William Windom (actor)

Infobox actor
name = William Windom

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birthdate = birth date and age|1923|9|28
birthplace = New York, New York, USA
occupation = Actor, Director
yearsactive = 1950-"present"
spouse = Patricia Tunder 1975-present
Jacqulyn Hopkins 1969-1974
Barbara Goetz 1963-1968
Barbara Joyce 1958-1963
Carol Keyser 1947-1955
emmyawards = Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series
1970 "My World and Welcome to It"

William Windom (born September 28, 1923) is 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; and the character Randy Lane in the Emmy-nominated "Night Gallery" episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar".

Biography

Early life

Windom was born New York City, New York, the son of Isobel Wells (née Peckham) and Paul Windom, an architect. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/80/William-Windom.html William Windom Biography (1923-) ] ] He is the great-grandson of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury of the same name. He served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations in World War II, as a paratrooper with Company B, 1st Battalion 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. [ [http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/508/508_trp.html The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment(PIR) Trooper Pictures during World War II ] ]

Career

After the 1969-1970 series "My World and Welcome to It", in which he played the James Thurberesque lead, he toured the country in a one man show of Thurber's works. Windom was a regular for a decade on the series "Murder, She Wrote", playing the role of Seth Hazlitt. His initial appearance in the role was in October 1985. (He had previously appeared as a guest star playing another character in April 1985.) The producers enjoyed his work, and consequently invited him to return at the beginning of the second season to take on the role permanently. He briefly left the show to work on another series in 1990, but the show was short lived and he returned to "Murder, She Wrote" as a semi-regular for the remainder of the series' run.

Although Windom has made guest appearances on many TV shows during his long career, his best known performance has probably been on "Star Trek" as Commodore Matt Decker in the season 2 episode "The Doomsday Machine", a role he reprised in the "" episode "In Harm's Way".

Filmography

*"To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
*"Cattle King" (1963)
*"For Love or Money" (1963)
*"The Farmer's Daughter" (1963) (TV series)
*"One Man's Way" (1964)
*"The Americanization of Emily" (1964)
*"Hour of the Gun" (1967)
*"Columbo: Prescription Murder" (1968)
*"The Detective" (1968)
*"The Angry Breed" (1968)
*"The Gypsy Moths" (1969)
*"Brewster McCloud" (1970)
*"" (1971)
*"The Mephisto Waltz" (1971)
*"Escape from the Planet of the Apes" (1971)
*"" (1971) (TV)
*"Now You See Him, Now You Don't" (1972)
*"The Man" (1972)
*"Second chance" (1972) (TV)
*"Brothers and Sisters" (1979) (TV series)
*"Blind Ambition" (1979) (mini TV series)
*"Separate Ways" (1981)
*"Last Plane Out" (1983)
*"Grandview, U.S.A." (1984)
*"Murder, She Wrote" (1985-1996) (TV series)
*"Welcome Home" (1986)
*"Planes, Trains & Automobiles" (1987) (uncredited)
*"She's Having a Baby" (1988)
*"Uncle Buck" (1989) (voice)
*"Parenthood" (1990) (TV series)
*"Sommersby" (1993)
*"Sonic the Hedgehog" (1993-1995) (voice)
*"Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)
*"True Crime" (1999)
*"Raising Dead" (2002)
*"" (2004)
*"Yesterday's Dreams" (2005)

References

External links

*imdb name|0934750|William Windom