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William Windom (born September 28, 1923) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake, in The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)

The Farmer's Daughter is an United States situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1963 in television to 1966 in television....
; the character of John Monroe on the sitcom My World and Welcome to It
My World and Welcome to It

My World and Welcome to It was a US-made half-hour sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber . It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine that closely resembles The New Yorker, called The Manhattanite....
, for which he won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series; and the character Randy Lane in the Emmy-nominated Night Gallery
Night Gallery

Night Gallery is Rod Serling's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling functioned both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on Twilight Zone....
 episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar
They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar

"They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" is an episode of the anthology television series Night Gallery written by series host and creator Rod Serling....
".

om was born New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, the son of Isobel Wells (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Peckham) and Paul Windom, an architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
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William Windom (born September 28, 1923) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake, in The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)

The Farmer's Daughter is an United States situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1963 in television to 1966 in television....
; the character of John Monroe on the sitcom My World and Welcome to It
My World and Welcome to It

My World and Welcome to It was a US-made half-hour sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber . It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine that closely resembles The New Yorker, called The Manhattanite....
, for which he won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series; and the character Randy Lane in the Emmy-nominated Night Gallery
Night Gallery

Night Gallery is Rod Serling's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling functioned both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on Twilight Zone....
 episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar
They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar

"They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" is an episode of the anthology television series Night Gallery written by series host and creator Rod Serling....
".

Biography


Early life

Windom was born New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, the son of Isobel Wells (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Peckham) and Paul Windom, an architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
. He is the great-grandson of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury of the same name
William Windom

William Windom was an United States politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as a United States Republican Party from Minnesota in the 36th United States Congress,...
. He served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations in World War II, as a paratrooper with Company B, 1st Battalion 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.

Career

After the 1969-1970 series My World and Welcome to It
My World and Welcome to It

My World and Welcome to It was a US-made half-hour sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber . It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine that closely resembles The New Yorker, called The Manhattanite....
, in which he played the James Thurberesque lead, he toured the country in a one man show of Thurber's works. Windom was a regular for a decade on the series Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an award-winning television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher....
, playing the role of Seth Hazlitt
Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt is a fictional character played by William Windom . He is Cabot Cove, Maine leading physician and Jessica Fletcher best friend in the United States TV series Murder, She Wrote....
. His initial appearance in the role was in October 1985. (He had previously appeared as a guest star playing another character in April 1985.) The producers enjoyed his work, and consequently invited him to return at the beginning of the second season to take on the role permanently. He briefly left the show to work on another series in 1990, but the show was short lived and he returned to Murder, She Wrote as a semi-regular for the remainder of the series' run.

Although Windom has made guest appearances on many TV shows during his long career, his best known performance has probably been on Star Trek
Star Trek

Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
 as Commodore Matt Decker in the season 2 episode "The Doomsday Machine
The Doomsday Machine (TOS episode)

"The Doomsday Machine" is a second-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It is episode #35, production #35, and was first broadcast on October 20, 1967....
", a role he reprised in the Star Trek: New Voyages
Star Trek: New Voyages

Star Trek: Phase II is an award-winning Fan film science fiction series set in the Star Trek universe. The series was created by James Cawley and Jack Marshall in April 2003....
 episode "In Harm's Way".

Filmography

  • To Kill a Mockingbird
    To Kill a Mockingbird (film)

    To Kill a Mockingbird is an Cinema of the United States drama film based on the To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It was directed by Robert Mulligan and stars Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch ....
     (1962)
  • Cattle King (1963)
  • For Love or Money
    For Love or Money (1963 film)

    For Love or Money is a 1963 in film romantic comedy film starring Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor and Thelma Ritter....
     (1963)
  • The Farmer's Daughter
    The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)

    The Farmer's Daughter is an United States situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1963 in television to 1966 in television....
     ABC series with Inger Stevens
    Inger Stevens

    Inger Stevens was a Golden Globe-winning, Emmy-nominated Swedish-American Film and television actress. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden....
     (1963-1966)
  • One Man's Way (1964)
  • The Americanization of Emily
    The Americanization of Emily

    The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 in film United States comedy-drama film war film directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Paddy Chayefsky, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie....
     (1964)
  • Hour of the Gun
    Hour of the Gun

    Hour of the Gun is 1967 in film Western film about Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, their 1881 battles against Ike Clanton and his brothers, in the Gunfight at the O.K....
     (1967)
  • Star Trek (1967)
  • The Invaders
    The Invaders

    The Invaders, a Quinn Martin, is an American Broadcasting Company science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that ran in the United States for two seasons, from January 10, 1967 to March 26, 1968....
     (TV Series 1967)
  • Custer
    Custer (TV series)

    Custer, also known as The Legend of Custer, is a 17-episode military-Western television series which ran on American Broadcasting Company from September 6 to December 27, 1967, with Wayne Maunder in the starring role of then Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer....
    , ABC series starring Wayne Maunder
    Wayne Maunder

    Wayne E. Maunder is a retired actor, originally from Canada, who starred in three United States television series between 1967 and 1974....
     (1967)
  • Columbo: Prescription Murder (1968)
  • The Detective
    The Detective (1968 film)

