William Windom
Biography
William Windom was an American actor born on September 28, 1923, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for his work on television, including appearances in The Twilight Zone and the sitcom My World and Welcome to It. Windom won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in My World and Welcome to It. He also appeared in the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" and the Night Gallery episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar". Windom passed away on August 16, 2012, at the age of 88.
Career overview
William Windom was an American actor known for his work in television. He appeared in several episodes of The Twilight Zone and played the character of Glen Morley in the sitcom The Farmer's Daughter. Windom also portrayed John Monroe in the sitcom My World and Welcome to It.
In addition to his work in television, Windom appeared in a Star Trek episode as Commodore Matt Decker, commander of the U.S.S. Constellation. He also appeared in an Emmy-nominated episode of Night Gallery, titled "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar," as Randy Lane. Windom's work in television earned him recognition, including an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of John Monroe.
Windom's acting career spanned multiple roles and television series, showcasing his versatility as a performer. His work in television left a lasting impact, with his appearances in various shows remaining notable in the industry.
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- The Twilight Zone Christmas Classics (2014) as The Major
- Yesterday's Dreams (2005) as Herb Radford
- Dismembered (2003) as Captain Hart
- Early Bird Special (2001) as Fred
- The District (2000) as Harlan Kirby Sr.
- The Thundering 8th (2000) as Old Joe
- Judging Amy (1999) as Prof. Barnett
- Providence (1999) as Harold Joyce
- True Crime (1999) as Neil the Bartender
- Ally McBeal (1997) as Henderson Porter
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) as Doctor Rob Larson
- Fugitive X: Innocent Target (1996)
- JAG (1995) as Former Chief of Naval Operations
- Burke's Law (1994) as Dale Montrose
- Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1994) as Hamilton Cobb
- Boy Meets World (1993) as Ned
- Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) as Uncle Chuck (voice)
- Sommersby (1993) as Reverend Powell
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992) as Ethan Clark (voice)
- Goof Troop (1992) as Uncle Bob (voice)
- Chance of a Lifetime (1991) as Dr. Edelman
- Committed (1991) as Dr. Quilly
- Parenthood (1990)
- Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) as Judge Thatcher
- Uncle Buck (1989) as Mr. Hatfield (voice)
- She's Having a Baby (1988) as Russell Bainbridge
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) as Mr. Bryant
- Means and Ends (1987) as Burt
- Street Justice (1987) as Father Burke
- Funland (1987) as Angus Perry
- Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) as Puppetino (voice)
- Dead Aim (1987) as McWhorter
- L.A. Law (1986) as Charles Flanagan
- There Must Be a Pony (1986) as Lee Hertzig
- The Comedy Factory (1985) as Herb Medlock
- Space Rage (1985) as Gov. Tovah
- Surviving (1985) as Dr. Madsen
- Prince Jack (1985) as Ferguson
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Seth Hazlitt
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Sam Breen
- Hunter (1984) as Commissioner Larry Crenshaw
- Airwolf (1984) as Lou Stappleford
- Highway to Heaven (1984)
- Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) as Bob Cody
- The Pigs vs. The Freaks (1984) as Mayor Malcolm Wallwood
- Velvet (1984) as Government Official
- Why Me? (1984) as General
- The A-Team (1983) as Al Massey
- Mama's Family (1983)
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Automan (1983) as Judge Alexander Farnsworth
- Lottery! (1983)
- The Yellow Rose (1983)
- Last Plane Out (1983) as James Caldwell
- Knight Rider (1982) as Wayne Altfield
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Charlie Halloran
- Hotel (1982) as Uncle Ray
- Newhart (1982)
- Matt Houston (1982)
- Matt Houston (1982) as Dr. Walter Belkamp
- The Rules of Marriage (1982) as George Olsen
- Desperate Lives (1982) as Dr. Jarvis
- Simon & Simon (1981)
- Flamingo Road (1981)
- Walking Tall (1981)
- Foul Play (1981)
- Leave 'Em Laughing (1981) as Smiley Jenkins
- Separate Ways (1981) as Huey Block
- Side Show (1981) as Byron Gage
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Captain James T. Lyle
- Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (1980) as Monseigneur Soldini
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Charles Baines
- The Facts of Life (1979)
- Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
- Trapper John, M.D. (1979) as Harry Duvall
- Blind Ambition (1979) as Richard Kleindienst
- Brothers and Sisters (1979) as Larry Krandall
- Dallas (1978) as Amos Krebbs
- Goodbye, Franklin High (1978) as Clifford Armer
- Mean Dog Blues (1978) as Victor Lacey
- Hunters of the Reef (1978) as Panama Cassidy
- The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978) as Christopher Woods
- The Love Boat (1977) as Bill Kelly
- The Love Boat (1977) as Harold Wallingford
- The Incredible Hulk (1977)
- Hunter (1977)
- The Oregon Trail (1977)
- The Bluegrass Special (1977) as Phil Wainwright
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Arthur Brandeis
- The Bionic Woman (1976)
- The Tony Randall Show (1976) as Kiss
- Once an Eagle (1976) as Gen. Duke Pulleyne
- Gibbsville (1976) as Charley Paxton
- Bridger (1976) as Daniel Webster
- Echoes of a Summer (1976) as Dr. Hallet
- Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976) as Arthur Springfield
- Barney Miller (1975) as George Webber
- Barney Miller (1975) as Cellmate (voice)
- Doctors' Hospital (1975)
- Doc (1975)
- The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975) as Ted Morrisey
