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William Bryant was an American actor. He is one of the more recognizable television character actors of the 1960s and 1970s.
Birth Name
William Robert Klein
Born
Thursday, 31 January 1924
Died
Tuesday, 26 June 2001
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Batman: The Animated Series | Sheriff | 1992 |
| Amazon Women on the Moon | Male Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul") | 1987 |
| High Mountain Rangers | Store Owner / Stoney | 1987 |
| Prison for Children | Will Waylon | 1987 |
| The Education of Allison Tate | Chauffer | 1986 |
| Our House | Tom McCullough | 1986 |
| Hell Squad | Nightclub owner | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Gadge | 1984 |
| Airwolf | Hunter | 1984 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Gen. Patterson | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Batman: The Animated Series | Sheriff | 1992 |
| Amazon Women on the Moon | Male Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul") | 1987 |
| High Mountain Rangers | Store Owner / Stoney | 1987 |
| Prison for Children | Will Waylon | 1987 |
| The Education of Allison Tate | Chauffer | 1986 |
| Our House | Tom McCullough | 1986 |
| Hell Squad | Nightclub owner | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Gadge | 1984 |
| Airwolf | Hunter | 1984 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Gen. Patterson | 1983 |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Johnny 'Flip' Johnson | 1983 |
| Voyagers! | Mr. Bundy | 1982 |
| Matt Houston | Powers | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Sheriff Kingman | 1981 |
| Bret Maverick | John Davis | 1981 |
| Simon & Simon | Jonathan Beaumont / Lt. Don Burrows / Crowder / Marshall J. Underwood / Mom's Date / Stanley Morfogen | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | Director / The Director | 1981 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Detective | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Arnold 'Slick' Sims | 1980 |
| Gridlock | Long Hauler | 1980 |
| Cave in! | Jack Miller | 1980 |
| Beyond Westworld | Eric Lionstar | 1980 |
| Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 | Forest Ranger | 1979 |
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Ben Hastings | 1979 |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Cowan | 1979 |
| The Billion Dollar Threat | Harry Grebe | 1979 |
| The Legend of the Golden Gun | William Ford | 1979 |
| The Chisholms | O'Herlihy | 1979 |
| Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack | Fireleader | 1979 |
| Steel Cowboy | Jennings | 1978 |
| CBS Afternoon Playhouse | Art | 1978 |
| B.J. and the Bear | Ben Hastings / Willie - Town Drunk | 1978 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Fire Leader | 1978 |
| Corvette Summer | Plain Clothes Police Lecturer | 1978 |
| Dallas | Jackson | 1978 |
| Gray Lady Down | (as Bill Bryant) | 1978 |
| The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II | Bill Kinmont | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | Elliot Robinson / Marston / Sgt. Turner | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Gossett | 1977 |
| Code R | Sam Whitlow | 1977 |
| Two-Minute Warning | Lt. Calloway (as Bill Bryant) / Lt. Calloway | 1976 |
| Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! | Kent | 1976 |
| Quincy M.E. | Joe Faraday | 1976 |
| Captains and the Kings | Skeeter | 1976 |
| Kingston: Confidential | Lt. Mackey | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Lamont Burns | 1976 |
| Gable and Lombard | Colonel | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Col. Worth | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | Capt. Jetton | 1976 |
| The Oregon Trail | 1976 | |
| Walking Tall Part II | F.B.I. Man | 1975 |
| Death Scream | Harry Whitmore | 1975 |
| The Other Side of the Mountain | Bill Kinmont | 1975 |
| Barbary Coast | Gunnison | 1975 |
| Switch | Lieutenant Shilton / Lt. Stafford Shilton / Helmers | 1975 |
| The Last Survivors | Capt. Harris / Captain Harris (as Bill Bryant) | 1975 |
| The Jeffersons | Bill Wilson | 1975 |
| Petrocelli | Brian Scholfield | 1974 |
| Shazam! | Harry Miller | 1974 |
| Death in Space | Major Doc Henry / Maj. 'Doc' Henry - Astronaut | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Paul Flanders | 1974 |
| The Hanged Man | Dr. Lawrence Nye | 1974 |
| Hanged Man, The | Dr. Lawrence Nye | 1974 |
| McQ | Stan Boyle | 1974 |
| The Deadly Trackers | Deputy Bill | 1973 |
