Biography
Wynant was born in Detroit, Michigan. He made his feature film debut as an Indian in Samuel Fuller's ''Run of the Arrow'' (1957). In the 1958 Walt Disney film ''Tonka (film), Tonka'', Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian, who was the cousin of White Bull, played by Sal Mineo, and is killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Among his many other film credits are ''Run Silent, Run Deep (1958 film), Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958); ''The Slender Thread'' (1965); ''Track of Thunder'' (1967); ''The Helicopter Spies'' (1968); ''Marlowe (1969 film), Marlowe'' (1969); ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'' (1972); ''The Horror at 37,000 Feet'' (1973); ''Hangar 18 (film), Hangar 18'' (1980); ''Earthbound (1981 film), Earthbound'' (1981); and ''Solar Crisis (film), Solar Crisis'' (1990). He played a villain who fought Elvis Presley in the 1963 film, ''It Happened at the World's Fair''. Among his many television credits are appearances on shows such as ''Playhouse 90'', ''Sugarfoot'', ''Hawaiian Eye'', ''Combat!'', ''The Wild Wild West'', ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Daniel Boone (1964 TV series), Daniel Boone'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Frontier Circus'', ''Get Smart'', ''Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), Hawaii Five-O'', ''The Big Valley '', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''Bat Masterson (TV series), Bat Masterson'' in a 1958 episode where he again played a renegade Indian chief, ''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible'', ''Quincy, M.E.'', and ''Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas''. He was cast as General officer, General Philip Sheridan in the 1961 episode, "The Red Petticoat", on the Television syndication, syndicated anthology series, ''Death Valley Days'', hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the storyline, Sheridan's friendship with Indian scout Kahlu (Allen Jaffe) (1928–1989) is questioned after a number of ambushes result in dead troopers. Sheridan sticks to his instincts and defends his ally against the enraged residents of the fort. In recent years, he has been a member of Larry Blamire's stock company, playing authoritative figures in several of Blamire's features and shorts, such as a Pentagon general in ''The Lost Skeleton Returns Again'' and a weird psychiatrist in ''Dark and Stormy Night''. He returned to the big screen in 2011 in ''Footprints (film), Footprints'' for which he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival.Partial filmography
*''Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957) - Patron at Toots Shor's Restaurant, Toots Shor's (uncredited) *''Run of the Arrow'' (1957) - Crazy Wolf *''Decision at Sundown'' (1957) - Spanish *''Oregon Passage'' (1957) - Black Eagle *''Run Silent, Run Deep (1958 film), Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958) - Corpsman Hendrix (uncredited) *''Tonka (film), Tonka'' (1958) - Yellow Bull *''It Happened at the World's Fair'' (1963) - Vince Bradley *''The Wheeler Dealers'' (1963) - Bo Bluedog (uncredited) *''The Slender Thread'' (1965) - Doctor Morris *''Track of Thunder'' (1967) - Maxwell Carstairs *''The Search for the Evil One'' (1967) *''Sail to Glory'' (1967) - Capt. Dick Brown *''The Helicopter Spies'' (1968) - The Aksoy Brothers (archive footage) *''Marlowe (1969 film), Marlowe'' (1969) - Sonny Steelgrave *''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'' (1972) - Hoskyns *''The Horror at 37,000 Feet'' (1973, TV Movie) - Frank Driscoll *''The Last Tycoon (1976 film), The Last Tycoon'' (1976) - Man at Dailies (uncredited) *''Grand Jury'' (1976) - Mr. Potter *''Hangar 18 (film), Hangar 18'' (1980) - Flight Director *''Earthbound (1981 film), Earthbound'' (1981) - Dave *''Solar Crisis (film), Solar Crisis'' (1990) - IXL executive #1 *''The Big Empty'' (1997) - J.W. McCreedy *''Whigmaleerie'' (2005) - Hector MacDougall *''Trail of the Screaming Forehead'' (2007) - Dr. Applethorpe *''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra#Sequels, The Lost Skeleton Returns Again'' (2008) - General Scottmanson *''Dark and Stormy Night'' (2009) - Dr. Van Von Vandervon *''Yesterday Was a Lie'' (2009) - Art Patron *''Footprints (film), Footprints'' (2011) - Victor *''Marafon'' (2013) - David *''The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster'' (2015) - 'Montague Shaw' as Andrew *''Living Room Coffin'' (2018) - TerryReferences
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