William Bryant (born William Robert Klein; January 31, 1924 – June 26, 2001) was an American actor.

Film

Born in

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, Bryant was a character actor who appeared in films such as '' King Dinosaur'' (1955), '' Escape from San Quentin'' (1957), '' Experiment in Terror'' (1962) with

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, '' How to Murder Your Wife'' and '' The Great Race'' with Jack Lemmon, '' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' (1966),

McQ ''McQ'' is a 1974 American Panavision neo-noir crime action film directed by John Sturges and starring John Wayne. It costars Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, and Al Lettieri, and features Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Julian Chri ...

'' (1974), and '' Walking Tall Part II'' (1975). He also played several roles in the classic western movies '' Heaven with a Gun'' (1969), ''

Chisum ''Chisum'' is a 1970 American Western film directed by Andrew McLaglen, starring John Wayne in the titular role, and adapted for the screen by Andrew J. Fenady from his short story "Chisum and the Lincoln County War." The supporting cast featu ...

'' (1970), '' Macho Callahan'' (1970), ''

Wild Rovers ''Wild Rovers'' is a 1971 American Western film directed by Blake Edwards and starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal. Originally intended as a three-hour epic, it was heavily edited by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer without Edwards' knowledge, including ...

'' (1971), '' The Deadly Trackers'' (1973).

Television

Most of his career was made on television, including '' Hallmark Hall of Fame'', '' Frontier'', ''

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'', '' Tales of the Texas Rangers'', '' The Gray Ghost'', '' Maverick'', '' The Rebel'', ''

Have Gun – Will Travel ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series starring Richard Boone was rated number t ...

'', ''

The Rifleman ''The Rifleman'' is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show ...

'', '' Laramie'', '' The Virginian'', '' Rawhide'', '' Lancer'', ''

Miami Undercover ''Miami Undercover'' is an American crime drama series that aired in broadcast syndication from January to October 1961 for a total of 38 episodes. The series stars Lee Bowman (who had previously played sleuth Ellery Queen on television) and boxe ...

'', '' The Blue Angels'', '' Ripcord'', ''

Combat! ''Combat!'' is an American television drama series that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The exclamation point in ''Combat!'' was depicted on-screen as a stylized bayonet. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American so ...

'', '' Empire'', '' Mission: Impossible'', '' Mannix'', '' Gunsmoke'' (S2E25 - “Bureaucrat”, S4E37 - “The Constable” & S12E12 - “Quaker Girl”), '' Bonanza'', ''

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' is an American spy fiction television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a secret ...

'', '' The Wild Wild West'', ''

Death Valley Days ''Death Valley Days'' is an American old-time radio and television anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern California. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program ...

'', ''

Alias Smith and Jones ''Alias Smith and Jones'' is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973. The show initially starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, outlaw cousins who are tryin ...

'', '' Banacek'', '' McCloud'', '' Columbo'', ''

Petrocelli ''Petrocelli'' is an American legal drama that ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Plot Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American, Harvard-educated lawyer, who grew up in South Boston and gave up the big money and ...

'', ''

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,'' ''

The Rockford Files ''The Rockford Files'' is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network from September 13, 1974 to January 10, 1980, and remains in syndication. Garner portrays Los Angeles private investiga ...

,'' ''

Barnaby Jones ''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was o ...

'', '' Code R'', ''

The Fall Guy ''The Fall Guy'' is an American action/adventure television series produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981, to May 2, 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who mo ...

'', '' Shazam!'', ''

Hardcastle and McCormick ''Hardcastle and McCormick'' is an American action crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 18, 1983, through May 5, 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and rac ...

'' and many others. He played Colonel Crook in sixteen episodes of the TV series '' Hondo'', was on ''

Emergency! ''Emergency!'' is an American action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972, replacing the two short-lived situa ...

'' (1972–1978) as different engine company captains, '' Branded'' (1965) as

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Ulysses S. Grant, and in '' Lancer'' (1968) as Sheriff Gabe.

Filmography

References

''Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984,'' by Vincent Terrace

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryant, William 1924 births 2001 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Detroit 20th-century American male actors Jewish American male actors 20th-century American Jews