Bill Walton

Actor

November 5, 1952 (71 years)

† May 27, 2024

La Mesa, California, USA

Biography

Bill Walton was an American former professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers, and Boston Celtics, winning 2 NBA championships in 1977 and 1986. He worked as a sports commentator and occasionally appeared in movies, often playing himself, and in documentaries about basketball. He passed away on May 27th, 2024.

Filmography

5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

5.4

Pacific Blue

Bill Walton

Filmed on location at Santa Monica and Venice Beach, this series focuses on an elite bike cop unit of the LAPD.

7.2

The Sentinel

The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.

7.9

One on One

Bill Walton

A sportscaster becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter, Breanna, moves in with him.

7.3

Basketball: A Love Story

Self

'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.

7.5

30 for 30

Self

30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This currently includes four "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011–2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website. The series has also expanded to include Soccer Stories, which aired in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and audio podcasts. This entry refers to the main Volumes of the series presented by ESPN

6.9

Less than Perfect

Bill Walton

Claude Casey moved up in the secretarial world of television news, from temp to the anchor's desk. After her boss hires her full time, Claude realizes she may be in over her head in this world of assistants fighting to get ahead. But Claude is determined to prove that though she may not be perfect, she's not going down without a fight.

7.5

Ghostbusters

Bill Walton (uncredited)

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

7.5

Snoops

Cop

Glenn Hall runs a less-than-conventional detective. Her staff includes Roberta Young, a detective who goes to great lengths to get the job done; Manny Lott, the resident technology wiz; and Dana Plant, a former Santa Monica police detective.

5.8

Little Nicky

Bill Walton

After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.

7.5

The Jeff Foxworthy Show

Lester Ligget

Jeff Foxworthy is a hardworking husband and father. Between paying his mortgage, running his heating and air company business and raising his precocious son, he learns what every self-respecting redneck knows: tractor pulls come and go, but family is forever!

1.0

Shut Up and Dribble

Self - NBA Hall of Famer

An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA.

6.7

Uncle Drew

Bill Walton

Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.

6.7

He Got Game

Bill Walton

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

7.2

Bill Russell: Legend

Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this biographical documentary.

6.3

Forget Paris

Bill Walton

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

6.1

The 6th Man

Bill Walton

A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.

7.2

Celtics City

Self

Containing extensive, never-before-seen archives and more than 80 interviews of past and present Boston Celtics legends, this series chronicles the history, cultural impact, and extraordinary tale of the NBA's winningest and most storied franchise, the Boston Celtics,

5.3

Celtic Pride

Self

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

N/A

NB80s

Self (archive footage)

A look at the NBA and its players during the 1980s, including the introduction of the 3-point shot, the transformation of the Los Angeles Lakers into "Showtime," and the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Narrated by Fab 5 Freddy.