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William Windom

Acting Born Sep 28, 1923 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

William Windom was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter; the character of John Monroe on the sitcom My World and Welcome to It, for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series; as Commodore Matt Decker, commander of the doomed U.S.S. Constellation in the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine"; the character Randy Lane in the Emmy-nominated Night Gallery episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" and perhaps that of the most common recurring character on the Emmy-winning series Murder, She Wrote, Seth Hazlitt.

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Known for

Columbo

as Everett Logan

The Fugitive

as Professor Fritz Simpson

Run for Your Life

as Ralph Wilson

JAG

as Former Chief of Naval Operations

Murder, She Wrote

as Seth Hazlitt

Murder, She Wrote

as Sam Breen

Bonanza

as Marshal Passmore

Star Trek

as Commodore William Decker

The Donna Reed Show

1958

Full filmography

  • Dallas (1978) as Amos Krebbs
  • The A-Team (1983) as Al Massey
  • Columbo (1971) as Everett Logan
  • The Fugitive (1963) as Professor Fritz Simpson
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Bill Kelly
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Harold Wallingford
  • Run for Your Life (1965) as Ralph Wilson
  • JAG (1995) as Former Chief of Naval Operations
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Seth Hazlitt
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Sam Breen
  • Bonanza (1959) as Marshal Passmore
  • Star Trek (1966) as Commodore William Decker
  • The Donna Reed Show (1958)
  • Ironside (1967)
  • Ironside (1967) as Judge Lawrence Van Buren
  • Knight Rider (1982) as Wayne Altfield
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Ossie Connors
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Harlan Henderson
  • The Facts of Life (1979)
  • The Lucy Show (1962) as Henry Taylor
  • The Virginian (1962) as Arthur Blanton
  • The Virginian (1962) as Foster Bonham
  • The Virginian (1962) as Joss Cardine