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William Bronder
New York City, New York, USA
William Bronder (June 12, 1930 – May 6, 2015) was an American film and television actor. He first served in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as well as the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airbor…
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William Bronder (June 12, 1930 – May 6, 2015) was an American film and television actor. He first served in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as well as the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Afterwards he turned to Hollywood in the 1960s to start a film career. Between 1973 and 2000, William Bronder appeared in seven films, about 50 television episodes and eight TV movies. He often portrayed rough working-class men in character roles. Bronder remains perhaps best known for playing unfriendly junkyard owner Milo Pressman in Rob Reiner's film Stand by Me (1986), starring Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix. His other films were Flush (1982), Cannery Row (1982), Yes, Giorgio (1982), Best Seller (1987), the short film Tummy Trouble (1989) and Return to Me (2000, in his last role as Wally Jatczak). He also appeared in a great number of television series of the 1970s and 1980s. Among them were Marcus Welby, M.D., The Streets of San Francisco, Police Story, Knots Landing, Hill Street Blues, CHiPs and MacGyver. Bronder also raced pigeons and was a Hall of Fame member of the FVC San Fernando Valley Pigeon Club. He was married to his wife Tona from 1964 until his death in 2015. They had four children.
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2000
Return to Me
Movie Wally Jatczak
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1989
Tummy Trouble
Movie Sign Carrier
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1988
The Wonder Years
TV show Mr. Glidden
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1986
Stand by Me
Movie Milo Pressman
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1985
MacGyver
TV show Arne Lindquist
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1984
1st & Ten
TV show
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1984
Wet Gold
Movie Jack, Coast Guard Capt.
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1982
St. Elsewhere
TV show Mr. Grossman
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1982
Yes, Giorgio
Movie Foreman
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1982
Cannery Row
Movie Suzy's Trick
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1981
The Five of Me
Movie Massage Parlor Owner
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1981
Hill Street Blues
TV show Rusco
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1980
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
Movie Frank
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1979
Knots Landing
TV show Marshall
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1979
Stone
Movie Smitty
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1978
Kaz
TV show
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1978
A Death in Canaan
Movie Judge Revere
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1977
Flush
Movie Rosewater
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1977
CHiPs
TV show Workman
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1977
The Death of Richie
Movie Pinball Alley Manager
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1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV show Bartender
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1975
Kate McShane
TV show
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1975
Bronk
TV show Dispatcher
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1974
The Rockford Files
TV show Buster Hutchins
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1973
Police Story
TV show Lomax
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Jack Conway
