1918-01-24 Alberta, Canada
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
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Fall From Grace | Rev. Aubrey Sara | 1990-04-29 |
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Split Decisions | Pop McGuinn | 1988-06-11 |
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Walk Like a Man | H.P. Truman | 1987-04-17 |
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J. Edgar Hoover | A. Mitchell Palmer | 1987-01-11 |
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Voyager from the Unknown | Dr. Bernard | 1984-01-01 |
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Dempsey | Hyrum Dempsey | 1983-09-28 |
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First Blood | Orval the Dog Man | 1982-10-22 |
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The Ambush Murders | Judge Collier | 1982-01-05 |
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Richard II | John of Gaunt | 1982-06-21 |
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The Five of Me | Father | 1981-05-12 |
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Mistress of Paradise | Nathan MacKay | 1981-10-04 |
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The End of August | Colonel | 1981-11-19 |
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Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | Gahto | 1980-11-21 |
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Freedom Road | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1979-10-29 |
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Shadow of Fear | 1979-01-28 | |
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The Legend of the Golden Gun | Jake Powell | 1979-07-05 |
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Delta County, USA | Cap McCain | 1977-05-20 |
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The Return of the Incredible Hulk | Michael | 1977-11-28 |
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The Missouri Breaks | David Braxton | 1976-05-19 |
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The Food of the Gods | Mr. Skinner | 1976-06-18 |
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The Call of the Wild | Prospector | 1976-05-22 |
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The Secret of the Pond | Uncle Ben | 1975-10-12 |
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Jailer Sutton | 1975-02-20 |
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Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | John Beechwood | 1975-02-02 |
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Bite the Bullet | Gebhardt | 1975-09-26 |
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Lucky Lady | Rass Huggins | 1975-12-25 |
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The Dove | Lyle Graham | 1974-06-16 |
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Hitched | Pete Hunter | 1973-03-31 |
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Runaway! | Conductor | 1973-09-29 |
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Sleeper | Dr. Agon | 1973-12-17 |
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Showdown | F.J. Wilson | 1973-06-20 |
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The Iceman Cometh | Jimmy Tomorrow | 1973-11-10 |
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Legend in Granite | Dom Olejnickzak | 1973-12-14 |
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A Chant of Silence | Father Richards | 1973-05-09 |
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The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Thorton Pierce | 1972-04-15 |
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Big Jake | Army Officer (uncredited) | 1971-05-26 |
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If Tomorrow Comes | Father Miller | 1971-12-07 |
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Monte Walsh | Fightin' Joe Hooker | 1970-09-26 |
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Halls of Anger | Boyd Wilkerson | 1970-04-29 |
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R.P.M. | Rev. Blauvelt | 1970-09-16 |
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The Reivers | Van Tosch | 1969-12-20 |
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Madigan | Dunne (uncredited) | 1968-03-29 |
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Riverrun | Jeffries | 1968-10-26 |
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Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims | Ephrem Killigrew | 1968-03-31 |
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In Cold Blood | Herbert Clutter | 1967-12-15 |
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Cool Hand Luke | Boss Keen | 1967-11-01 |
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My Fair Lady | Harry (uncredited) | 1964-12-01 |
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Dead to the World | Goody | 1961-01-01 |
