William Windom

William Windom

Nascimento : 1923-09-28, New York City, New York, United States

Morte : 2012-08-16

História

William Windom 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Windom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Perfil

William Windom

Filmes

The Twilight Zone Christmas Classics
The Major
The Christmas Fantasy "Night of the Meek" starring Art Carney as a drunken department-store Santa who experiences quite an epiphany on Christmas Eve. And “Five Characters in search of an exit”.
Dismembered
Captain Hart
A chilling tale of a city being tormented by a mysterious killer.
Crime Verdadeiro
Neil the Bartender
Na véspera da execução de um negro que foi condenado por ter assassinado uma branca grávida para lhe roubar 96 dólares, Michelle, uma repórter que iria entrevistar o réu no dia de sua morte e também estava autorizada a presenciar a execução, morre em um acidente. Em seu lugar é escalado Steve Everett e logo ele desconfia que o condenado é inocente, mas tem poucas horas para suspender a execução. Assim, Steve luta contra o tempo tentando evitar que uma injustiça seja cometida.
Colheita Maldita 4: O Encontro
Doc Larson
Várias crianças de uma pequena cidade se tornam possuídas sob o comando de uma criança pregadora chamada Josiah, que foi assassinada por engano e deseja vingança da cidade que o matou. As crianças assumem as identidades de crianças mortas na história da cidade, em tentam ressurgir Josiah dos mortos.
Fugitive X: Innocent Target
Adam Trent (David Heavener: "Prime Target", "Eye of the Stranger") is an advertising executive...an ordinary citizen. On his way to work one morning someone tries to kill him. Adam is forced to play a deadly game. Daniel Winters (Richard Norton: "License to Kill", "Octagon") runs an underground casino where the wealthy bet via computer whether Adam Trent will live or die. They give Adam one handgun and a ten minute head start. Winters explains that if Adam tries to contact the police, he will kill his wife Kara (Lynn-Holly Johnson: "For Your Eyes Only", "Ice Castles") and his Uncle Billy (William Windom: "Somersby", "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"). As Trent barely escapes death, this ordinary citizen becomes a deadly killing machine.
15 Metros de Mulher
Hamilton Cobb
Nancy Archer é uma herdeira rica e ex-alcoólica que ama seu marido Harry. Esse só quer o dinheiro dela e deseja sua morte para dividir a fortuna com a amante “Honey” Parker. Quando Nancy chega certa noite à cidade, dizendo ter sido perseguida por um satélite com um gigante alienígena a bordo, Harry percebe que é a oportunidade para se livrar dela. Mas Nancy foi contaminada pelo contato com o alienígena e de repente cresce de tamanho. E parte atrás de Harry como uma monstruosa mulher de quinze metros de altura!
Sommersby: O Retorno de um Estranho
Reverend Powell
O povo se lembra de Jack Sommersby. Eles o conheceram como um homem rude e amargurado. Mas quando Jack voltou para casa após a Guerra Civil, ele se transformara num gentil, cuidadoso e habilidoso ser humano. Teria a guerra o transformado tanto assim... ou esse homem que se chama Jack Sommersby é um impostor? Richard Gere e Jodie Foster, duas vezes vencedora do Oscar, formam o par perfeito numa atuação brilhante nesta história de paixão e mistério. Eles interpretam Jack e Laurel Sommersby, cujo amor cresce na mesma proporção que as suspeitas sobre Jack. Se ele não é o mesmo homem com que se casou, Laurel sabe que este é o homem que sempre sonhou. Mas o definitivo teste sobre seu amor e verdadeira identidade de Jack ainda os aguarda. Jack deve enfrentar um julgamento por sua vida e apenas uma coisa é certa: você vai se lembrar de Sommersby.
Chance of a Lifetime
Dr. Edelman
Since the death of her husband 10 years ago, Evelyn has been working hard for her company, but had no private life. Now her doctor shocks her with the news that she may live only another 6 months. Spontanely she follows a TV ad and sets out for vacation in Mexico. There she meets widower Lloyd and they fall in love, go bungee jumping... until she gets another diagnosis from her doctor.
Committed
Dr. Quilly
A nurse is taken hostage by a patient pretending to be a doctor and is forced to administer to everyone.
Quem Vê Cara Não Vê Coração
Mr. Hatfield (voice)
Buck Russell (John Candy) tem uma grande reputação na família, a de ser muito atrapalhado. Após muita relutância, sua cunhada concorda em deixar por alguns dias os filhos com o tio solteirão, que passa maus bocados com as crianças.
Ela Vai Ter um Bebê
Russell Bainbridge
Jake e Kristy Briggs pularam de namoradinhos de escola para recém-casados, mas a vida de casado não é o que Jake esperava. Enquanto Jake fantasia sobre a moça dos seus sonhos e inveja o estilo de vida de seu amigo solteiro, Kristy está pronta para ter um bebê. Ao invés de contar seus planos a Jake, ela secretamente para de tomar a pílula. Quando não consegue engravidar, ela conta para Jake, que decide procurar uma clínica de fertilidade. .
