Bill Carson may refer to: Bill Carson (ice hockey) (1900–1967), Canadian Stanley Cup winning ice hockey player Bill Carson (musician) (1926–2007), American Western swing guitarist from California Bill Carson (sportsman) (1916–1944), New Zealand cricketer and rugby union footballer Bill Carson (rugby league) (1932–1985), Australian rugby league footballer "Lightning" Bill Carson, a fictional character portrayed by actor Tim McCoy in a series of films, see Straight Shooter Bill Carson (film character), a character in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly pseudonym of Fred Olen Ray (born 1954), American film director