William Windom

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William Windom

Acting September 28, 1923

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

William Windom (September 28, 1923 – August 16, 2012) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone;…

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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

8.0 1962 Movie
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

7.3 1987 Movie
Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

8.6 1992 TV Show
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
Knight Rider

Knight Rider

7.5 1982 TV Show
Star Trek

Star Trek

8.0 1966 TV Show
JAG

JAG

7.2 1995 TV Show
The A-Team

The A-Team

7.5 1983 TV Show
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

6.8 1989 Movie
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

6.4 1971 Movie

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William Windom (September 28, 1923 – August 16, 2012) 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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2014
    The Twilight Zone Christmas Classics

    Movie The Major

  2. 2005
    Yesterday's Dreams

    Movie Herb Radford

  3. 2003
    Dismembered

    Movie Captain Hart

  4. 2001
    Early Bird Special

    Movie Fred

  5. 2000
    The District

    TV show Harlan Kirby Sr.

  6. 2000
    The Thundering 8th

    Movie Old Joe

  7. 1999
    Judging Amy

    TV show Prof. Barnett

  8. 1999
    True Crime

    Movie Neil the Bartender

  9. 1999
    Providence

    TV show Harold Joyce

  10. 1997
    Ally McBeal

    TV show Henderson Porter

  11. 1996
    Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

    Movie Doctor Rob Larson

  12. 1996
    Fugitive X: Innocent Target

    Movie

  13. 1995
    JAG

    TV show Former Chief of Naval Operations

  14. 1994
    Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

    Movie Hamilton Cobb

  15. 1994
    Burke's Law

    TV show Dale Montrose

  16. 1993
    Boy Meets World

    TV show Ned

More credits
  1. 1993
    Sonic the Hedgehog

    TV show Uncle Chuck (voice)

  2. 1993
    Sommersby

    Movie Reverend Powell

  3. 1992
    Batman: The Animated Series

    TV show Ethan Clark (voice)

  4. 1992
    Goof Troop

    TV show Uncle Bob (voice)

  5. 1991
    Chance of a Lifetime

    Movie Dr. Edelman

  6. 1991
    Committed

    Movie Dr. Quilly

  7. 1990
    Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

    Movie Judge Thatcher

  8. 1990
    Parenthood

    TV show

  9. 1989
    Uncle Buck

    Movie Mr. Hatfield (voice)

  10. 1988
    She's Having a Baby

    Movie Russell Bainbridge

  11. 1987
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Movie Mr. Bryant

  12. 1987
    Funland

    Movie Angus Perry

  13. 1987
    Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

    Movie Puppetino (voice)

  14. 1987
    Means and Ends

    Movie Burt

  15. 1987
    Dead Aim

    Movie McWhorter

  16. 1987
    Street Justice

    Movie Father Burke

  17. 1986
    There Must Be a Pony

    Movie Lee Hertzig

  18. 1986
    L.A. Law

    TV show Charles Flanagan

  19. 1985
    Space Rage

    Movie Gov. Tovah

  20. 1985
    Prince Jack

    Movie Ferguson

  21. 1985
    The Comedy Factory

    TV show Herb Medlock

  22. 1985
    Surviving

    Movie Dr. Madsen

  23. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Seth Hazlitt

  24. 1984
    Highway to Heaven

    TV show