William Lanteau
{{Short description|American actor (1922 – 1993)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = William Lanteau
| image = William_Lanteau_in_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_1960.jpg
| caption = William Lanteau in The Andy Griffith Show 1960
| birth_name = William Lanctot
| birth_date = November 12, 1922
| birth_place = St. Johnsbury, Vermont, US
| death_date = November 3, 1993 (aged 70)
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, US
| known_for = Character actor
| years_active = 1954–1991
}}
William Lanteau (born William Lanctot) (November 12, 1922 – November 3, 1993) was an American character actor. Among his best known roles are Charlie the mail carrier in On Golden Pond{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/06/obituaries/william-lanteau-70-character-role-actor.html |title=William Lanteau, 70, Character-Role Actor |author=The Associated Press |author-link=The Associated Press |date=6 November 1993 |access-date=16 July 2018 |page=1001054 |newspaper=The New York Times}} and mayor Chester Wanamaker{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/how-the-second-season-of-newhart-proves-sitcoms-ne-201118 |website=The A.V. Club |title=How the second season of Newhart proves sitcoms need time to learn |last=VanDerWerff |first=Emily |date=2 December 2014 |access-date=16 September 2019 |publisher=Onion, Inc.}} in Newhart.
Life and career
Lanteau was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. During WWII he was in the Army.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/06/obituaries/william-lanteau-70-character-role-actor.html|title=William Lanteau, 70, Character-Role Actor|publisher=New York Times via Associated Press|date=November 6, 1993|accessdate=January 5, 2021}} His first television appearance was in 1954 in an episode of Goodyear Television Playhouse. He appeared in over 80 television shows, among them The Donna Reed Show, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The Andy Griffith Show, Here's Lucy, Wonder Woman, No Soap, Radio, Centennial and Amen. He appeared in the first season of Barnaby Jones in an episode titled "To Denise, with Love and Murder" (April 22, 1973). He also appeared in the movies Li'l Abner (1959), The Honeymoon Machine (1961), Sex and the Single Girl (1964), Hotel (1967), From Noon till Three (1976), On Golden Pond (1981), Cold Steel (1987), and Shadow of a Doubt (1991).Other notable appearances on television included The Twilight Zone , Dr. Kildare, Perry Mason, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Waltons, CHiPs, Trapper John, M.D., Diff'rent Strokes, Hart to Hart, Cagney & Lacey, Cheers, Murder, She Wrote, The Wonder Years, Newhart, Amen, and Coach
Death
He died of complications from heart surgery on November 3, 1993, at age 70.{{cite news |title=W. Lanteau; Stage, Screen, TV Performer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-05-mn-53385-story.html |access-date=25 November 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=5 November 1993}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Li'l Abner | Available Jones | |
| 1960 | The Facts of Life | Airline Clerk | |
| 1961 | The Honeymoon Machine | Tommy Dane | |
| 1962 | That Touch of Mink | Leonard | Uncredited |
| 1963
|The Twilight Zone - The Bard |Dolan |Season 4, Episode 18 | |||
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl | Sylvester | |
| 1967 | Hotel | Mason | |
| 1976 | From Noon till Three | Reverend Cabot | |
| 1981 | On Golden Pond | Charlie Martin | |
| 1987 | Cold Steel | Sam Modine |
References
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- 3. Demetria Fulton previewed William Lanteau's appearance in the first season of Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "To Denise, with Love and Murder" (April 22, 1973).
External links
- {{IMDb name|0487140}}
- {{IBDB name|94403}}
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Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:People from St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Category:Male actors from Vermont
Category:20th-century American male actors
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