John McLiam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 24, 1918
- Died
- April 16, 1994 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Alberta, Canada
Biography
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
Known For
Filmography
Fall From Grace
Movie · as Rev. Aubrey Sara
Northern Exposure
TV · as Soapy Sanderson · 1 ep
Split Decisions
Movie · as Pop McGuinn
Walk Like a Man
Movie · as H.P. Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
Movie · as A. Mitchell Palmer
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Fento · 1 ep
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Sam Denton · 1 ep
Hell Town
TV · as Fast Louie · 1 ep
Voyager from the Unknown
Movie · as Dr. Bernard
Hunter
TV · as Dr. Harry Montclair · 1 ep
Highway to Heaven
TV · as Ted Simpson, Carl Fred Simms · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Harry Stevens · 1 ep
Dempsey
Movie · as Hyrum Dempsey
The A-Team
TV · as George Nemchek · 1 ep
First Blood
Movie · as Orval the Dog Man
The Ambush Murders
Movie · as Judge Collier
Richard II
Movie · as John of Gaunt
T. J. Hooker
TV · as Father DeMarco, John P. Hooker · 1 ep
Gavilan
TV · as Streblov · 1 ep
The End of August
Movie · as Colonel
The Five of Me
Movie · as Father
Mistress of Paradise
Movie · as Nathan MacKay
Bret Maverick
TV · as Doc Holliday · 2 eps
Falcon Crest
TV · as Carl Beck, Commissioner Harold Witken · 1 ep
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Gahto
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Johnnie Wells · 1 ep
Freedom Road
Movie · as President Ulysses S. Grant
Shadow of Fear
Movie
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Movie · as Jake Powell
Archie Bunker's Place
TV · as Vinnie Mulvaney · 1 ep
Dallas
TV · as Wally Kessel · 1 ep
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
Movie · as Michael
Delta County, USA
Movie · as Cap McCain
The Incredible Hulk
TV · as Michael · 1 ep
Kingston: Confidential
TV · as Douglas White · 1 ep
The Missouri Breaks
Movie · as David Braxton
The Food of the Gods
Movie · as Mr. Skinner
The Call of the Wild
Movie · as Prospector
Lucky Lady
Movie · as Rass Huggins
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Movie · as John Beechwood
Bite the Bullet
Movie · as Gebhardt
The Secret of the Pond
Movie · as Uncle Ben
Matt Helm
TV · as Charlie Wendell · 1 ep
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr · 1 ep
The Invisible Man
TV · as Blind Man · 1 ep
Three for the Road
TV · as Thurman Parsons · 1 ep
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
TV · as Jailer Sutton · 2 eps
The Dove
Movie · as Lyle Graham
Harry O
TV · as The Old Salt · 1 ep
The Iceman Cometh
Movie · as Jimmy Tomorrow
A Chant of Silence
Movie · as Father Richards
Legend in Granite
Movie · as Dom Olejnickzak
Showdown
Movie · as F.J. Wilson
Sleeper
Movie · as Dr. Agon
Runaway!
Movie · as Conductor
Hitched
Movie · as Pete Hunter
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Dwight Hopkins, Sheriff Coyle · 1 ep
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Movie · as Thorton Pierce
M*A*S*H
TV · as Col. Woody Cooke · 1 ep
Ghost Story
TV · as Titus Paul · 1 ep
Big Jake
Movie · as Army Officer (uncredited)
If Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Father Miller
Monte Walsh
Movie · as Fightin' Joe Hooker
Halls of Anger
Movie · as Boyd Wilkerson
R.P.M.
Movie · as Rev. Blauvelt
The Reivers
Movie · as Van Tosch
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Ralph Hastings · 1 ep
Madigan
Movie · as Dunne (uncredited)
Riverrun
Movie · as Jeffries
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
Movie · as Ephrem Killigrew
The Mod Squad
TV · as Sam · 1 ep
In Cold Blood
Movie · as Herbert Clutter
Cool Hand Luke
Movie · as Boss Keen
Ironside
TV · as Father Holt, Trash · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Hotel Clerk · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Harry Forrest, Frank Blaney, Tim Fogarty · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Dr. Wilson Cardel, Anton Usakos · 1 ep
Daktari
TV · as Sean Murphy · 1 ep
Honey West
TV · as Gordon · 1 ep
Get Smart
TV · as Seidlitz · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as David Callander · 1 ep
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Tucker · 1 ep
My Fair Lady
Movie · as Harry (uncredited)
12 O'Clock High
TV · as Fisherman, Doker Drew · 1 ep
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as Andrews · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Sheriff Grover, Deputy Kelton, Jeff · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Arjay Beasley · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Carl O'Neill, Eb Smalley, Parker · 1 ep
Dead to the World
Movie · as Goody
87th Precinct
TV · as Menlo, Charles Reynolds · 1 ep
Bus Stop
TV · as Carl · 1 ep
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Mr. MacDonald · 1 ep
My Three Sons
TV · as Postman Brophy, Douglas · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Cop (uncredited), Man, Guard · 2 eps
Bonanza
TV · as Harry Carlis · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Driver, Trucker, Rick Landy, Father Donovan · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Councilman William Daniels · 1 ep
Decoy
TV · as Mike Foley · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Latch · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Dougherty, O'Quillian · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Ephrem Killigrew · 1 ep
The Big Story
TV · 1 ep