William Shockley (actor)

William Shockley
Born	(1963-09-17) September 17, 1963 (age 61)[1] Lawrence, Kansas, US
Occupation(s)	actor, musician

William Shockley (born September 17, 1963) is an American actor and musician.

He was born in Lawrence, Kansas.[2] He graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in political science.[1] He has appeared mainly in TV series; he is best known for his role as Hank Lawson on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1987	RoboCop	Creep
1989	Howling V: The Rebirth	Richard
1990	Street Asylum	Tattoo
	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	Punk Gunslinger
1991	Switch	Party Guest
1993	Dream Lover	Buddy
1995	Girl in the Cadillac	Lamar
	Showgirls	Andrew Carver
1999	Suckers	Everett
	The Joyriders	Pony Tail Trucker
2001	Madison	Rick Winston
2007	Treasure Raiders	Beekeeper
	Welcome to Paradise	Kent Dylan
2008	Cat City	Sen. Jack Sweet
2011	Last Will	Michael Palmer
	The Gundown	Travis McCain
2012	Born Wild	CJ Jennings
	Ambush at Dark Canyon	Cage Dalton
2013	Dug Up	ZZ West
	A Country Christmas	Joe Logan
2014	Reaper	Buck
	Finding Harmony	Leon Leatherwood
	Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink	Jesse Parsons
2017	You're Gonna Miss Me	Ward Rockwell
	The Last Rampage	Joe Tison
2018	You Can't Say No	Will
	Mistrust	Adam Ross
2019	The Legend of 5 Mile Cave	Sheriff John 'Doc' Small
	Wild League	Jones
2020	Lemonheads	Skinner
	Love by Drowning	Detective Bill Dickerson
	Death in Texas	Tex
2023	Far Haven	Jensen Longley

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Freddy's Nightmares	Ralph	Episode: "Cabin Fever"
1989	Nasty Boys	Drug Dealer	Television film
1989	Jake and the Fatman	Blackmailer	Episode: "Sweet Leilani"
1990	Paradise	Gus	Episode: "Dangerous Cargo"
1990	Alien Nation	Nick Coletta	Episode: "Real Men"
1990	Love and Lies	Steve	Television film
1990	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Roach	Episode: "Chester Gets a Show"
1990	Sunset Beat	German Hit-man	Episode: "One Down, Four Up"
1990	Hardball	Angel of Death	Episode: "The Angel of Death"
1990	Quantum Leap	Boner	Episode: "M.I.A. - April 1, 1969"
1990	Nasty Boys	Milt Jackson	2 episodes
1990	Lucky Chances	Flash	3 episodes
1990	In the Heat of the Night	Troy Caldwell	Episode: "And Justice for Some"
1990, 1991	The Young Riders	Jake Colter	2 episodes
1990–1991	Bagdad Cafe	Sheriff Wayne	5 episodes
1991	Good & Evil	Sonny	6 episodes
1991	Vigilante Cop	Michael Sturtevant (Uncredited)	Television film
1993–1998	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Hank Lawson	120 episodes
1997	Stolen Women: Captured Hearts	George Armstrong Custer	Television film
1999	The Pretender	Luther Ecksley	Episode: "Countdown"
2000	Nash Bridges	Rooster	Episode: "Land Pirates"
2006	In Justice	Mickey Young	2 episodes
2007	Numbers	Vincent Kagan	Episode: "Money for Nothing"
2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Rand Palmer	Episode: "Leipei"
2018	Home by Spring	Burt	Television film

References

1. "William Shockley reflects on roles in "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman" and "Showgirls"". Media Mikes. January 27, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
2. "William Shockley Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

External links

• William Shockley at IMDb
• William Shockley – TV Guide