Bill Potter

Lewis William Potter (April 15, 1923 – September 5, 1975), By 1948, he was married to a woman from Dallas and had a son. Also known as "Cactus Bill" or "Cowboy Bill", Potter went on to appear on early television shows on KFI-TV in Los Angeles and on KPRC-TV in Houston. While living in Houston, he worked as a deputy sheriff in Harris County for approximately three years. He resumed working as a deputy sheriff in December 1955, a role he held through at least December 1956.

In August 1957, Potter was the winning contestant on an episode of Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, singing a western ballad. Billed as "Hollywood Singing Cowboy Bill Potter", he was featured at several events in Maine the following month. From February to May 1958, KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, Louisiana, broadcast the Bill Potter Show on an intermittent basis. At the time of his mother's death in June 1958, Potter was again living in Orange, Texas.

Potter died in September 1975 in Orange, aged 52, "following a lingering illness." He is interred in Houston National Cemetery.

Filmography Potter is known to have appeared in at least 10 movies, each released in 1948 or 1949:

Discography Potter is known to have released at least two records, both with Starday Records in 1953. Additionally, a promotional record from the Shamrock Record Company in Houston is credited to Cowboy Bill Potter and Dickie Jones and His Texas Longhorns, year unspecified.

Label No. A-side B-Side Format Ref. Starday 110 "I Lost My Gal" "Nobody Knows" Shellac / 10" / 78 rpm Starday 111 "Honk Your Horn" "Cry Not For Me" Vinyl / 7" / 45 rpm Shamrock – "High Sierra Moon" "I Got A Yearnin Shellac / 10" / 78 rpm