Funland
Angus Perry
When a mob family takes over an amusement park after the owner dies under mysterious circumstances, the recently-fired clown mascot seeks vengeance for the loss of his job.
Dead Aim
McWhorter
Ed Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter what the cost. While investigating the mysterious suicidal heroin overdoses of four beautiful exotic dancers, Mace puts together the pieces of a deadly puzzle, infiltrating a violent ring of shadowy drug and weapons dealers, Mace methodically tracks a serial killer (Rick Washburn) with murderous ties to a ruthless foreign diplomat (Harry Goz). Mace won't stop until he gets some answers. The FBI and KGB have them, but now they're talking back with bullets.
Street Justice
Father Burke
A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.
There Must Be a Pony
Lee Hertzig
Marguerite Sydney is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, as well as trying to re-establish a relationship with her teenage son, and risking a romance with a mysterious stranger.
Prince Jack
Ferguson
A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
Space Rage
Gov. Tovah
In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping.
Surviving
Dr. Madsen
Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois and Harvey. Rick, meanwhile, is sunny and charismatic. But appearances can be deceiving, as their families learn when the teens begin a romance. Upset about Lonnie's influence on Rick, his parents forbid the pair to see each other -- with tragic consequences.
Means and Ends
Burt
A 1985 Canadian drama.
Velvet
Government Official
A female team of government agents, under the guise of owners of a popular worldwide franchise of aerobic centers, matches wits with a group of criminals who have kidnapped a top defense specialist and his ailing son, intending to sell him to the highest bidder.
A Volta por Cima
Bob Cody
Retrato da vida dos habitantes de Grandview, pequena cidade americana do interior, centrado em três personagens: um garoto que chega à idade da razão; uma jovem que gerencia a pista de corridas do pai; e um piloto de provas por ela apaixonado.
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Mayor Malcolm Wallwood
In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides of the fence are Frank, the police sergeant, and his son Neal. Also at odds are Neal and one time friend Doug, a returned Vietnam Vet who has joined the police force, who is also protective of his younger sister who prefers the hippie element. To make things even more intense, Mickey South, who has fled to Canada to avoid the war, returns to play for the Freaks football team. Tensions mount and all are challenged as the climax of the film approaches.
Por Quê Eu?
General
An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.
O Último Avião
James Caldwell
An American journalist covering the civil war in Nicaragua falls in love with a beautiful Sandinista rebel.
The Rules of Marriage
George Olsen
A seemingly perfect marriage disintegrates, as both husband and wife become involved in a series of affairs.
Vidas Desesperadas
Dr. Jarvis
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
Side Show
Byron Gage
A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers.
Separate Ways
Huey Block
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
A Alegria Não Pode Parar
Smiley Jenkins
Baseado em uma história real, Mickey Rooney interpreta o palhaço Jack Thum. Thum e sua esposa cuidaram de dezenas de crianças indesejadas. Quando Thum percebe que ele tem um câncer terminal, ele desmorona e sua esposa deve ajudá-lo a recuperar sua força inata e lidar com a realidade.
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Monseigneur Soldini
The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
Hunters of the Reef
Panama Cassidy
A beautiful marine biologist. A deep-sea diver. Trapped while searching for treasure in shark-infested waters!
Goodbye, Franklin High
Clifford Armer
Comic melodrama following the day-to-day life of high school senior Will, a promising but naive athlete struggling with choices that could determine his future, romance and family difficulties.
Mean Dog Blues
Victor Lacey
A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.
The Bluegrass Special
Phil Wainwright
Penny is a teenage horse trainer with a very special dream of becoming a jockey. She picks Woodhill to compete in the upcoming Bluegrass Special; Woodhill is a beautiful race horse with a bad reputation who threw and injured his rider during a race in Tijuana. Penny's devotion and determination are an inspiration to anyone who believes that dreams can come true.
