John McLiam

Acting

Народився 24 січня 1918, Alberta, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John McLiam (born John Williams; January 24, 1918 – April 16, 1994) was a Canadian actor noted for his skill at different accents. His film appearances include My Fair Lady (1964), In Cold Blood (1967), John Frankenheimer's movie of The Iceman Cometh (1973), The Missouri Breaks (1976), and First Blood (1982). He was a guest star in numerous television series and wrote a Broadway play, The Sin of Pat Muldoon. Early life He attended St. Mary's College of California (Moraga, California). During World War II he served in the United States Navy as an intelligence officer, having received a Bronze Star. After the war he worked briefly as a journalist for the San Francisco Examiner. He took McLiam, the Gaelic form of his real surname Williams, as a stage name. Acting career His acting career began in Maxwell Anderson's Winterset in San Francisco in 1946. After a few roles in plays in California he moved to New York. His first Broadway role was as a guard in Maxwell Anderson's Barefoot in Athens in 1951. His other stage roles include Shaw's Saint Joan, and Tiger at the Gates, Christopher Fry's version of a Jean Giraudoux play, which ran 1959–60 on Broadway. He appeared in the original Broadway cast of One More River (1960). He moved to California in 1960 to work in film and television. His film roles included a cockney ne'er-do-well in My Fair Lady (1964), Boss Kean in Cool Hand Luke (1967), In Cold Blood (1967) as murder victim Herbert Clutter, John acted as the pilot/flight instructor for Aunt Bee in Season 8 of The Andy Griffith Show, "Aunt Bee's Big Moment" Halls of Anger (1970), Woody Allen's Sleeper (1973), rancher David Braxton in The Missouri Breaks (1976), and Orval in First Blood (1982). He played Jimmy Tomorrow in John Frankenheimer's American Film Theater movie of The Iceman Cometh (1973), alongside Fredric March, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges. Personal life McLiam and his wife Roberta had a daughter, Claire. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California in 1994 from melanoma and Parkinson's disease. McLiam was interred at the Santa Barbara Cemetery at Santa Barbara, California. CLR

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• 1990Fall From Grace — Rev. Aubrey Sara
• Northern Exposure — Soapy Sanderson
• 1988Split Decisions — Pop McGuinn
• Beauty and the Beast — Sam Denton
• 1987J. Edgar Hoover — A. Mitchell Palmer
• 1987Walk Like a Man — H.P. Truman
• Зоряний шлях: Наступне покоління — Fento
• Hell Town — Fast Louie
• Highway to Heaven — Ted Simpson, Carl Fred Simms
• Hunter — Dr. Harry Montclair
• 1984Voyager from the Unknown — Dr. Bernard
• Вона написала вбивство — Harry Stevens
• 1983Dempsey — Hyrum Dempsey
• Команда А — George Nemchek
• Gavilan — Streblov
• 1982Richard II — John of Gaunt
• T. J. Hooker — Father DeMarco, John P. Hooker
• 1982The Ambush Murders — Judge Collier
• 1982Рембо. Перша кров — Orval the Dog Man
• Bret Maverick — Doc Holliday
• Falcon Crest — Carl Beck, Commissioner Harold Witken
• 1981Mistress of Paradise — Nathan MacKay
• 1981The End of August — Colonel
• 1981The Five of Me — Father
• 1980Farewell to the Planet of the Apes — Gahto
• Магнум, приватний детектив — Johnnie Wells
• Archie Bunker's Place — Vinnie Mulvaney
• 1979Freedom Road — President Ulysses S. Grant
• 1979Shadow of Fear
• 1979The Legend of the Golden Gun — Jake Powell
• Даллас — Wally Kessel
• 1977Delta County, USA — Cap McCain
• Kingston: Confidential — Douglas White
• 1977The Return of the Incredible Hulk — Michael
• Неймовірний Галк — Michael
• 1976The Call of the Wild — Prospector
• 1976The Food of the Gods — Mr. Skinner
• 1976The Missouri Breaks — David Braxton
• Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan — Jailer Sutton
• 1975Bite the Bullet — Gebhardt
• 1975Lucky Lady — Rass Huggins
• Matt Helm — Charlie Wendell
• 1975Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins — John Beechwood
• The Invisible Man — Blind Man
• 1975The Secret of the Pond — Uncle Ben
• Three for the Road — Thurman Parsons
• Старскі та Гатч — Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr
• Harry O — The Old Salt
• 1974The Dove — Lyle Graham
• 1973A Chant of Silence — Father Richards
• Barnaby Jones — Dwight Hopkins, Sheriff Coyle
• 1973Hitched — Pete Hunter
• 1973Legend in Granite — Dom Olejnickzak
• 1973Runaway! — Conductor
• 1973Showdown — F.J. Wilson
• 1973The Iceman Cometh — Jimmy Tomorrow
• 1973Сплячий — Dr. Agon
• Ghost Story — Titus Paul
• 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co. — Thorton Pierce
• Мобільний армійський хірургічний шпиталь М*А*Х*Ш — Col. Woody Cooke
• 1971Big Jake — Army Officer (uncredited)
• 1971If Tomorrow Comes — Father Miller
• 1970Halls of Anger — Boyd Wilkerson
• 1970Monte Walsh — Fightin' Joe Hooker
• 1970R.P.M. — Rev. Blauvelt
• Hawaii Five-O — Ralph Hastings
• 1969The Reivers — Van Tosch
• 1968Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims — Ephrem Killigrew
• 1968Madigan — Dunne (uncredited)
• 1968Riverrun — Jeffries
• The Mod Squad — Sam
• Ironside — Father Holt, Trash
• Mannix — Harry Forrest, Frank Blaney, Tim Fogarty
• The Invaders — Hotel Clerk
• 1967Холоднокровне вбивство — Herbert Clutter
• 1967Холоднокровний Люк — Boss Keen
• Daktari — Sean Murphy
• Mission: Impossible — Dr. Wilson Cardel, Anton Usakos
• Get Smart — Seidlitz
• Honey West — Gordon
• The F.B.I. — David Callander
• The Wild Wild West — Tucker
• 12 O'Clock High — Fisherman, Doker Drew
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea — Andrews
• 1964Моя чарівна леді — Harry (uncredited)
• The Fugitive — Sheriff Grover, Deputy Kelton, Jeff
• The Outer Limits — Arjay Beasley
• The Virginian — Carl O'Neill, Eb Smalley, Parker
• 87th Precinct — Menlo, Charles Reynolds
• Bus Stop — Carl
• 1961Dead to the World — Goody
• My Three Sons — Postman Brophy, Douglas
• The Andy Griffith Show — Mr. MacDonald
• Bonanza — Harry Carlis
• The Untouchables — Driver, Trucker, Rick Landy, Father Donovan
• Сутінкова зона — Cop (uncredited), Man, Guard
• Decoy — Mike Foley
• Wagon Train — Latch
• Перрі Мейсон — Councilman William Daniels
• Дим зі ствола — Dougherty, O'Quillian
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Ephrem Killigrew
• The Big Story