Manhattan-born thespian William Redfield was influenced early on into an acting career as the son of an orchestra conductor and a former Ziegfeld Follies girl. As young Billy Redfield, he made his Broadway debut in Swing Your Lady in 1936 at the age of 9. Within a few years the young boy was also heard on radio and appeared in his first movie, the crime drama Back Door to Heaven (1939). As a juvenile he continued on Broadway with such productions as Our Town (1938) and Junior Miss (1941). In ...[Read Story]