mac...
The Underachievers
1988
as Red
Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school a...
Uphill All the Way
1986
as Corporal
Two unemployed good ol' boys are mistaken for a pair of notorious bank robbers.
Fletch
1985
as Bud
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy bu...
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
1981
as Hoover Hess III
In this sequel to "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything," down-on-his-luck Kirby Winter inherits a floundering business, and the magical gold watch w...
The Georgia Peaches
1980
as Delbert Huggins
A Southern gal who runs her family's auto repair shop, her aspiring country singer sister, and their stock-car racing friend who runs moonshine on the...
The Jericho Mile
1980
as Jimmy-Jack
A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic...
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980
as Hoover Hess
After inheriting a magical gold watch from his multimillionaire uncle's estate, Robert Hays and his girlfriend, Pam Dawber, soon discover not only tha...
Where the Ladies Go
1980
as Stotts
A small-town bar, open only from 9AM to 3PM and owned by Buck (Earl Holliman), is the setting where bored housewives and wandering husbands go to find...
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
as Turnvil
A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the traditionally all-male main assembly line.
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Rev. Farrell
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a ...
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978
as Half-Moon Muldoon
A stunt car racing team gets involved in a madcap cross-country auto race that is supposed to determine the disposition of a family fortune.
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978
as Al Loring
Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
Telefon
1977
as Gas Station Attendant
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents g...
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
as Sheriff Murphy
Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west...
Gator
1976
as Smiley
After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. Hi...
The Ransom of Red Chief
1975
as Ebenezer Dorset
Two con artists kidnap a young boy for ransom. The boy, who calls himself Red Chief, becomes a problem for them.
The Night That Panicked America
1975
as Tex
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Hearts of the West
1975
as Lester
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession ...
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
as Cowboy
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a cl...
At Long Last Love
1975
as Man at Racetrack
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly...
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
as Welder
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Remember When
1974
as Zack
An uncle's (Jack Warden) memories give strength to a New England family with four sons fighting in World War II.
Blazing Saddles
1974
as Lyle
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his h...
Paper Moon
1973
as Floyd (Desk Clerk)
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partn...