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William Windom

Acting · Born 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; 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.

Movies with William Windom

• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — Mr. Gilmer
• Uncle Buck (1989) — Mr. Hatfield (voice)
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) — Mr. Bryant
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) — The President
• True Crime (1999) — Neil the Bartender
• Sommersby (1993) — Reverend Powell
• Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) — Bob Cody
• Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1994) — Hamilton Cobb
• Hour of the Gun (1967) — Texas Jack Vermillion
• Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) — Doctor Rob Larson
• She's Having a Baby (1988) — Russell Bainbridge
• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) — Charlie Snead

TV shows with William Windom

• Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Seth Hazlitt
• The Invaders (1967) — Major Rick Graves
• Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) — Uncle Chuck (voice)
• My World and Welcome to It (1969) — John Monroe
• Parenthood (1990)
• Once an Eagle (1976) — Gen. Duke Pulleyne
• Brothers and Sisters (1979) — Larry Krandall