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William Bryant

William Bryant

21 movies on Netflix

Biography

William Bryant was an American character actor who was born in Detroit in 1924 and died in 2001. Much of his career was spent on television, where he appeared in series such as Maverick, The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, Columbo, and The Rockford Files. He also played Colonel Crook in sixteen episodes of Hondo, different engine company captains on Emergency!, General Ulysses S. Grant in Branded, and Sheriff Gabe in Lancer. On film, he appeared in King Dinosaur (1955), Experiment in Terror (1962) with Glenn Ford, How to Murder Your Wife (1965) and The Great Race (1965) with Jack Lemmon, McQ (1974), Walking Tall Part II (1975), and What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966). He also played roles in westerns including Heaven with a Gun (1969), Wild Rovers (1971), Macho Callahan (1970), and The Deadly Trackers (1973).

77years old at death

  • Born Detroit
  • Died Woodland Hills
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
30 years1949 to 1979

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. King Dinosaur1955 Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fias Dr. Ralph Martin

    IMDb rating 2.31.8K votes

  2. Corvette Summer1978 Adventure, Comedyas Plain Clothes Police Lecturer

    IMDb rating 5.74.4K votes

  3. The Other Side of the Mountain1975as Bill Kinmont

    IMDb rating 6.41.5K votes

  4. Experiment in Terror1962as Chuck

    IMDb rating 7.37.6K votes

  5. The Great Race1965as Baron's Guard

    IMDb rating 7.222K votes

  6. McQ1974as Stan Boyle

    IMDb rating 6.26.6K votes

  7. How to Murder Your Wife1965as Club Member

    IMDb rating 6.48.2K votes

  8. A Bullet for Joey1955as Jack Allen

    IMDb rating 6.01.5K votes

Most often with

Blake Edwards directed four of these films. Thirteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What William Bryant's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$61.6 million

6 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 21 films: 6 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 12 figure not found.

  • 6Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 12Figure not found

Highest grossing

The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Great Race1965as Baron's Guard
    $25M41.1% of the total
  2. 2
    Corvette Summer1978as Plain Clothes Police Lecturer
    $16M25.2% of the total
  3. 3
    How to Murder Your Wife1965as Club Member
    $12M19.5% of the total
  4. 4
    People Will Talk1951as Student Manager
    $4.2M6.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Twelve O'Clock High1949as Radio Operator
    $3.2M5.2% of the total
  6. 6
    $1.4M2.3% of the total