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Arthur Springfield
A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she might be involved in a murder.
Bridger
Daniel Webster
The story of famous frontiersman Jim Bridger, who is given 40 days to cut a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the California coast and told that if he can't do it, the territory will be lost to England.
Echoes of a Summer
Dr. Hallet
A young girl with a terminal heart condition plans to celebrate her 12th birthday on one last summer holiday with her parents in Nova Scotia.
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Walt Adamson
The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife, despite his vehement denials of the crime.
Journey from Darkness
Dr. Cavaliere
A brilliant blind student fights a seemingly hopeless battle to gain acceptance into medical school.
The Abduction of Saint Anne
Ted Morrisey
A cynical detective and a Roman Catholic bishop team up to investigate the reported miraculous powers of a 17-year-old girl being held captive in the home of her father, an ailing syndicate kingpin.
The Day the Earth Moved
Judge Tom Backsler
An aerial photography team tries to alert a small town about an impending earthquake, but no one believes the duo until the tremors start and the walls begin to collapse.
Murder in the First Person Singular
Alfred Emerson
A murder plot by a terminally ill English teacher, to capitalize on the double indemnity clause in his life insurance, hires one of his students to do the deed.
The Girls of Huntington House
Sam Dutton
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
Perseguição Sem Trégua
Robert Phillips
O que começa como uma investigação de rotina rapidamente se transforma em uma corrida emocionante para salvar milhões da morte certa neste thriller tenso e emocionante. Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, ER) "faz uma impressionante estreia na direção" (The Hollywood Reporter) neste jogo mortal de gato e rato em que as apostas não poderiam ser maiores! Quando o agente do governo Steven Graves (Ben Gazzara) investiga o extremista político James Wright (E.G. Marshall), ele descobre uma conspiração diabólica para explodir gás letal em San Diego durante a Convenção Republicana. O que é pior, um hacker de computador (Martin Sheen) forneceu a Wright um perfil psicológico para ajudá-lo a enganar Graves. Como Wright engenhosamente ilude Graves, Graves pode encontrar uma maneira de detê-lo antes que o pesadelo final comece?
A Great American Tragedy
Rob Stewart
A middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a bad economy, he watches his bills pile up, his wife forced to go back to work and his marriage start to break up.
The Man
Arthur Eaton
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
Loucuras Invisíveis
Professor Lufkin
Garotos descobrem fórmula capaz de tornar as pessoas ou objetos invisíveis, mas nem tudo é alegria na vida deles. Bandidos tentam pegar a fórmula com objetivos nada corretos, levando a resultados desastrosos.
Second Chance
Stan Petryk
A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in life.
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Charlie Snead
The Walton family is preparing for Christmas in the early 1930s. It's Christmas Eve, and they are waiting for Daddy Walton to come home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. Since he is late, everyone is worried and over the radio the mother and grandparents hear about an overturned bus and hurt travelers but keep this news from the rest of the family. The story is really a coming of age story about the oldest son John-Boy who must cut down the tree with his grandfather since his father isn't home and is eventually told about his missing father and sets out to find him. An all round heartwarming story, especially if you are a fan of The Waltons. A simple story about a simple family in simple times. Great family entertainment!
Marriage: Year One
Warren Duden
A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.
A Taste of Evil
Harold Jennings
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
O Olho da Justiça
Roy K. Sizemore
Quando um trio de ex-condenados liderados por Mattie Appleyard é libertado da prisão, eles esperam para abrir uma loja geral usando o dinheiro Mattie salvou durante a sua sentença de 40 anos. Esta tentativa é recebida com grande resistência a partir de um agente penitenciário corrupto eo banqueiro que emitiu o cheque Mattie.
A Fuga do Planeta dos Macacos
The President
Dois cientistas símios, Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) e Zira (Kim Hunter) - na verdade havia mais um, Milo (Sal Mineo), que morreu acidentalmente - retornam no tempo e chegam no século XX, em Los Angeles. Quando eles revelam sua habilidade para falar primeiramente são tratados como curiosidade, mas depois como uma grande ameaça, quando o governo crê na história que a Terra será dominada por chimpanzés e assim tenta evitar o nascimento do bebê de Zira.
