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