who was the actor who played billy jack
Tom Laughlin In 1965, Laughlin told the Milwaukee Sentinel that he planned to make a film on the life of a noted Catholic priest, Father William DuBay.[30] However, the picture did not get past the planning stages. Two years later, in 1967, he wrote, directed (as T. C. Frank) and starred in the motorcycle-gang exploitation film The Born Losers.[31] This was the first picture in which the character of Billy Jack appeared. It was a box-office hit.[32][33]