Acting · Alberta, Canada · Born January 24, 1918
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 1946. After a few roles in plays in California he moved to New York. His first Broadway role was as a guard in Maxwell Anderson's Barefoot in Athens in 1951. His other stage roles include Shaw's Saint Joan, and Tiger at the Gates, Christopher Fry's version of a Jean Giraudoux play, which ran 1959–60 on Broadway. He appeared in the original Broadway cast of One More River (1960). He moved to California in 1960 to work in film and television. His film roles included a cockney ne'er-do-well in My Fair Lady (1964), Boss Kean in Cool Hand Luke (1967), In Cold Blood (1967) as murder victim Herbert Clutter, John acted as the pilot/flight instructor for Aunt Bee in Season 8 of The Andy Griffith Show, "Aunt Bee's Big Moment" Halls of Anger (1970), Woody Allen's Sleeper (1973), rancher David Braxton in The Missouri Breaks (1976), and Orval in First Blood (1982). He played Jimmy Tomorrow in John Frankenheimer's American Film Theater movie of The Iceman Cometh (1973), alongside Fredric March, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges. Personal life McLiam and his wife Roberta had a daughter, Claire. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California in 1994 from melanoma and Parkinson's disease. McLiam was interred at the Santa Barbara Cemetery at Santa Barbara, California. CLR
TVNorthern Exposure
1990
as Soapy Sanderson
MovieFall From Grace
1990
as Rev. Aubrey Sara
MovieSplit Decisions
1988
as Pop McGuinn
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Fento
TVBeauty and the Beast
1987
as Sam Denton
MovieWalk Like a Man
1987
as H.P. Truman
MovieJ. Edgar Hoover
1987
as A. Mitchell Palmer
TVHell Town
1985
as Fast Louie
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Harry Stevens
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
as Ted Simpson
TVHunter
1984
as Dr. Harry Montclair
MovieVoyager from the Unknown
1984
as Dr. Bernard
MovieDempsey
1983
as Hyrum Dempsey
TVThe A-Team
1983
as George Nemchek
TVGavilan
1982
as Streblov
MovieFirst Blood
1982
as Orval the Dog Man
MovieRichard II
1982
as John of Gaunt
TVT. J. Hooker
1982
as Father DeMarco
MovieThe Ambush Murders
1982
as Judge Collier
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Carl Beck
TVBret Maverick
1981
as Doc Holliday
MovieThe End of August
1981
as Colonel
MovieMistress of Paradise
1981
as Nathan MacKay
MovieThe Five of Me
1981
as Father
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Johnnie Wells
MovieFarewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Gahto
MovieFreedom Road
1979
as President Ulysses S. Grant
TVArchie Bunker's Place
1979
as Vinnie Mulvaney
MovieThe Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
as Jake Powell
MovieShadow of Fear
1979
TVDallas
1978
as Wally Kessel
MovieThe Return of the Incredible Hulk
1977
as Michael
TVThe Incredible Hulk
1977
as Michael
Delta County, USA
1977
as Cap McCain
MovieThe Food of the Gods
1976
as Mr. Skinner
MovieThe Call of the Wild
1976
as Prospector
MovieThe Missouri Breaks
1976
as David Braxton
MovieLucky Lady
1975
as Rass Huggins
MovieThe Secret of the Pond
1975
as Uncle Ben
MovieBite the Bullet
1975
as Gebhardt
TVMatt Helm
1975
as Charlie Wendell
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
as Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr
TVThree for the Road
1975
as Thurman Parsons
TVThe Invisible Man
1975
as Blind Man
MovieAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Jailer Sutton
TVAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Jailer Sutton
MovieRafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975
as John Beechwood
TVHarry O
1974
as The Old Salt
MovieThe Dove
1974
as Lyle Graham
MovieSleeper
1973
as Dr. Agon
Legend in Granite
1973
as Dom Olejnickzak
MovieThe Iceman Cometh
1973
as Jimmy Tomorrow
MovieRunaway!
1973
as Conductor
MovieShowdown
1973
as F.J. Wilson
MovieA Chant of Silence
1973
as Father Richards
MovieHitched
1973
as Pete Hunter
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Dwight Hopkins
TVM*A*S*H
1972
as Col. Woody Cooke
TVGhost Story
1972
as Titus Paul
MovieThe Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972
as Thorton Pierce
MovieIf Tomorrow Comes
1971
as Father Miller
MovieBig Jake
1971
as Army Officer (uncredited)
MovieMonte Walsh
1970
as Fightin' Joe Hooker
MovieR.P.M.
1970
as Rev. Blauvelt
MovieHalls of Anger
1970
as Boyd Wilkerson
MovieThe Reivers
1969
as Van Tosch
MovieRiverrun
1968
as Jeffries
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
as Sam
MovieGallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968
as Ephrem Killigrew
MovieMadigan
1968
as Dunne (uncredited)
MovieIn Cold Blood
1967
as Herbert Clutter
MovieCool Hand Luke
1967
as Boss Keen
TVMannix
1967
as Harry Forrest
TVIronside
1967
as Father Holt
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Hotel Clerk
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Dr. Wilson Cardel
TVDaktari
1966
as Sean Murphy
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as David Callander
TVGet Smart
1965
as Seidlitz
TVHoney West
1965
as Gordon
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
as Tucker
MovieMy Fair Lady
1964
as Harry (uncredited)
TV12 O'Clock High
1964
as Fisherman
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Sheriff Grover
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Arjay Beasley
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Carl O'Neill
TVBus Stop
1961
as Carl
TV87th Precinct
1961
as Menlo
Dead to the World
1961
as Goody
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Mr. MacDonald
TVMy Three Sons
1960
as Postman Brophy
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Driver
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Cop (uncredited)
TVBonanza
1959
as Harry Carlis
TVDecoy
1957
as Mike Foley
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Councilman William Daniels
TVWagon Train
1957
as Latch
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Dougherty
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Ephrem Killigrew
TVThe Big Story
1949
