William Bryant (actor)

{{Infobox person

| name = William Bryant

| image = William Bryant in Lock Up (End of the World).jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Bryant in an episode of Lock-Up (1959)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|1|31}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|6|26|1924|1|31}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1950–1995

| spouse =

}}

William Bryant (born William Robert Klein;{{cite news|title=More doors are opening for Bogalusa actor William Bryant|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1035309842/| newspaper=The Daily News |publication-place=Bogalusa, Louisiana |publisher=Wick Communications | date=Mar 13, 1975| page=1| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=March 16, 2025}} January 31, 1924 – June 26, 2001) was an American actor.

Film

Born in Detroit, Bryant was a character actor who appeared in films such as King Dinosaur (1955), Escape from San Quentin (1957), Experiment in Terror (1962) with Glenn Ford, How to Murder Your Wife and The Great Race with Jack Lemmon, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), McQ (1974), and Walking Tall Part II'' (1975).

He also played several roles in the classic western movies Heaven with a Gun (1969), Chisum (1970), Macho Callahan (1970), Wild Rovers (1971), The Deadly Trackers (1973).

Television

Most of his career was made on television, including Hallmark Hall of Fame, Frontier, Casey Jones, Tales of the Texas Rangers, The Gray Ghost, Maverick, The Rebel, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Rifleman(S5 E7 "The Assailants"), Laramie, The Virginian, Rawhide, Lancer, Miami Undercover, The Blue Angels, Ripcord, Combat!, Empire, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Gunsmoke (S2E25 - “Bureaucrat”, S4E37 - “The Constable” & S12E12 - “Quaker Girl”), Bonanza, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, Death Valley Days, Alias Smith and Jones, Banacek, McCloud, Columbo, Petrocelli, Cannon, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Code R, The Fall Guy, Shazam!, Hardcastle and McCormick and many others.

He played Colonel Crook in sixteen episodes of the TV series Hondo, was on Emergency! (1972–1978) as different engine company captains, Branded (1965) as General Ulysses S. Grant, and in Lancer (1968) as Sheriff Gabe.

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1949 \| Twelve O'Clock High \| Radio operator \| Uncredited
1953 \| The 49th Man \| FBI Agent in Montage \| as William R. Klein
1953 \| Sky Commando \| Lt. John 'Johnny' Willard \| as William R. Klein
1954 \| Battle of Rogue River \| Corporal \| as Bill Bryant
1955 \|A Bullet for Joey \| Jack Allen \| as Bill Bryant
1955 \| King Dinosaur \| Dr. Ralph Martin \| as Bill Bryant
1957 \| Escape from San Quentin \| Richie \|
1957 \| Jet Pilot \| Radar Monitor \| Uncredited (filmed in 1949, but, not released until 1957)
1962 \| Gunsmoke (TV Series) \| Joe \|”False Front” (S8E15) \|
1962 \| Experiment in Terror \| Chuck \|
1962/1967 \| Combat! (TV series) \| Maj O'Connors, Larkin, Maynard, McCall \| 9 episodes (6 as McCall)
1965 \| How to Murder Your Wife \| Construction Worker \|
1965 \| Branded (TV series) \| General\President Ulysses S. Grant \| 8 episodes
1965 \| The Great Race \| Baron's Guard \|
1966 \| Ride Beyond Vengeance \| Bartender \|
1966 \| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? \| Minow \|
1967 \| Hondo \| Col. Crook \| 16 episodes
1968/1969 \| Lancer \| Sheriff Gabe \|
1969 \| Smith! \| Corporal/Court Bailiff (uncredited) \|
1969 \| Heaven with a Gun \| Bart Paterson (cattleman) \|
1970 \| The Animals \| Sheriff Martin Lord \|
1970 \| Chisum \| Jeff (Head Wrangler) \|
1970 \| Macho Callahan \| Dealer \|
1971 \| Wild Rovers \| Hereford \|
1971 \| The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler \| Craig Harmon \|
1972 \| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes \| Man at Auction (uncredited) \|
1972 \| Banacek \| Burns \| episode: A Million the Hard Way
1973 \| The Deadly Trackers \| Deputy Bill \|
1974 \| McMillan & Wife \| Father Regan \| episode: The Man Without a Face
1974 \| McQ \| Sgt. Stan Boyle \|
1975 \| Walking Tall Part II \| F.B.I. Man \|
1975 \| The Other Side of the Mountain \| Bill Kinmont \|
1976 \| The Macahans (TV film) \| Major at Shiloh \|
1976 \| Gable and Lombard \| Colonel \|
1976 \| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color \| Mr. Hanson \| episodes: The Flight of the Grey Wolf: Parts 1 & 2
1976 \| Shazam! \| Harry Miller \| episode: Ripcord
1976 \| Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (TV film) \| Kent \|
1976 \| Two-Minute Warning \| Lt. Calloway \|
1972/1978 \| Emergency! (TV series) \| Engine Captains \|
1978 \| Switch (TV series) \| Lt. Shilton \|
1978 \| The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 \| Bill Kinmont \|
1978 \| Corvette Summer \| Plain Clothes Police Lecturer \|
1978 \| Battlestar Galactica \| Fire Leader \|
1978 \| Mountain Family Robinson \| Forest Ranger \|
1979 \| The Legend of the Golden Gun (TV film) \| William Ford \|
1979 \| The Billion Dollar Threat (TV film) \| Harry Grebe \|
1982/1984 \| The Fall Guy (TV series) \| The Director \|
1986 \| The Education of Allison Tate \| Chauffeur \|
1986 \| Hell Squad \| Nightclub owner \|
1987 \| Amazon Women on the Moon \| Male Republican \| as Bill Bryant

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1949

| Twelve O'Clock High

| Radio operator

| Uncredited

1953

| The 49th Man