John McLiam
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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
Fotos
Películas (47)
Fall From Grace
1990 · Rev. Aubrey Sara
Split Decisions
1988 · Pop McGuinn
Walk Like a Man
1987 · H.P. Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
1987 · A. Mitchell Palmer
Voyager from the Unknown
1984 · Dr. Bernard
Dempsey
1983 · Hyrum Dempsey
First Blood
1982 · Orval the Dog Man
Richard II
1982 · John of Gaunt
The Ambush Murders
1982 · Judge Collier
The End of August
1981 · Colonel
Mistress of Paradise
1981 · Nathan MacKay
The Five of Me
1981 · Father
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Gahto
Freedom Road
1979 · President Ulysses S. Grant
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979 · Jake Powell
Shadow of Fear
1979
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
1977 · Michael
Delta County, USA
1977 · Cap McCain
The Food of the Gods
1976 · Mr. Skinner
The Call of the Wild
1976 · Prospector
The Missouri Breaks
1976 · David Braxton
Lucky Lady
1975 · Rass Huggins
The Secret of the Pond
1975 · Uncle Ben
Bite the Bullet
1975 · Gebhardt
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975 · John Beechwood
The Dove
1974 · Lyle Graham
Sleeper
1973 · Dr. Agon
Legend in Granite
1973 · Dom Olejnickzak
The Iceman Cometh
1973 · Jimmy Tomorrow
Runaway!
1973 · Conductor
Showdown
1973 · F.J. Wilson
A Chant of Silence
1973 · Father Richards
Hitched
1973 · Pete Hunter
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · Thorton Pierce
If Tomorrow Comes
1971 · Father Miller
Big Jake
1971 · Army Officer (uncredited)
Monte Walsh
1970 · Fightin' Joe Hooker
R.P.M.
1970 · Rev. Blauvelt
Halls of Anger
1970 · Boyd Wilkerson
The Reivers
1969 · Van Tosch
Riverrun
1968 · Jeffries
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968 · Ephrem Killigrew
Madigan
1968 · Dunne (uncredited)
In Cold Blood
1967 · Herbert Clutter
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Boss Keen
My Fair Lady
1964 · Harry (uncredited)
Dead to the World
1961 · Goody
Series (55)
Northern Exposure
1990 · Soapy Sanderson
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Fento
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Sam Denton
Hell Town
1985 · Fast Louie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Harry Stevens
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Ted Simpson, Carl Fred Simms
Hunter
1984 · Dr. Harry Montclair
The A-Team
1983 · George Nemchek
Gavilan
1982 · Streblov
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Father DeMarco, John P. Hooker
Falcon Crest
1981 · Carl Beck, Commissioner Harold Witken
Bret Maverick
1981 · Doc Holliday
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Johnnie Wells
Archie Bunker's Place
1979 · Vinnie Mulvaney
Dallas
1978 · Wally Kessel
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Michael
Kingston: Confidential
1977 · Douglas White
Matt Helm
1975 · Charlie Wendell
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr
Three for the Road
1975 · Thurman Parsons
The Invisible Man
1975 · Blind Man
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975 · Jailer Sutton
Harry O
1974 · The Old Salt
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Dwight Hopkins, Sheriff Coyle
M*A*S*H
1972 · Col. Woody Cooke
Ghost Story
1972 · Titus Paul
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Ralph Hastings
The Mod Squad
1968 · Sam
Mannix
1967 · Harry Forrest, Frank Blaney, Tim Fogarty
Ironside
1967 · Father Holt, Trash
The Invaders
1967 · Hotel Clerk
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Dr. Wilson Cardel, Anton Usakos
Daktari
1966 · Sean Murphy
The F.B.I.
1965 · David Callander
Get Smart
1965 · Seidlitz
Honey West
1965 · Gordon
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Tucker
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Fisherman, Doker Drew
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Andrews
The Fugitive
1963 · Sheriff Grover, Deputy Kelton, Jeff
The Outer Limits
1963 · Arjay Beasley
The Virginian
1962 · Carl O'Neill, Eb Smalley, Parker
Bus Stop
1961 · Carl
87th Precinct
1961 · Menlo, Charles Reynolds
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Mr. MacDonald
My Three Sons
1960 · Postman Brophy, Douglas
The Untouchables
1959 · Driver, Trucker, Rick Landy, Father Donovan
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Cop (uncredited), Man, Guard
Bonanza
1959 · Harry Carlis
Decoy
1957 · Mike Foley
Perry Mason
1957 · Councilman William Daniels
Wagon Train
1957 · Latch
Gunsmoke
1955 · Dougherty, O'Quillian
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Ephrem Killigrew
The Big Story
1949