Actor
Trey Wilson
Born January 21, 1948 in Houston, Texas, USADied January 16, 198920 films
Trey Wilson was a prolific American character actor best known for playing intense, loud and memorable authoritarian figures in iconic 1980s comedies. He built a distinctive career on stage and screen before his life was tragically cut short when he died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 40.
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First watchRaising Arizona19877.1as Nathan Arizona, Sr.When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.View filmEssential films
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20 films as actor- 1989Welcome HomeColonel Barnes
- 1989Great Balls of Fire!Sam Phillips
- 1989Miss FirecrackerBenjamin Drapper
- 1988TwinsBeetroot McKinley
- 1988Married to the MobRegional Director Franklin
- 1988Bull DurhamSkip
- 1988The House on Carroll StreetLieutenant Sloan
- 1987End of the LineSheriff Maxie Howell
- 1987Raising ArizonaNathan Arizona, Sr.
- 1986F/XLt. Murdoch
- 1985Marie: A True StoryFBI Agent
- 1985The ProtectorTruck Driver
- 1985Scandal SheetPaul Brown
- 1984A Soldier's StoryColonel Nivens
- 1981A Few Days at Weasel CreekLester
- 1981Tintypes
- 1980Big BlondeThe Playboy
- 1979Three-Way WeekendHoward Creep
- 1978Vampire HookersTerry Wayne
- 1976Drive-InGifford