Balada para Satã
Dr. Roger West
Um satanista velho e moribundo organiza a transferência de sua alma para o corpo de um jovem pianista de concerto.
Escape
Doctor Henry Walding
A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to stop him.
Assault on the Wayne
Capt. Frank Reardon
The U.S. submarine Anthony Wayne is underway for a top-secret mission. Onboard is a highly classified device that will give the Americans a decided nuclear advantage. The entire mission and the secret technology are threatened when the sub commander discovers his crew has been infiltrated by enemy agents. The commander is charged with trying to protect the device while ferreting out the enemy agents. Compounding matters is the state of the commander's physical and mental condition, which is being questioned by his crew.
Voar é com os Pássaros
Weeks
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.
House on Greenapple Road
Paul Durstine
A promiscuous housewife has been murdered and hardboiled detective Dan August has to find the motive...and the body.
Os Paraquedistas Estão Chegando
John Brandon
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
CBS Playhouse: Shadow Game
Workers in a high-powered New York business office are stranded on the 50th floor when the power fails during the East Coast blackout of 1965.
Operation Heartbeat
Raymond Hanson
Lawsuits fly when a widow believes a gifted surgeon allowed her husband to die so his heart could be transplanted into the doctor's ailing mentor and friend. Operation Heartbeat was the pilot movie for the TV series Medical Center.
The Angry Breed
Vance Patton
In Vietnam, aspiring actor Johnny Taylor is given a prize film script after saving the life of a Hollywood screenwriter. On his return, Johnny has trouble finding a studio that will let him play the lead until he saves producer Vance Patton's daughter Diane from a cycle-gang attack. The grateful father sends him to agent Mori Thompson, but Thompson wants the script for gang leader Deek Stacy. Deek and his agent feed Johnny LSD and drag him away to the dungeon during the producer's Halloween party.
Crime Sem Perdão
Colin MacIver
O policial Joe Leland investiga o assassinato brutal de um jovem homossexual e acaba descobrindo conexões com uma poderosa rede de corrupção governamental em Nova York.
Prescription: Murder
Burt Gordon
In Columbo's first outing, a psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
A Hora da Pistola
Texas Jack Vermillion
As armas não sossegam por muito tempo quando os justiceiros Wyatt Earp e Doc Holliday enfrentam foras-da-lei no velho Oeste. James Garner (Maverick) e Jason Robards * (ganhador do Oscar®, Todos os Homens do Presidente) são os lendários pistoleiros desta eletrizante história baseada em fatos, considerada "o mais próximo que alguém já chegou de contar a verdadeira história do tiroteio de OK Corral" (segundo o L.A. Herald-Examiner). A poeira nem teve tempo de baixar em OK Corral, e os famosos irmãos Clanton estão em busca de vingança. Um a um, eles matam os irmãos de Wyatt Earp - mas não darão o último tiro desta história. Com a autoridade da sua estrela de xerife e Doc Holliday (Robards) como braço direito, Earp (Garner) prepara o ato de vingança que o Oeste nunca mais vai esquecer.
Não Podes Comprar Meu Amor
Captain Harry Spaulding
Durante a preparação para o Dia D em 1944, os britânicos estavam com sua ilha hospedando muitos milhares de soldados americanos que "ansiavam por garotas, tinham muita grana e estavam por aqui". Assim exatamente é Charlie Madison; ele conhece todas as formas de tornar a vida mais suave para si mesmo e se possível livre de risco. Mas as coisas se complicam quando ele se apaixona por uma Mulher Inglesa e seu comandante têm um colapso nervoso o que leva Charlie a ser enviado em uma missão insensata e perigosa.
One Man's Way
Rev. Clifford Peale
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.
Por Amor ou Por Dinheiro
Sam Travis
Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husbands.
Cattle King
Harry Travers - Sharleen's Brother
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
O Sol é Para Todos
Mr. Gilmer
Em 1932, na pacata Maycomb (Alabama), vivem os irmãos Jem e Scout Finch, órfãos de mãe criados pela babá negra Calpurnia e o pai Atticus Finch, advogado íntegro e respeitado na cidade, que atende gratuitamente aos mais pobres. A infância dividida entre a escola e as fantasias acerca do vizinho, o “malvado” Sr. Radley, cede espaço ao contato com a discriminação quando seu pai resolve defender o negro Tom Robinson, acusado de ter estuprado uma moça branca. Gregory Peck ganhou um Oscar por sua brilhante atuação nesta versão para o cinema do romance vencedor do Prêmio Pulitzer.