<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Helena Kallioniotes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> http://www.billygray.com </Td> </Tr> <P> William Thomas "Billy" Gray (born January 13, 1938) is an American former actor known primarily for his role as James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., in 193 episodes of the situation comedy Father Knows Best, which aired between 1954 and 1960 on both NBC and CBS . A motorcycle aficionado, Gray maintains a large collection of the vehicles . </P> <P> Gray was born in Los Angeles to actress Beatrice Gray (March 3, 1911--November 25, 2009), and her husband, William H. Gray . His mother was mostly uncredited in the 1930s and 1940s, having appeared in Otto Preminger's Laura, with Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews . In 1949, Billy Gray appeared with his mother in separate scenes in the film Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff . </P>

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