| Dusty's Trail | Blake | 1973 |
| Chase | Brace | 1973 |
| Toma | Betseka | 1973 |
| Police Story | Clawson / Powers | 1973 |
| The Stranger | Truck Driver | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Roy Gaddis / Sam Mason / Sheriff Coulton | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Detective | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Lyle Carter | 1972 |
| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Man at Auction | 1972 |
| Banacek | Burns | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Claude Samples | 1972 |
| Women in Chains | Doctor | 1972 |
| The Sixth Sense | Detective Neal Jensen | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Captain - Engine #16 / Captain - Engine #45 / Captain - Engine #68 / Captain Curtis / Captain Stoxe, Engine #236 / Captain / Captain, Engine #10 / Captain, Engine #110 / Captain, Engine #14 / Captain, Engine #2 / Captain, Engine #33 / Captain, Engine #52 / Captain, Engine #69 / Captain, Engine #73 / Captain, Engine #85 / Captain, Engine #95 / Captain, Station #110 / Sgt. Ed Pierce | 1972 |
| Killer by Night | Frank Roland | 1972 |
| The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Craig Harmon | 1971 |
| Black Noon | Jacob (as Bill Bryant) / Jacob | 1971 |
| Sweet, Sweet Rachel | Doctor | 1971 |
| Cade's County | Phil Torre | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Father Regan | 1971 |
| Columbo | Fields / Sgt. Jeffries | 1971 |
| Cannon | Police Lieutenant / Roy Gladdis | 1971 |
| Wild Rovers | Hereford | 1971 |
| Bearcats! | Major Bill Buckner | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | John Cossett | 1971 |
| Sarge | Paul Trinn / Crowley | 1971 |
| City Beneath the Sea | Capt. Lunderson | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Fred Gaines / Barker | 1971 |
| Macho Callahan | Dealer | 1970 |
| Chisum | Jeff - Head Wrangler | 1970 |
| The Andersonville Trial | The Lieutenant | 1970 |
| The Animals | Sheriff Martin Lord | 1970 |
| McCloud | Policeman / Frank / Detective Parker / Courier | 1970 |
| Heaven with a Gun | Bart Paterson | 1969 |
| Smith! | Corporal / Court Bailiff | 1969 |
| Lancer | Sheriff Gabe / Sheriff | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Harold Kendricks | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Fry Cook / Booking Clerk | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Pilot | 1968 |
| Mannix | Norman Kiley / Schaeffer | 1967 |
| Ironside | Jake Spencer / Richard Gillis | 1967 |
| Hondo and the Apaches | Colonel George Crook | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Merle Corretti | 1967 |
| Hondo | Col. Crook / Colonel Crook | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Spangler | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Major Johns / Maj. Johns | 1967 |
| The Karate Killers | Technician | 1967 |
| Hotel | Sergeant | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Nicholson | 1966 |
| The Rat Patrol | Major Reese | 1966 |
| The Monroes | Lance Cpl. Gardner | 1966 |
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Minow | 1966 |
| Ride Beyond Vengeance | Bartender | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Duncan Lansing | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Richmond Tate / Ned Morton / Earl Benner | 1965 |
| The Great Race | Baron's Guard | 1965 |
| Broken Sabre | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1965 |
| The Satan Bug | SDI Agent at Gas Station / Lead Agent "X-Ray", drives car | 1965 |
| How to Murder Your Wife | Club Member | 1965 |
| Branded | President Ulysses S. Grant / Gen. Ulysses S. Grant | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Technician | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Maj. Marriott | 1964 |
| Good Neighbor Sam | Hausner - 1st Lawyer | 1964 |
| The Pink Panther | Policeman | 1963 |
| The Bill Dana Show | The Astronaut | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Cy Morgan | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Gingrich | 1963 |
| Combat! | McCall / Maynard / Maj. O'Connors / Larkin | 1962 |
| Empire | Fred Rainey | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Paul Judson | 1962 |
| Experiment in Terror | Chuck | 1962 |
| Ben Casey | Gil Lattimer | 1961 |
| Ripcord | (as Willie Bryant) | 1961 |
| A Fever in the Blood | Burly Man | 1961 |
| Tallahassee 7000 | Ade Smith | 1961 |
| Miami Undercover | Pat Faraday | 1961 |
| Two Faces West | Cory | 1960 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | (as Willie Bryant) | 1960 |
