William Kendis

{{short description|American television actor}}

{{Infobox person

|name = William Kendis

|image = Man with a Camera (Six Faces of Satan) scene.jpg

|caption = Kendis (left) with Eve McVeagh in Man with a Camera, 1958

|birth_name = William Kaleviano{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87015426/william-kendis/|title=William Kendis|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 30, 1980|access-date=October 13, 2021|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1916|05|27}}

|birth_place = New Hampshire, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1980|12|17|1916|05|27}}

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

|occupation = Television actor

|years_active = 1955–1967

}}

William Kaleviano (May 27, 1916 – December 17, 1980) was an American television actor. Born in New Hampshire. Kendis appeared in the private detective television series Michael Shayne, playing Emmett Hughes. He guest-starred in television programs, including an appearance as murder victim Walter Prescott in the legal drama television series Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Lame Canary",{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmX_mIf32TAC|title=Raymond Burr: A Film, Radio and Television Biography|page=435|first=Ona|last=Hill|publisher=McFarland|date=September 9, 2011|isbn=9780786491377|via=Google Books}} with also playing Carey Post in the western television series Gunsmoke episode "Joe Phy".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|page=537|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=1996|isbn=9780786401581 |via=Google Books}} He also guest-starred in television programs including Colgate Theatre, The Rifleman, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Decision, Bewitched, The Detectives, 77 Sunset Strip, Bachelor Father, Family Affair, The Flying Nun, Leave it to Beaver and Peter Gunn. One of his known appearances included as Olmstead in the American anthology television series The Twilight Zone in the episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_Z1DwAAQBAJ|title=Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination|page=243|first=Nicholas|last=Parisi|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|date=October 24, 2018|isbn=9781496819451|via=Google Books}}{{cite web |url=https://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Decision.htm |title=Decision |author= |date=|website=ctva.com |publisher=CTVA – The Classic TV Archive |access-date= 4 June 2024}}

Kendis died in December 1980 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 64.