''Bill'' is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical

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starring

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...

and Dennis Quaid based on the life of Bill Sackter. The film was broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1981. A sequel, '' Bill: On His Own'', was released in 1983. Writer/filmmaker Barry Morrow, portrayed in the film by Dennis Quaid, based the story on his life experiences with Sackter, and later became his legal guardian. Sackter, who did not have autism, would also serve as a partial inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt in Morrow's early draft screenplay for the 1988 film '' Rain Man.''

Awards

Mickey Rooney won an

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and Golden Globe for his performance, and the film also received a Golden Globe for Best TV Film.

Premise

Bill is a man with an intellectual disability in his 60s. He ventures out into the world for the first time after spending most of his life at Grandville, a dreary inner city institution in Minneapolis,

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, since age seven (when his mother sent him there). Bill is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love for the first time in his life.

Cast

- Bill Sackter * Dennis Quaid - Barry Morrow * Largo Woodruff - Beverly Morrow * Anna Maria Horsford - Marge Keating * Harry Goz - Dr. Tom Walz * Kathleen Maguire - Florence Archer

References

External links

''The Bill Sackter Story'' official website
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