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John McLiam was a film and television 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.
Birth Name
John Williams
Born
Thursday, 24 January 1918
Died
Saturday, 16 April 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Life and Times | Martin | 1991 |
| Northern Exposure | Soapy Sanderson | 1990 |
| Fall from Grace | Rev. Aubrey Sara | 1990 |
| Split Decisions | Pop McGuinn | 1988 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Fento | 1987 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Sam Denton | 1987 |
| Walk Like a Man | H.P. Truman | 1987 |
| Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Jessie | 1986 |
| A Death in California | Judge Carter | 1985 |
| V | Jacob | 1984 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Life and Times | Martin | 1991 |
| Northern Exposure | Soapy Sanderson | 1990 |
| Fall from Grace | Rev. Aubrey Sara | 1990 |
| Split Decisions | Pop McGuinn | 1988 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Fento | 1987 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Sam Denton | 1987 |
| Walk Like a Man | H.P. Truman | 1987 |
| Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Jessie | 1986 |
| A Death in California | Judge Carter | 1985 |
| V | Jacob | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Harry Stevens | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Ted Simpson / Carl Fred Simms | 1984 |
| Hunter | Dr. Harry Montclair | 1984 |
| Riptide | E.G. Shaw | 1984 |
| Dempsey | Hyrum Dempsey | 1983 |
| Two Marriages | Woody Daley | 1983 |
| The A-Team | George Nemchek | 1983 |
| Gavilan | Streblov | 1982 |
| First Blood | Orval / Orval the Dog Man | 1982 |
| Voyagers! | Dr. Bernard | 1982 |
| Tales of the Gold Monkey | Dowser | 1982 |
| T.J. Hooker | John P. Hooker / Father DeMarco | 1982 |
| The Ambush Murders | Judge Collier | 1982 |
| Voyager from the Unknown | Dr. Bernard | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Commissioner Harold Witken / Carl Beck | 1981 |
| Bret Maverick | Doc Holliday | 1981 |
| Simon & Simon | Dr. Matthew Kuney | 1981 |
| The End of August | Colonel | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | Dr. Turlock | 1981 |
| The Five of Me | Father | 1981 |
| Walking Tall | Father Forrester | 1981 |
| Nero Wolfe | Jason Crowle | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Elsworth Chisolm / Oscar Stone | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Johnnie Wells | 1980 |
| Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | Gahto | 1980 |
| Freedom Road | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1979 |
| Archie Bunker's Place | Vinnie Mulvaney | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Dr. Emmett Whitlock | 1979 |
| The Legend of the Golden Gun | Jake Powell | 1979 |
| Dallas | Wally Kessel | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Michael | 1977 |
| Lucan | Hap | 1977 |
| Captains and the Kings | Robert | 1976 |
| Kingston: Confidential | Douglas White | 1976 |
| The Food of the Gods | Mr. Skinner | 1976 |
| The Call of the Wild | Prospector | 1976 |
| The Missouri Breaks | David Braxton | 1976 |
| Spencer's Pilots | Cal Atkins | 1976 |
| City of Angels | Judge Marquette | 1976 |
| Lucky Lady | Rass Huggins | 1975 |
| Three for the Road | Thurman Parsons | 1975 |
| Bite the Bullet | Gebhardt | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Professor Jennings / Lionel 'Gramps' Fitzgerald Sr | 1975 |
| The Turning Point of Jim Malloy | Mr. Kelly | 1975 |
| Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Jailer Sutton | 1975 |
| Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | John Beachwood / John Beechwood | 1975 |
| Planet of the Apes | Gahto | 1974 |
| The Dove | Lyle Graham | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Harris / Elliott Reed / Caleb Fisher | 1974 |
| Sleeper | Dr. Agon | 1973 |
| Legend in Granite | Dom Olejnickzak | 1973 |
| The Iceman Cometh | Jimmy Tomorrow | 1973 |
| Runaway! | Conductor | 1973 |
| Showdown | F.J. Wilson | 1973 |
| Harry O | The Old Salt | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Dwight Hopkins / Sheriff Anderson / Sheriff Coyle | 1973 |
| The Wide World of Mystery | Father Richards | 1973 |
| M*A*S*H | Col. Woody Cooke | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Dr. Joseph Hyland | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Nathan Moore | 1972 |
| The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Thorton Pierce | 1972 |
| Circle of Fear | Titus Paul | 1972 |
| If Tomorrow Comes | Father Miller | 1971 |
| Cade's County | Howard Kingman | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Ramsey | 1971 |
| Cannon | Capt. Al Corday / Sean Loomis | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Dr. Harding | 1971 |
| Big Jake | Army Officer | 1971 |