    The Detective is a 1968 film directed by Gordon Douglas , produced by Aaron Rosenberg and starring Frank Sinatra. Based on the 1966 The Detective by Roderick Thorp, The Detective marked a move towards - and was billed as - a more "adult" approach to depicting the life and work of a police detective whilst confronting, for one of the first...
     (1968)
  • The Angry Breed (1968)
  • The Gypsy Moths
    The Gypsy Moths

    The Gypsy Moths is a 1969 American film starring Burt Lancaster, based on the novel of the same name by James Drought. It is the story of three barnstorming skydivers and their effect on a Midwestern United States town....
     (1969)
  • My World and Welcome to It
    My World and Welcome to It

    My World and Welcome to It was a US-made half-hour sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber . It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine that closely resembles The New Yorker, called The Manhattanite....
     (1969) (TV series)
  • Brewster McCloud
    Brewster McCloud

    Brewster McCloud is a 1970 film directed by Robert Altman; it centers on a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston, Texas Astrodome building a pair of wings so he will be able to fly....
     (1970)
  • Columbo: Short Fuse (1971)
  • The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
  • Night Gallery
    Night Gallery

    Night Gallery is Rod Serling's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling functioned both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on Twilight Zone....
    :They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar
    They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar

    "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" is an episode of the anthology television series Night Gallery written by series host and creator Rod Serling....
     (1971) (TV)
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes
    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 science fiction film starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, and Bradford Dillman. It is the second sequel to the Planet of the Apes movie of 1968, the first sequel being Beneath the Planet of the Apes ....
     (1971)
  • The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) (TV)
  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't
    Now You See Him, Now You Don't

    Now You See Him, Now You Don't is a Walt Disney film from 1972 in film, starring Kurt Russell, a student in the fictional Medfield College. It is the sequel to the 1969 film The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes....
     (1972)
  • The Man
    The Man (1972 film)

    The Man is a 1972 political drama directed by Joseph Sargent and starring James Earl Jones. Jones plays Douglass Dilman, the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, who succeeds to the U.S....
     (1972)
  • Second chance (1972) (TV)
  • Griff
    Griff (TV series)

    Griff is a 13-episode American Broadcasting Company crime drama starring Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy , which aired from September 29, 1973, to January 5, 1974....
     (2 episodes, 1973 TV series)
  • Brothers and Sisters
    Brothers and Sisters (1979 TV series)

    Brothers and Sisters is an NBC Situation comedy that attempted to capitalize on the success of the 1978 motion picture National Lampoon's Animal House....
      (TV series, 1979)
  • Blind Ambition (1979) (mini TV series)
  • Separate Ways (1981)
  • Last Plane Out (1983)
  • Grandview, U.S.A.
    Grandview, U.S.A.

    Grandview, U.S.A. is a 1984 comedy film/drama film directed by Randal Kleiser. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Carole Cook, Ramon Bieri, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, M....
     (1984)
  • Murder, She Wrote
    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote is an award-winning television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher....
     (1985-1996) (TV series)
  • Welcome Home (1986)
  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles
    Planes, Trains & Automobiles

    Planes, Trains & Automobiles is an United States comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures in 1987. It was written and directed by John Hughes and stars Steve Martin and John Candy....
     (1987) (uncredited)
  • She's Having a Baby
    She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby is an American movie, released in 1988 in film, which was directed by John Hughes .The movie portrays a young newlywed couple, Kristy and Jake Briggs played by Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon, who try to cope with being married and what is expected of them by their parents....
     (1988)
  • Uncle Buck
    Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck is a 1989 in film comedy-drama starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly and Gaby Hoffmann, and co-stars Macaulay Culkin, Jay Underwood and Laurie Metcalf....
     (1989) (voice)
  • Parenthood
    Parenthood

    Parenthood is a 1989 in film comedy-drama film with an ensemble cast that includes Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Harley Jane Kozak, Eileen Ryan, Helen Shaw, Jasen Fisher, Alisan Porter, Zachary LaVoy, Ivyann Schwan, Joaquin Phoenix , and Dennis Dugan....
     (1990) (TV series)
  • Sommersby
    Sommersby

    Sommersby is a 1993 romance film drama film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman and James Earl Jones....
     (1993)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)

    Sonic the Hedgehog is an United States animated series created by DIC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America, and was loosely based on the Sonic the Hedgehog ....
     (1993-1995) (voice)
  • Miracle on 34th Street
    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton, and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn....
     (1994)
  • True Crime
    True Crime (1999 film)

    True Crime is a 1999 in film mystery film drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1997 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent....
     (1999)
  • Raising Dead (2002)
  • Star Trek: New Voyages
    Star Trek: New Voyages

    Star Trek: Phase II is an award-winning Fan film science fiction series set in the Star Trek universe. The series was created by James Cawley and Jack Marshall in April 2003....
     (2004)
  • Yesterday's Dreams
    Yesterday's Dreams

    "Yesterday's Dreams" is a 1968 single recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown Records label. The single was one of the first the group released after the departure of Holland-Dozier-Holland, who had handled the majority of the Four Tops recordings prior to 1968....
     (2005)

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