| Michael Shayne | Wally Faye | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Henning | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Jack Roos | 1960 |
| The Blue Angels | Charlie Robinson | 1960 |
| Operation Petticoat | Crewman | 1959 |
| The Detectives | Fowler | 1959 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Dawson | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Danny Brown / Don Longdon / Gen. U. S. Grant / Hump / Major Lipscott / Sam Boley / Sheriff Ed Strode / Wallace | 1959 |
| Hotel de Paree | Duke | 1959 |
| Lock Up | (as Willie Bryant) / Ralph Walker / Stan Bronson | 1959 |
| Laramie | Bud Deever / Curly Troy / Durango / Ed Casson / Reb Carlton / Skinny / Tracy | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Lew McDonald / Harper / Governor / Beau / Abner Jackson | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Detective / Prosecuting Attorney | 1959 |
| Rawhide | George Lockwood / Turner | 1959 |
| Cimarron City | Gambler | 1958 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Capt. Peter Shiller | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Sandy Dixon / Karl Hollis / Jerry / Coley | 1958 |
| Union Pacific | Torg Baxter | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Clay Hubbard | 1958 |
| Bronco | Sgt. Willoughby | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Phil Matterson | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Lt. Kirby / Capt. Kirby | 1958 |
| Badman's Country | Roy Pardee | 1958 |
| The Missouri Traveler | Henry Craig | 1958 |
| Target | Ralph | 1958 |
| Harbor Command | Frank Holzer | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Doc Bailey | 1957 |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Dan Flynn | 1957 |
| Jet Pilot | Radar Monitor | 1957 |
| The Gray Ghost | Captain Jim Carpenter | 1957 |
| Maverick | Chase | 1957 |
| M Squad | Reporter | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Capt. Jeterman | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Chris Van Ralt | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Ed / Loafer | 1957 |
| Escape from San Quentin | Richie | 1957 |
| The Web | Self - Narrator | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | Lt. Robert M. Brinker / Lt. Cmdr. Gebhardt / Lt. Bob Brinker | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Deputy | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Jess Clarke | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Lt. Norman Tucker / Pfc. Paul Tanier | 1956 |
| Inside Detroit | Tom Vickers | 1956 |
| Three Bad Sisters | Deputy Sheriff | 1956 |
| Bobby Ware Is Missing | O'Neill | 1955 |
| Celebrity Playhouse | The Pinto Kid | 1955 |
| Frontier | Logan | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Personnel Officer | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | 1st Cowboy / Bennett / Charlie Frost / Gambler / Joe / Kester / Marshal Cooter / Sheriff | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Billy Joe Omahadro / Ed Watkins | 1955 |
| Tales of the Texas Rangers | Pete Diamond | 1955 |
| It Came from Beneath the Sea | Helicopter Pilot | 1955 |
| King Dinosaur | Dr. Ralph Martin | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Steve Randall | 1955 |
| A Bullet for Joey | Jack Allen | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Peter Shipstead | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mr. Hanson / Gen. Magruder | 1954 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Stephen Barrington | 1954 |
| Battle of Rogue River | Corporal | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Stanwhite | 1954 |
| The Ray Milland Show | 1953 | |
| Sky Commando | Lt. John 'Johnny' Willard (as William R. Klein) / Lt. John 'Johnny' Willard | 1953 |
| The 49th Man | FBI Agent in Montage / FBI Agent in Montage (as William R. Klein) | 1953 |
| Off Limits | Soldier | 1952 |
| Voodoo Tiger | Co-Pilot | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Sheriff Buck Stinson / Johnny Meadows / Capt. Lippert | 1952 |
| Purple Heart Diary | Lt. Hughes | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | The Pinto Kid | 1951 |
| People Will Talk | Student Manager | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Dr. Jeff Laughton / Clem Orton | 1951 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Man in Postal Line | 1950 |
| My Blue Heaven | Minor Role | 1950 |
| The Web | Self - Narrator | 1950 |
| When Willie Comes Marching Home | B-17 Crew Member in Cockpit | 1950 |
| Twelve O'Clock High | Radio Operator | 1949 |