- Journey from Darkness (1975) as Dr. Cavaliere
- Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975) as Walt Adamson
- Police Woman (1974)
- Police Woman (1974) as Ted Adrian
- Petrocelli (1974) as Alex Mayberry
- Petrocelli (1974) as Alan Brewster
- Lucas Tanner (1974)
- The Day the Earth Moved (1974) as Judge Tom Backsler
- Murder in the First Person Singular (1974) as Alfred Emerson
- Kojak (1973) as K.C. Milano
- Hawkins (1973) as Joe Hamilton
- The Girl with Something Extra (1973)
- The Girls of Huntington House (1973) as Sam Dutton
- Ghost Story (1972) as Charlie Pender
- The Rookies (1972) as Frank Queenlin
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Russell L. 'Russ' Rankin
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as John Kovic
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Monsignior Frank Carruthers
- Banacek (1972) as Harry Wexler
- Delphi Bureau (1972) as Broker
- The Man (1972) as Arthur Eaton
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) as Professor Lufkin
- The New Healers (1972) as Mr. Farrigan
- Second Chance (1972) as Stan Petryk
- A Great American Tragedy (1972) as Rob Stewart
- Pursuit (1972) as Robert Phillips
- Columbo (1971) as Everett Logan
- Cannon (1971) as Harry Kendrix
- All in the Family (1971) as Eddie Frazier
- McMillan & Wife (1971) as Ted Hoffenstein
- McMillan & Wife (1971) as Whalen
- Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
- Fools' Parade (1971) as Roy K. Sizemore
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) as The President
- Escape (1971) as Doctor Henry Walding
- Marriage: Year One (1971) as Warren Duden
- A Taste of Evil (1971) as Harold Jennings
- Brewster McCloud (1971) as Weeks
- The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) as Charlie Snead
- Assault on the Wayne (1971) as Capt. Frank Reardon
- The Mephisto Waltz (1971) as Dr. Roger West
- Night Gallery (1970) as Professor Putman (segment “Little Girl Lost”)
- Night Gallery (1970) as Sales Director Randy Lane (segment "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar")
- The Partridge Family (1970) as Uncle Erwin
- House on Greenapple Road (1970) as Paul Durstine
- The 48-Hour Mile (1970) as Bernard Christie
- Love, American Style (1969)
- Love, American Style (1969) as Charlie
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) as Dr. Sam Mason
- Medical Center (1969)
- Medical Center (1969) as Nick McCrae
- Operation Heartbeat (1969) as Raymond Hanson
- The Gypsy Moths (1969) as John Brandon
- My World and Welcome to It (1969) as John Monroe
- Shadow Game (1969) as Art Richardson
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Ossie Connors
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Harlan Henderson
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Charlie Ross
- The Name of the Game (1968) as D.W.
- The Mod Squad (1968) as Fred Williams
- Lancer (1968)
- The Outcasts (1968)
- The Outsider (1968)
- Prescription: Murder (1968) as Burt Gordon
- The Detective (1968) as Colin MacIver
- The Angry Breed (1968) as Vance Patton
- Ironside (1967)
- Ironside (1967) as Judge Lawrence Van Buren
- Mannix (1967)
- Mannix (1967) as Calvin Norris
- Mannix (1967) as George Kane
- The Invaders (1967) as Major Rick Graves
- The Invaders (1967) as Michael Tressider
- Judd, for the Defense (1967)
- Custer (1967)
- Hour of the Gun (1967) as Texas Jack Vermillion
- Star Trek (1966) as Commodore William Decker
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Deputy Premier Milos Pavel
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Alex Cresnic
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Paul Mitchell
- That Girl (1966)
- CBS Playhouse (1966) as Art Richardson
- The Wild Wild West (1965)
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Anton Christopher
- The F.B.I. (1965) as David Roger Spiers
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Howard Dale Converse
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Elias Devon
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Ralph Wilson
- 12 O'Clock High (1964) as Lt. Col. Bill Christy
- The Americanization of Emily (1964) as Captain Harry Spaulding
- One Man's Way (1964) as Rev. Clifford Peale
- The Fugitive (1963) as Professor Fritz Simpson
- The Farmer's Daughter (1963) as Congressman Glen Morley
- Cattle King (1963) as Harry Travers - Sharleen's Brother
- For Love or Money (1963) as Sam Travis
- The Virginian (1962) as Arthur Blanton
- The Virginian (1962) as Foster Bonham
- The Virginian (1962) as Joss Cardine
- The Virginian (1962) as Chick Mead
- Combat! (1962) as Captain Lew Anders
- The Lucy Show (1962) as Henry Taylor
- The Jetsons (1962) as Saturn Cyclops (voice)
- Stoney Burke (1962) as Reese Ludlow
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) as Mr. Gilmer
- The Gallant Men (1962)
- Ben Casey (1961)
- The New Breed (1961) as Warren Giles
- Bus Stop (1961)
- Follow the Sun (1961)
- Thriller (1960) as Lou Walters
- Surfside 6 (1960)
- Checkmate (1960) as Peter Morell
- Bonanza (1959) as Marshal Passmore
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Major
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Dr. Wallman
- The Detectives (1959)
- The Donna Reed Show (1958)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Calvin Otterman
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Cuthbert Carmichael
- Cheyenne (1955)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Lee Sharkey
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Hill
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Ira Spratt
- Appointment with Adventure (1955) as Dan Vance
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Phil Wainright
- Omnibus (1952)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Max Halliday
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
- Lights Out (1949)
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Dennis Baldwin