A Personal and Intimate Interview With Billy Gray, Bud From Father Knows Best At His Home!

A Personal and Intimate Interview With Billy Gray, Bud From Father Knows Best At His Home! Billy talks with John about how Father Knows Best started as a show, what Robert Young was like when the cameras weren't rolling, Robert Young gripping him hard in scenes, how he teased Elinor Donahue while she was filming takes and how the producers cheated him out of his agreed upon weekly salary. Billy discusses his very special relationship with Jane Wyatt, his relationship today with Elinor Donahue and Lauren Chapin, his childhood friendship with Robert Blake, Dean Stockwell Russ Tamblyn and how Bobby Driscoll changed his life. Billy talks about the financial issues around the reunion movies, filming Jim Thorpe All American and so much more. Also, be sure to watch the rest of the interview with Billy in the next That's Classic! episode. Enjoy! Appreciate you Billy! Become a That's Classic! PATREON member including the opportunity to see Exclusive Bonus Footage: patreon.com/thatsclassic That's Classic! Merchandise: http://tee.pub/lic/2R57OwHl2tE Subscribe for free to That's Classic YouTube Channel:    / @thatsclassictv   Facebook: facebook.com/thatsclassictv Hosted by John Cato, actor, voiceover artist, and moderator for over 20 years for the television and movie industry. John's background brings a unique insight and passion to the podcast. 00:00 Introduction 00:59 Billy talks about how Father Knows Best came about and why the ? was dropped from the title 02:59 Was Robert Young involved in casting Billy as Bud 04:13 Billy talks about how he was not paid the weekly salary that he was originally promised 06:56 Billy talks about Robert Young as a man 08:09 Billy talks about how hard Robert Young would hold on to him in certain scenes 08:53 Billy talks about his special relationship with Jane Wyatt 11:51 Billy chats about asking Elinor Donahue out on a date 12:25 Billy talks about how professionally they shot Father Knows Best 13:44 Billy jokes about how he would tease Elinor Donahue off set during a take 14:08 Billy talks about his relationship with Lauren Chapin through the years 15:09 Billy talks about what things were like off set on Father Knows Best 17:41 Other shows shooting around the studio where they shot Father Knows Best 18:48 Billy chats about Dean Stockwell 20:16 Billy talks about his friend Russ Tamblyn from Peyton Place and his own medical issue 22:06 Great story about Robert Blake 24:29 Billy talks about how Bobby Driscoll changed his life 26:10 Billy discusses issues he had with the reunion movies of Father Knows Best 31:07 Billy's relationship today with Lauren and Elinor 32:58 Billy discusses his tryout for Rebel Without a Cause 33:23 Billy talks about seeing himself in the Humphrey Bogart film "In a Lonely Place" 36:53 Billy talks about how he started out as an actor 38:32 Billy chats about his mother's acting career 40:00 Billy and his Mom were in the Abbott and Costello movie "The Killers" 41:35 Billy talks about working on Jim Thorpe All American 43:16 Father is a Bachelor with William Holden