
John McLiam
Department: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John McLiam (born John Williams; January 24, 1918 – April 16, 1994) was a Canadian 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. Early life He attended St. Mary's College of California (Moraga, California). During World War II he served in the United States Navy as an intelligence officer, having received a Bronze Star. After the war he worked briefly as a journalist for the San Francisco Examiner. He took McLiam, the Gaelic form of his real surname Williams, as a stage name. Acting career His acting career began in Maxwell Anderson's Winterset in San Francisco in 1946. After a few roles in plays in California he moved to New York. His first Broadway role was as a guard in Maxwell Anderson's Barefoot in Athens in 1951. His other stage roles include Shaw's Saint Joan, and Tiger at the Gates, Christopher Fry's version of a Jean Giraudoux play, which ran 1959–60 on Broadway. He appeared in the original Broadway cast of One More River (1960). He moved to California in 1960 to work in film and television. His film roles included a cockney ne'er-do-well in My Fair Lady (1964), Boss Kean in Cool Hand Luke (1967), In Cold Blood (1967) as murder victim Herbert Clutter, John acted as the pilot/flight instructor for Aunt Bee in Season 8 of The Andy Griffith Show, "Aunt Bee's Big Moment" Halls of Anger (1970), Woody Allen's Sleeper (1973), rancher David Braxton in The Missouri Breaks (1976), and Orval in First Blood (1982). He played Jimmy Tomorrow in John Frankenheimer's American Film Theater movie of The Iceman Cometh (1973), alongside Fredric March, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges. Personal life McLiam and his wife Roberta had a daughter, Claire. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California in 1994 from melanoma and Parkinson's disease. McLiam was interred at the Santa Barbara Cemetery at Santa Barbara, California. CLR
Known For

First Blood
1982

Dempsey
1983

The Iceman Cometh
1973

The Missouri Breaks
1976

The Food of the Gods
1976

Monte Walsh
1970

Big Jake
1971

Halls of Anger
1970

Split Decisions
1988

Madigan
1968

Dead to the World
1961

R.P.M.
1970

The End of August
1981

The Return of the Incredible Hulk
1977

A Chant of Silence
1973

Walk Like a Man
1987

J. Edgar Hoover
1987

My Fair Lady
1964

The Ambush Murders
1982

Lucky Lady
1975

In Cold Blood
1967

The Dove
1974

Cool Hand Luke
1967

The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975

Freedom Road
1979

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980

Legend in Granite
1973

Showdown
1973

The Five of Me
1981

Riverrun
1968

Voyager from the Unknown
1984

Sleeper
1973

Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968

Shadow of Fear
1979

Fall From Grace
1990

The Reivers
1969

Runaway!
1973

Delta County, USA
1977

If Tomorrow Comes
1971

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975

The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979

Bite the Bullet
1975

Mistress of Paradise
1981

Hitched
1973

The Call of the Wild
1976

The Secret of the Pond
1975

Richard II
1982

The Fugitive
1963

The Twilight Zone
1959

Honey West
1965

Dallas
1978

The Fugitive
1963

M*A*S*H
1972

The Fugitive
1963

Ghost Story
1972

Perry Mason
1957

Hunter
1984

Matt Helm
1975

Mission: Impossible
1966

The Twilight Zone
1959

Bonanza
1959

87th Precinct
1961

Highway to Heaven
1984

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

The Outer Limits
1963

Bret Maverick
1981

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Get Smart
1965

12 O'Clock High
1964

Starsky & Hutch
1975

12 O'Clock High
1964

The Virginian
1962

The A-Team
1983

The Virginian
1962

Barnaby Jones
1973

Ironside
1967

The Untouchables
1959

The Invaders
1967

Mission: Impossible
1966

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Incredible Hulk
1977

Daktari
1966

Ironside
1967

The F.B.I.
1965

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

Hell Town
1985

The Virginian
1962

Decoy
1957

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Untouchables
1959

The Untouchables
1959

Falcon Crest
1981

Falcon Crest
1981

Mannix
1967

My Three Sons
1960

Mannix
1967

The Wild Wild West
1965

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

My Three Sons
1960

T. J. Hooker
1982

The Mod Squad
1968

The Invisible Man
1975

Magnum, P.I.
1980

T. J. Hooker
1982

87th Precinct
1961

Northern Exposure
1990

The Big Story
1949

Highway to Heaven
1984

Gavilan
1982

Three for the Road
1975

Mannix
1967

Harry O
1974

The Untouchables
1959

Wagon Train
1957

Archie Bunker's Place
1979

Beauty and the Beast
1987