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Heck walks the red carpet ahead of ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ screening during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on 31 August, 2018 in Venice, Italy. Denis Makarenko /bigstock.com
Birth Name: William Nicholas Heck
Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 26, 1978
Ethnicity: * father – Croatian, Norwegian * mother – English, some German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, and Scottish
Bill Heck is an American actor. His roles include the films Pit Stop (2013), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , Small Town Wisconsin , I’m Your Woman , and Hold Your Breath , the shows Taxi Brooklyn , The Leftovers , The Alienist , Locke & Key , I Know What You Did Last Summer , The Old Man , and Teacup , and the made-for-tv Ray Donovan: The Movie .
He was raised mostly in Libertyville, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He is married to actress Maggie Lacey.
Bill’s paternal grandfather was Daniel Curtis Heck, Sr. (the son of Nicholas/Nick J. Heck/Hecimovich and Josephine E. Curtis). Daniel was born in Fuera Bush, Albany, New York. Nicholas was from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was likely of Croatian descent. He was the son of John Hecimovich and Mary Marsonic. Josephine was born in Ohio, to emigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who were also likely of Croatian descent, Jacob Curtis and Mary Uvane.
Bill’s paternal grandmother was Jeanne Elizabeth Andersen (the daughter of Axel Bernard Andersen and Juliette Edna Johnson). Jeanne was born in Chicago, Illinois. Axel was a Norwegian emigrant, from Oslo. Juliette was born in Chicago, to Norwegian parents, Louis Bernhard Johnson, from Lenvik, Troms, and Anna T. Thomson.
Bill’s maternal grandfather was Don Herbert Eldredge (the son of William Strickland Eldredge and Frieda Johanna Buth). Don was born in Chicago, Illinois. William was the son of Lucius Owen Eldredge, who had deep roots in the U.S., and of Harriet Lucetta Strickland, whose own father was English, from Drax, Yorkshire. Frieda was the daughter of German emigrants, Herman Henry Buth and Anna Oldenbuttle, from Bremmen.
Bill’s maternal grandmother was Frances Ellen Cain (the daughter of Lester Stewart Cain and Wilma Lynch). Frances was born in Missouri, and had deep roots in the U.S. Lester was the son of Joseph Marion Cain and Frances M. Hughes. Wilma was the daughter of John William Lynch and Martha Ellen Clack.