| Hitched | Pete Hunter | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Frank Brinkley | 1971 |
| Monte Walsh | Fightin' Joe Hooker | 1970 |
| The Interns | Father Dooley | 1970 |
| R.P.M. | Rev. Blauvelt | 1970 |
| Halls of Anger | Boyd Wilkerson | 1970 |
| Riverrun | Jeffries | 1970 |
| The Reivers | Van Tosch | 1969 |
| The Young Lawyers | Louis Luther | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Judge R.M. Wiley | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Captain Griggs | 1969 |
| The Good Guys | Frank | 1968 |
| Lancer | Nathan Benedict | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Sam | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Ralph Hastings | 1968 |
| Madigan | Dunne | 1968 |
| In Cold Blood | Herbert Clutter | 1967 |
| Mannix | Benny / Frank Blaney / Harry Forrest / Tim Fogerty | 1967 |
| Ironside | Father Holt / Trash | 1967 |
| Cool Hand Luke | Boss Keen | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Hotel Clerk | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Anton Usakos / Dr. Wilson Cardel | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Harrington | 1966 |
| The Monroes | Sgt. Duncan McMurdoch | 1966 |
| Daktari | Sean Murphy | 1966 |
| Get Smart | Seidlitz | 1965 |
| Convoy | Dr. Farris | 1965 |
| Honey West | Gordon | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Tucker | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Jess Harland / David Callander / Nettles / Lester Milton | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | 1965 | |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Perkins | 1965 |
| My Fair Lady | Harry | 1964 |
| Profiles in Courage | Montgomery | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Charles Bane / Jedediah Corbett / Mathew Elbridge | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Mayor Hickey / Fisherman / Doker Drew | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Andrews | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Hobo Robber | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Flynn | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | John Howard | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Alec Neal / Deputy Kelton / Jeff / Sheriff Grover | 1963 |
| Breaking Point | Grant | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Arjay Beasley | 1963 |
| The Gallant Men | Pvt. Archie Bolt | 1962 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Coroner | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Fred Carrol | 1962 |
| Empire | Pat Sullivan | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Parker / John Pierce / Eben McDevitt / Eb Smalley / Carl O'Neill | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Inspector | 1962 |
| The Dakotas | Madigan | 1962 |
| The New Breed | Henry Joy | 1961 |
| Window on Main Street | Ellis | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Harry Farnum / Andrew Carter | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Carl | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Menlo / Charles Reynolds | 1961 |
| Dead to the World | Goody | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. MacDonald | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Postman Brophy / Douglas / Reverend MacDougal | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Lee R. Anderson | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Sheriff | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Percey | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Cop / Guard / Man | 1959 |
| Deadline | Goucher | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Sheriff Matson | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Harry Carlis | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Ty Lawson | 1959 |
| Brenner | Detective Will / Detective Klee | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Driver / Father Donovan / Rick Landy / Trucker | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Bartender | 1959 |
| Decoy | Mike / Father Kelley | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Councilman William Daniels | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Latch | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Mayor Harper | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Henry Moore | 1957 |
| Gunsmoke | Dougherty / Jud / O'Quillian / Sam Kinney / Stableman / Bender / Delphos / Doherty | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Uncle Ben / Ephrem Killigrew | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Sgt. Major Jack Pollard | 1953 |
| Death Valley Days | Walter Watson / Terrence O'Toole / Frank Kileen / Dan Mickelson / Chris Ryder | 1952 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Lt. Tobin | 1950 |
| The Big Story | Hank Messick / Walter Bedford | 1949 |
| Studio One | Captain Grimm / Captain Emerson | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 |
