John McLiam
Acting • Born 1918-01-24 – Died 1994-04-16
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
Filmography
118 credits
First Blood
Movie • 1982
Orval the Dog Man
Dempsey
Movie • 1983
Hyrum Dempsey
The Iceman Cometh
Movie • 1973
Jimmy Tomorrow
The Food of the Gods
Movie • 1976
Mr. Skinner
The Missouri Breaks
Movie • 1976
David Braxton
Monte Walsh
Movie • 1970
Fightin' Joe Hooker
Big Jake
Movie • 1971
Army Officer (uncredited)
Halls of Anger
Movie • 1970
Boyd Wilkerson
Split Decisions
Movie • 1988
Pop McGuinn
Madigan
Movie • 1968
Dunne (uncredited)
Dead to the World
Movie • 1961
Goody
R.P.M.
Movie • 1970
Rev. Blauvelt
The End of August
Movie • 1981
Colonel
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
Movie • 1977
Michael
A Chant of Silence
Movie • 1973
Father Richards
Walk Like a Man
Movie • 1987
H.P. Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
Movie • 1987
A. Mitchell Palmer
My Fair Lady
Movie • 1964
Harry (uncredited)
The Ambush Murders
Movie • 1982
Judge Collier
Lucky Lady
Movie • 1975
Rass Huggins
In Cold Blood
Movie • 1967
Herbert Clutter
The Dove
Movie • 1974
Lyle Graham
Cool Hand Luke
Movie • 1967
Boss Keen
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Movie • 1972
Thorton Pierce
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Movie • 1975
Jailer Sutton
Freedom Road
Movie • 1979
President Ulysses S. Grant
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Gahto
Legend in Granite
Movie • 1973
Dom Olejnickzak
Showdown
Movie • 1973
F.J. Wilson
The Five of Me
Movie • 1981
Father
Riverrun
Movie • 1968
Jeffries
Voyager from the Unknown
Movie • 1984
Dr. Bernard
Sleeper
Movie • 1973
Dr. Agon
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
Movie • 1968
Ephrem Killigrew
Shadow of Fear
Movie • 1979
Fall From Grace
Movie • 1990
Rev. Aubrey Sara
The Reivers
Movie • 1969
Van Tosch
Runaway!
Movie • 1973
Conductor
Delta County, USA
Movie • 1977
Cap McCain
If Tomorrow Comes
Movie • 1971
Father Miller
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Movie • 1975
John Beechwood
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Movie • 1979
Jake Powell
Bite the Bullet
Movie • 1975
Gebhardt
Mistress of Paradise
Movie • 1981
Nathan MacKay
Hitched
Movie • 1973
Pete Hunter
The Call of the Wild
Movie • 1976
Prospector
The Secret of the Pond
Movie • 1975
Uncle Ben
Richard II
Movie • 1982
John of Gaunt
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Sheriff Grover
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Cop (uncredited)
Honey West
TV • 1965
Gordon
Dallas
TV • 1978
Wally Kessel
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Deputy Kelton
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Col. Woody Cooke
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Jeff
Ghost Story
TV • 1972
Titus Paul
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Councilman William Daniels
Hunter
TV • 1984
Dr. Harry Montclair
Matt Helm
TV • 1975
Charlie Wendell
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Dr. Wilson Cardel
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Man
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Harry Carlis
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Menlo
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Ted Simpson
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Mr. MacDonald
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Arjay Beasley
Bret Maverick
TV • 1981
Doc Holliday
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Fento
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Seidlitz
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Fisherman
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Doker Drew
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Carl O'Neill
The A-Team
TV • 1983
George Nemchek
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Eb Smalley
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Dwight Hopkins
Ironside
TV • 1967
Father Holt
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Driver
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Hotel Clerk
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Anton Usakos
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Guard
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Michael
Daktari
TV • 1966
Sean Murphy
Ironside
TV • 1967
Trash
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
David Callander
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Ephrem Killigrew
Hell Town
TV • 1985
Fast Louie
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Parker
Decoy
TV • 1957
Mike Foley
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Harry Stevens
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Trucker
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Rick Landy
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Carl Beck
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Commissioner Harold Witken
Mannix
TV • 1967
Harry Forrest
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Postman Brophy
Mannix
TV • 1967
Frank Blaney
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Tucker
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Dougherty
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
O'Quillian
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Douglas
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Father DeMarco
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Sam
The Invisible Man
TV • 1975
Blind Man
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Johnnie Wells
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
John P. Hooker
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Charles Reynolds
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Soapy Sanderson
The Big Story
TV • 1949
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Carl Fred Simms
Gavilan
TV • 1982
Streblov
Three for the Road
TV • 1975
Thurman Parsons
Mannix
TV • 1967
Tim Fogarty
Harry O
TV • 1974
The Old Salt
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Father Donovan
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Latch
Archie Bunker's Place
TV • 1979
Vinnie Mulvaney
Beauty and the Beast
TV • 1987
Sam Denton