{"id":836,"date":"2025-11-03T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=836"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:01:18","slug":"bill-paxton-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/bill-paxton-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Paxton High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"celeb_name\">Bill Paxton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">May 17, 1955 &#8211; Feb 25, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Actor and Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High School:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Arlington-Heights-High-School\/1949?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arlington Heights High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yearbooks:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/11138?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1972<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/6228?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1973<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yearbook photos of Bill Paxton from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Arlington-Heights-High-School\/1949?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arlington Heights High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bill-paxton-high-school-yearbook.png\" alt=\"Bill Paxton 1973 senior yearbook portrait\" class=\"wp-image-837\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/young-bill-paxton.png\" alt=\"Bill Paxton 1973 Allied Youth officers yearbook picture (Bill Paxton - president)\" class=\"wp-image-838\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bill-paxton-yearbook-photo.png\" alt=\"Bill Paxton 1972 junior yearbook portrait\" class=\"wp-image-839\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bill-paxton-high-school.png\" alt=\"Bill Paxton 1973 Allied Youth homeroom representatives yearbook photo (cropped)\" class=\"wp-image-840\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ArlingtonHeightsHS-1972-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"Arlington Heights High School (Fort Worth, TX) 1972 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ArlingtonHeightsHS-1972-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ArlingtonHeightsHS-1972-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ArlingtonHeightsHS-1973-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"Arlington Heights High School (Fort Worth, TX) 1973 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ArlingtonHeightsHS-1973-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ArlingtonHeightsHS-1973-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/6228?page=225&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/11138?page=180&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/6228?page=90&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>William \u201cBill\u201d Paxton<\/strong>&nbsp;(May 17, 1955 \u2013 February 25, 2017) was an actor and director. He was a 1973 graduate of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Arlington-Heights-High-School\/1949?s=80640\">Arlington Heights High School<\/a>, in Fort Worth, TX, where he was president of Allied Youth. Paxton made his professional acting debut in 1975, in a small role in the film&nbsp;<em>Crazy Mama<\/em>. He went on to have success on both the big screen and the small screen. Notable film roles include&nbsp;<em>Aliens<\/em>&nbsp;(1986),&nbsp;<em>One False Move<\/em>&nbsp;(1992),&nbsp;<em>True Lies<\/em>&nbsp;(1994),&nbsp;<em>Apollo 13<\/em>&nbsp;(1995),&nbsp;<em>Twister<\/em>&nbsp;(1996),&nbsp;<em>Titanic<\/em>&nbsp;(1997), and&nbsp;<em>A Simple Plan<\/em>&nbsp;(1998). Paxton also was well-known to television audiences for his starring roles in the series&nbsp;<em>Big Love<\/em>&nbsp;(2006-2011) and in the 2012 miniseries&nbsp;<em>Hatfields &amp; McCoys<\/em>. In addition, he directed 2001\u2019s Frailty (in which he also co-starred) and&nbsp;<em>The Greatest Game Ever Played<\/em>&nbsp;(2005). Paxton had been cast as Detective Frank Roarke in the 2017 series&nbsp;<em>Training Day<\/em>&nbsp;and appeared in seven episodes before his untimely passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturn Award for&nbsp;<strong>Best Supporting Actor<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Aliens<\/em>. 1987<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screen Actors Guild Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Apollo 13<\/em>. 1996<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Paxton May 17, 1955 &#8211; Feb 25, 2017 Actor and Director High School:&nbsp;Arlington Heights High School Yearbooks:&nbsp;1972&nbsp;|&nbsp;1973 Yearbook photos of Bill Paxton from&nbsp;Arlington Heights High School &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; William \u201cBill\u201d Paxton&nbsp;(May 17, 1955 \u2013 February 25, 2017) was an actor and director. 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