John McLiam
Acting
Born: January 24, 1918 · Alberta, Canada
Died: April 16, 1994 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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
First Blood
1982
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Cool Hand Luke
1967
My Fair Lady
1964
The A-Team
1983
The Twilight Zone
1959
Sleeper
1973
M*A*S*H
1972
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Bonanza
1959
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Photos (1)
Movies (44)
First Blood
Orval the Dog Man
Cool Hand Luke
Boss Keen
My Fair Lady
Harry (uncredited)
In Cold Blood
Herbert Clutter
Sleeper
Dr. Agon
Big Jake
Army Officer (uncredited)
The Ambush Murders
Judge Collier
The Reivers
Van Tosch
Lucky Lady
Rass Huggins
Madigan
Dunne (uncredited)
Bite the Bullet
Gebhardt
Dempsey
Hyrum Dempsey
Monte Walsh
Fightin' Joe Hooker
The Missouri Breaks
David Braxton
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
Michael
The Iceman Cometh
Jimmy Tomorrow
Split Decisions
Pop McGuinn
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Thorton Pierce
The Food of the Gods
Mr. Skinner
Walk Like a Man
H.P. Truman
The Dove
Lyle Graham
Showdown
F.J. Wilson
J. Edgar Hoover
A. Mitchell Palmer
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Jake Powell
R.P.M.
Rev. Blauvelt
Halls of Anger
Boyd Wilkerson
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
John Beechwood
Richard II
John of Gaunt
The Five of Me
Father
If Tomorrow Comes
Father Miller
The Call of the Wild
Prospector
Voyager from the Unknown
Dr. Bernard
Hitched
Pete Hunter
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Gahto
Freedom Road
President Ulysses S. Grant
Mistress of Paradise
Nathan MacKay
The End of August
Colonel
Runaway!
Conductor
Fall From Grace
Rev. Aubrey Sara
Shadow of Fear
1979
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
Ephrem Killigrew
A Chant of Silence
Father Richards
The Secret of the Pond
Uncle Ben
Riverrun
Jeffries
TV Shows (74)
Perry Mason
Councilman William Daniels · 1 eps
Dallas
Wally Kessel · 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Fento · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. MacDonald · 1 eps
Ironside
Father Holt · 1 eps
Ironside
Trash · 1 eps
The A-Team
George Nemchek · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Harry Stevens · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Carl Beck · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Commissioner Harold Witken · 2 eps
Bonanza
Harry Carlis · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
Col. Woody Cooke · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Wilson Cardel · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Anton Usakos · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Johnnie Wells · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Sheriff Grover · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Deputy Kelton · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Jeff · 1 eps
Northern Exposure
Soapy Sanderson · 1 eps
Mannix
Harry Forrest · 1 eps
Mannix
Frank Blaney · 1 eps
Mannix
Tim Fogarty · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Latch · 1 eps
T. J. Hooker
Father DeMarco · 1 eps
T. J. Hooker
John P. Hooker · 1 eps
The Virginian
Carl O'Neill · 1 eps
The Virginian
Eb Smalley · 1 eps
The Virginian
Parker · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Tucker · 1 eps
Get Smart
Seidlitz · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Cop (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
Man · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Guard · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Ted Simpson · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Carl Fred Simms · 1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
Michael · 1 eps
My Three Sons
Postman Brophy · 2 eps
My Three Sons
Douglas · 1 eps
Hunter
Dr. Harry Montclair · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Driver · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Trucker · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Rick Landy · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Father Donovan · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Dwight Hopkins · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Sheriff Coyle · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Dougherty · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
O'Quillian · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
David Callander · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Arjay Beasley · 1 eps
The Invaders
Hotel Clerk · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Fisherman · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Doker Drew · 1 eps
Harry O
The Old Salt · 1 eps
Honey West
Gordon · 1 eps
87th Precinct
Menlo · 1 eps
87th Precinct
Charles Reynolds · 1 eps
Archie Bunker's Place
Vinnie Mulvaney · 1 eps
The Mod Squad
Sam · 1 eps
Daktari
Sean Murphy · 1 eps
Ghost Story
Titus Paul · 1 eps
Decoy
Mike Foley · 1 eps
Bus Stop
Carl · 1 eps
Matt Helm
Charlie Wendell · 1 eps
Bret Maverick
Doc Holliday · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Ephrem Killigrew · 1 eps
The Invisible Man
Blind Man · 1 eps
Three for the Road
Thurman Parsons · 1 eps
Hell Town
Fast Louie · 1 eps
Gavilan
Streblov · 1 eps
Kingston: Confidential
Douglas White · 1 eps
The Big Story
1 eps
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Jailer Sutton · 2 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Sam Denton · 1 eps