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Bill Conklin

Actor

Works as
Actor
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 5% in 30 days

What are Bill Conklin's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
38%
Morality
19%
Society
19%
Self
12%
Power
12%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
2
Absurd
2
Melancholic
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bill Conklin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Bill Conklin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • They're Playing with Fire(1984)

    as Preacher

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Mortuary(1982)

    as Sheriff Duncan

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Grand Theft Auto(1977)

    as Engle Hingleman

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Pony Express Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Smiles (as Billy Wayne Conklin)

  • The Bionic Woman(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • The Six Million Dollar Man(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Hobbs · as Smitty

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Emergency!(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 56th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 7 titles from 1972 to 1984; peak year 1983.

Film career

19721984

Peak 1983 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1977Screen debut· Grand Theft Auto

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 7: 7 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score31st

By decade

1970s5 · acting1980s2 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Bill Conklin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 21st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Bill Conklin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bill Conklin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Howard Avedis shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers