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William Windom

Born: 28 September 1923 (100 years old)
Gender: Male

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William Windom (28 September, 1923 – 16 August, 2012) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt on the television drama series Murder, She Wrote, from 1985-1996.

He was known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone; playing Glen Morley, a fictional congressman from Minnesota based on Windom's own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter; the character of John Monroe on the sitcom My World and Welcome to It, for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series; as Commodore Matt Decker, commander of the doomed U.S.S. Constellation in the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine"; the character Randy Lane in the Emmy-nominated Night Gallery episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar"; and for voicing Puppetino in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night.

He died on 16 August, 2012, aged 88, at his home in Woodacre, California, from congestive heart failure.


Television Roles

Show

Character

Lou Stappleford

Kris Porter/Santa Claus

Amos Krebbs

Charles Baines

Ossie Connors

Harlan Henderson

Prof. Barnett

Wayne Altfield

K.C. Milano

Charles Flanagan

Captain James T. Lyle

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Dr. Seth Hazlitt

Commodore Decker

Reporter Al Massey

Sgt. Jack Keeler

Russell L. 'Russ' Rankin

John Kovic

Monsignior Frank Carruthers


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