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John McLiam

Known For: Acting
Born: January 24, 1918
Place of Birth: Alberta, Canada
Died: April 16, 1994

John McLiam

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 19…

Filmography

Northern Exposure

1990 · Soapy Sanderson

Fall From Grace

1990 · Rev. Aubrey Sara

Split Decisions

1988 · Pop McGuinn

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 · Fento

Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Sam Denton

Walk Like a Man

1987 · H.P. Truman

J. Edgar Hoover

1987 · A. Mitchell Palmer

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

Voyager from the Unknown

1984 · Dr. Bernard

Dempsey

1983 · Hyrum Dempsey

The A-Team

1983 · George Nemchek

Gavilan

1982 · Streblov

First Blood

1982 · Orval the Dog Man

Richard II

1982 · John of Gaunt

T. J. Hooker

1982 · Father DeMarco, John P. Hooker

The Ambush Murders

1982 · Judge Collier

Falcon Crest

1981 · Carl Beck, Commissioner Harold Witken

Bret Maverick

1981 · Doc Holliday

The End of August

1981 · Colonel

Mistress of Paradise

1981 · Nathan MacKay

The Five of Me

1981 · Father

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · Johnnie Wells

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980 · Gahto

Freedom Road

1979 · President Ulysses S. Grant

Archie Bunker's Place

1979 · Vinnie Mulvaney

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979 · Jake Powell

Shadow of Fear

1979

Dallas

1978 · Wally Kessel

The Return of the Incredible Hulk

1977 · Michael

The Incredible Hulk

1977 · Michael

Delta County, USA

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

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

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

1975 · Jailer Sutton

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

1975 · John Beechwood

Harry O

1974 · The Old Salt

The Dove

1974 · Lyle Graham

Sleeper

1973 · Dr. Agon

Legend in Granite

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

Barnaby Jones

1973 · Dwight Hopkins

M*A*S*H

1972 · Col. Woody Cooke

Ghost Story

1972 · Titus Paul

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

The Mod Squad

1968 · Sam

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

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

My Fair Lady

1964 · Harry (uncredited)

12 O'Clock High

1964 · Fisherman, Doker Drew

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

Dead to the World

Dead to the World

1961 · Goody

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

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