John McLiam

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-01-24 (76 years old)

Deathday

1994-04-16

Place of Birth

Alberta, Canada

John McLiam

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. Afte...

Acting

1982

First Blood

as Orval the Dog Man

1983

Dempsey

as Hyrum Dempsey

1973

The Iceman Cometh

as Jimmy Tomorrow

1976

The Food of the Gods

as Mr. Skinner

1976

The Missouri Breaks

as David Braxton

1970

Monte Walsh

as Fightin' Joe Hooker

1971

Big Jake

as Army Officer (uncredited)

1970

Halls of Anger

as Boyd Wilkerson

1988

Split Decisions

as Pop McGuinn

1968

Madigan

as Dunne (uncredited)

1961

1970

R.P.M.

as Rev. Blauvelt

1981

1973

A Chant of Silence

as Father Richards

1987

Walk Like a Man

as H.P. Truman

1987

J. Edgar Hoover

as A. Mitchell Palmer

1964

My Fair Lady

as Harry (uncredited)

1982

The Ambush Murders

as Judge Collier

1975

Lucky Lady

as Rass Huggins

1967

In Cold Blood

as Herbert Clutter

1974

The Dove

as Lyle Graham

1967

Cool Hand Luke

as Boss Keen

1972

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

as Thorton Pierce

1979

Freedom Road

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1973

Legend in Granite

as Dom Olejnickzak

1973

Showdown

as F.J. Wilson

1981

1968

Riverrun

as Jeffries

1984

1973

Sleeper

as Dr. Agon

1990

Fall From Grace

as Rev. Aubrey Sara

1969

The Reivers

as Van Tosch

1973

Runaway!

as Conductor

1977

Delta County, USA

as Cap McCain

1971

If Tomorrow Comes

as Father Miller

1975

Bite the Bullet

as Gebhardt

1981

Mistress of Paradise

as Nathan MacKay

1973

Hitched

as Pete Hunter

1976

1975

1982

Richard II

as John of Gaunt

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