H. M. Wynant (born Chaim Weiner; ) is an American film and television actor.

Life and career

Wynant was born in

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to Bessie and Jacob Weiner from Zabłotów,

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(present-day Zabolotiv, Ukraine). He made his feature film debut as a Native American in

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's '' Run of the Arrow'' (1957). The following year Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian, in the

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film ''

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''. His film credits include '' Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958); '' The Slender Thread'' (1965); '' Track of Thunder'' (1967); '' The Helicopter Spies'' (1968); '' Marlowe'' (1969); ''

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'' (1972); '' The Horror at 37,000 Feet'' (1973); '' Hangar 18'' (1980); ''

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'' (1981); and '' Solar Crisis'' (1990). He played a villain who fought

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in the 1963 film, ''

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''. Among his many television credits are appearances on shows such as ''

Playhouse 90 ''Playhouse 90'' is an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 134 episodes. The show was produced at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of t ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Hawaiian Eye ''Hawaiian Eye'' is an American detective television series that ran from October 1959 to April 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. Premise Private investigator Tracy Steele (Anthony Eisley) and his half-Hawaiian ...

'', '' Combat!'', ''

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'', '' Perry Mason'' (10 appearances), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (8 appearances), ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Hawaii Five-O'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Mission: Impossible'', '' Quincy, M.E.'', and ''

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''.

Partial filmography

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'' (1956) (Season 2 Episode 3: "De Mortuis") - Truck Driver (credited as Haim Winant) *''

Sweet Smell of Success ''Sweet Smell of Success'' is a 1957 American film noir Satire (film and television), satirical drama (film and television), drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, ...

'' (1957) - Patron at 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) - Corpsman Hendrix (uncredited) *''

'' (1958) - Yellow Bull *''

'' (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) - Captain Dick Brown *'' The Helicopter Spies'' (1968) - The Aksoy Brothers (archive footage) *''

The Virginian (TV series) ''The Virginian'' (later renamed ''The Men from Shiloh'' in its final year) is an American Westerns on television, Western television series starring James Drury in the title role, along with Doug McClure, Lee J. Cobb, and others. It originall ...

'' (1968) (Season 7 Episode 5: "The Wind of Outrage") - Sturdevant *'' Marlowe'' (1969) - Sonny Steelgrave *''

'' (1972) - Hoskyns *'' The Horror at 37,000 Feet'' (1973, TV Movie) - Frank Driscoll *'' The Last Tycoon'' (1976) - Man at Dailies (uncredited) *''Grand Jury'' (1976) - Mr. Potter *'' Hangar 18'' (1980) - Flight Director *''

'' (1981) - Dave *'' 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 Returns Again ''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra'' is a 2001 American independent science-fiction parody film directed by Larry Blamire. The film is a spoof of B movies released during the 1950s. The film was videotaped on a budget of less than US$100,000, and ...

'' (2008) - General Scottmanson *''

Dark and Stormy Night ''Dark and Stormy Night'' is a 2009 independent film spoofing the haunted house and murder mystery films produced by Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. Larry Blamire directed and acted in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film also includ ...

'' (2009) - Dr. Van Von Vandervon *'' Yesterday Was a Lie'' (2009) - Art Patron *''

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'' (2011) - Victor *''Marafon'' (2013) - David *''The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster'' (2015) - 'Montague Shaw' as Andrew *''Living Room Coffin'' (2018) - Terry

References

External links

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