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Acting
John McLiam
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 24, 1918
Day of Death
April 16, 1994
Age at Death
76 years old
Place of Birth
Alberta, Canada
Popularity Score
0.9
Filmography
Fall From Grace
Rev. Aubrey Sara
1990Movie
Northern Exposure
Soapy Sanderson
1990TV
Split Decisions
Pop McGuinn
1988Movie
Walk Like a Man
H.P. Truman
1987Movie
J. Edgar Hoover
A. Mitchell Palmer
1987Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Fento
1987TV
Beauty and the Beast
Sam Denton
1987TV
Hell Town
Fast Louie
1985TV
Voyager from the Unknown
Dr. Bernard
1984Movie
Hunter
Dr. Harry Montclair
1984TV
Highway to Heaven
Ted Simpson
1984TV
Murder, She Wrote
Harry Stevens
1984TV
Dempsey
Hyrum Dempsey
1983Movie
The A-Team
George Nemchek
1983TV
First Blood
Orval the Dog Man
1982Movie
The Ambush Murders
Judge Collier
1982Movie
Richard II
John of Gaunt
1982Movie
T. J. Hooker
Father DeMarco
1982TV
Gavilan
Streblov
1982TV
The End of August
Colonel
1981Movie
The Five of Me
Father
1981Movie
Mistress of Paradise
Nathan MacKay
1981Movie
Bret Maverick
Doc Holliday
1981TV
Falcon Crest
Carl Beck
1981TV
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Gahto
1980Movie
Magnum, P.I.
Johnnie Wells
1980TV
Freedom Road
President Ulysses S. Grant
1979Movie
Shadow of Fear
1979Movie
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Jake Powell
1979Movie
Archie Bunker's Place
Vinnie Mulvaney
1979TV
Dallas
Wally Kessel
1978TV
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
Michael
1977Movie
Delta County, USA
Cap McCain
1977Movie
The Incredible Hulk
Michael
1977TV
Kingston: Confidential
Douglas White
1977TV
The Food of the Gods
Mr. Skinner
1976Movie
The Missouri Breaks
David Braxton
1976Movie
The Call of the Wild
Prospector
1976Movie
Lucky Lady
Rass Huggins
1975Movie
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Jailer Sutton
1975Movie
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
John Beechwood
1975Movie
Bite the Bullet
Gebhardt
1975Movie
The Secret of the Pond
Uncle Ben
1975Movie
Matt Helm
Charlie Wendell
1975TV
Starsky & Hutch
Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr
1975TV
The Invisible Man
Blind Man
1975TV
Three for the Road
Thurman Parsons
1975TV
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Jailer Sutton
1975TV
The Dove
Lyle Graham
1974Movie
Harry O
The Old Salt
1974TV
The Iceman Cometh
Jimmy Tomorrow
1973Movie
A Chant of Silence
Father Richards
1973Movie
Legend in Granite
Dom Olejnickzak
1973Movie
Showdown
F.J. Wilson
1973Movie
Sleeper
Dr. Agon
1973Movie
Runaway!
Conductor
1973Movie
Hitched
Pete Hunter
1973Movie
Barnaby Jones
Dwight Hopkins
1973TV
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Thorton Pierce
1972Movie
M*A*S*H
Col. Woody Cooke
1972TV
Ghost Story
Titus Paul
1972TV
Big Jake
Army Officer (uncredited)
1971Movie
If Tomorrow Comes
Father Miller
1971Movie
Monte Walsh
Fightin' Joe Hooker
1970Movie
Halls of Anger
Boyd Wilkerson
1970Movie
R.P.M.
Rev. Blauvelt
1970Movie
The Reivers
Van Tosch
1969Movie
Madigan
Dunne (uncredited)
1968Movie
Riverrun
Jeffries
1968Movie
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
Ephrem Killigrew
1968Movie
The Mod Squad
Sam
1968TV
In Cold Blood
Herbert Clutter
1967Movie
Cool Hand Luke
Boss Keen
1967Movie
Ironside
Father Holt
1967TV
The Invaders
Hotel Clerk
1967TV
Mannix
Harry Forrest
1967TV
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Wilson Cardel
1966TV
Daktari
Sean Murphy
1966TV
Honey West
Gordon
1965TV
Get Smart
Seidlitz
1965TV
The F.B.I.
David Callander
1965TV
The Wild Wild West
Tucker
1965TV
My Fair Lady
Harry (uncredited)
1964Movie
12 O'Clock High
Fisherman
1964TV
The Fugitive
Sheriff Grover
1963TV
The Outer Limits
Arjay Beasley
1963TV
The Virginian
Carl O'Neill
1962TV
Dead to the World
Goody
1961Movie
87th Precinct
Menlo
1961TV
Bus Stop
Carl
1961TV
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. MacDonald
1960TV
My Three Sons
Postman Brophy
1960TV
The Twilight Zone
Cop (uncredited)
1959TV
Bonanza
Harry Carlis
1959TV
The Untouchables
Driver
1959TV
Perry Mason
Councilman William Daniels
1957TV
Decoy
Mike Foley
1957TV
Wagon Train
Latch
1957TV
Gunsmoke
Dougherty
1955TV
The Wonderful World of Disney
Ephrem Killigrew
1954TV
The Big Story
1949TV