| Fun Facts About Bill Paxton | - Interesting fact:Bill had rheumatic fever in the 7th grade. It kept him hospitalized for a month and bed-ridden for four months. He had to take regular doses of penicillin until he was 18.
- Bill Directed the theatrical short 'Fish Heads (1982)' which won a Special Award at the 1982 Melbourne Film Festival.
- Paxton met his current wife, Louise, on a number 13 bus in London. She is his second wife.
- Bill's paternal grandfather was friend and neighbor to the great American painter, Thomas Hart Benton.
- Paxton has earned the nickname "Wild Bill" among friends and co-stars for his apparently crazed sense of humor and his love for elaborate pranks.
- Fun Fact:Is one of two actors (the other being Lance Henriksen) to be "killed" by a Terminator (The Terminator), an Alien (Aliens) and a Predator (Predator 2).
- Bill Paxton was Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame during their annual induction gala at Austin Studios in Austin, Texas on March 9, 2007 for his career achievement in the motion picture film industry. The Texas Film Hall of Fame inductees are native-born Texans who have achieved excellence in their film career.
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