|
|
Post by mattgarth on Dec 10, 2020 20:04:59 GMT
I also remember him as the dynamite salesman in FOOLS PARADE with Jimmy Stewart.
|
|
spiderwort
Junior Member
@spiderwort
Posts: 2,100
Likes: 9,421
|
Post by spiderwort on Dec 10, 2020 20:40:53 GMT
Thanks for the great tribute, paul. I'm a big fan of Windom's. And I had the good fortune to meet him when he was on location in Kansas shooting THE GYPSY MOTHS in 1968. Have pictures of him somewhere. A very good actor and a very nice man. Here from GYPSY MOTHS with Gene Hackman and Scott Wilson. He played Deborah Kerr's husband in the film, competing with Burt Lancaster for her affections.  |
|
|
|
Post by OldAussie on Dec 10, 2020 22:50:14 GMT
We watched The Farmer's Daughter when I was a kid so I was shocked years later when I saw The Detective - he was SO different in that.
|
|
|
|
Post by teleadm on Dec 11, 2020 7:05:47 GMT
Once I knew who he was, much thank's to his many appearances on Murder, She Wrote, I've begun to recognize him for many movies and television productions. A great actor capable of both comedy and drama.  The President in Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971  Captain Spaulding in The Americanization of Emily 1964  I remember My World and Welcome to It from childhood, but didn't know it was William Windom or who he was. |
|
|
|
Post by jervistetch on Dec 11, 2020 20:47:26 GMT
He played frozen turkey thief Charlie Snead in THE HOMECOMING, the pilot film for “The Waltons” TV series. Oddly, I consider that my favorite Christmas movie of all time. Think I’ll watch it tonight.  |
|
|
|
Post by petrolino on Dec 12, 2020 0:40:56 GMT
He became a member of John Hughes' stock company in the 1980s.
|
|
|
|
Post by petrolino on Dec 12, 2020 1:06:18 GMT
He became a member of John Hughes' stock company in the 1980s. Hughes liked using old time familiar faces in quirky supporting roles. He brought Paul Gleason, one of my favourite character actors, a degree of recognisability through his work in film. Gleason had been part of Roger Corman's large, revolving stock company and was a man born of the drive-in.
|
|
