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William Windom

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1923-09-28

Day of Death

2012-08-16

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

William Windom

Biography

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.​

Filmography (79)

⭐ 10.0 Role: The Major

The Twilight Zone Christmas Classics

2014
⭐ 7.0 Role: Herb Radford

Yesterday's Dreams

2005
⭐ 5.0 Role: Captain Hart

Dismembered

2003
⭐ 10.0 Role: Fred

Early Bird Special

2001
⭐ 7.0 Role: Old Joe

The Thundering 8th

2000
⭐ 6.5 Role: Neil the Bartender

True Crime

1999
⭐ 4.5 Role: Doc Larson

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

1996
⭐ 3.5 Role: Unknown

Fugitive X: Innocent Target

1996
⭐ 4.7 Role: Hamilton Cobb

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

1994
⭐ 6.4 Role: Reverend Powell

Sommersby

1993
⭐ 5.4 Role: Dr. Edelman

Chance of a Lifetime

1991
⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Quilly

Committed

1991
⭐ 6.2 Role: Judge Thatcher

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

1990
⭐ 6.8 Role: Mr. Hatfield (voice)

Uncle Buck

1989
⭐ 6.0 Role: Russell Bainbridge

She's Having a Baby

1988