
William Bronder (June 12, 1930 – May 6, 2015) was an American film and television actor. He first served in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as well as the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Afterwards he turned to Hollywood in the 1960s to start a film career. Between 1973 and 2000, William Bronder appeared in seven films, about 50 television episodes and eight TV movies. He often portrayed rough working-class men in character roles. Bronder remains perhaps best known for playing unfriendly junkyard owner Milo Pressman in Rob Reiner's film Stand by Me (1986), starring Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix. His other films were Flush (1982), Cannery Row (1982), Yes, Giorgio (1982), Best Seller (1987), the short film Tummy Trouble (1989) and Return to Me (2000, in his last role as Wally Jatczak). He also appeared in a great number of television series of the 1970s and 1980s. Among them were Mar…
movieReturn to Me
2000 · Wally Jatczak
movieTummy Trouble
1989 · Sign Carrier
tvThe Wonder Years
1988 · Mr. Glidden
movieStand by Me
1986 · Milo Pressman
tvMacGyver
1985 · Arne Lindquist
tv1st & Ten
1984
movieWet Gold
1984 · Jack, Coast Guard Capt.
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Mr. Grossman
movieYes, Giorgio
1982 · Foreman
movieCannery Row
1982 · Suzy's Trick
movieThe Five of Me
1981 · Massage Parlor Owner
tvHill Street Blues
1981 · Rusco
movieMother and Daughter: The Loving War
1980 · Frank
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Marshall, Mr. Walsh
movieStone
1979 · Smitty
tvKaz
1978
movieA Death in Canaan
1978 · Judge Revere
movieFlush
1977 · Rosewater
tvCHiPs
1977 · Workman
movieThe Death of Richie
1977 · Pinball Alley Manager
tvRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Bartender
tvKate McShane
1975
tvBronk
1975 · Dispatcher
tvThe Rockford Files
1974 · Buster Hutchins
tvPolice Story
1973 · Lomax
tvAdam-12
1968 · Jack Conway