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William Bryant

Actor William Bryant began his career in the 1953 film The 49th Man. Working steadily through the '50s to the '80s, he made appearances on popular series including Combat!, The Rebel, Gunsmoke, Hondo, Bonanza, The Fall Guy and Simon & Simon. In film he is known for playing the Baron's guard in The Great Race and Bill Kinmont in the Oscar-nominated The Other Side of the Mountain and its sequel, The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2.


Aliases
  • Bill Bryant
  • William R. Klein
  • Bill Brant
English
  • Born In Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Born January 31, 1924
  • Died June 26, 2001
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  • Modified July 24, 2023 by
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Black Noon

1971
as Jacob

Cave In!

1980
as Jack Miller

The 49th Man

1953
as FBI Agent in Montage (as William R. Klein)

Steel Cowboy

1978
as Jennings

A Bullet for Joey

1955
as Jack Allen (from L.A.)

Death in Space

1974
as Major Doc Henry - Astronaut

Massacre at Sand Creek

1956
as Lt. Norman Tucker

Powderkeg

1971
as Major Bill Buckner

Wild Rovers

1971
as Hereford

Heaven with a Gun

1969
as Bart Paterson

The Satan Bug

1965
as Lead Agent "X-Ray", drives car

Hell Squad

1986
as Nightclub owner

Corvette Summer

1978
as Plain Clothes Police Lecturer

Sky Commando

1953
as Lt. John 'Johnny' Willard

The Child Stealer

1979
as Dan Miller

The Great Race

1965
as Baron's Guard

King Dinosaur

1955
as Dr. Ralph Martin

Apache Vengeance

1971
as Sheriff Martin Lord

Hondo

1967
as Col. Crook

Mountain Family Robinson

1979
as Forest Ranger

The Last Survivors

1975
as Captain Harris (as Bill Bryant)

How to Murder Your Wife

1965
as Construction Worker

Guest Star

Episode Columbo
Mind Over Mayhem
1974
Episode Emergency!
Simple Adjustment
1975
Episode Mackenzie's Raiders
Death Road
1959
Episode Columbo
Requiem for a Falling Star
1973
Episode Branded
The Assassins (1)
1966
Episode Emergency!
Back-Up
1975
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Night of the Plague
1969
Episode Gunsmoke
The Constable
1959
Episode The Rifleman
Gunfire
1962
Episode The Rifleman
The Assailants
1962
Episode Banacek
A Million the Hard Way
1972
Episode The Rebel
Dark Secret
1959
Episode Branded
The Assassins (2)
1966
Episode Emergency!
Tee Vee
1975
Episode The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Run for the Money (3)
1979
Episode Barnaby Jones
The Killing Defense
1973
Episode Emergency!
Communication Gaffe
1974
Episode Gunsmoke
Chato
1970
Episode The Fall Guy
Goin' for It!
1982
Episode McCloud
Somebody's Out to Get Jennie
1971
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
King Dinosaur
1990
Episode Combat!
Ollie Joe
1966
Episode The Fall Guy
Bail and Bond
1982
Episode Steve Canyon
Strike Force
1959
Episode Matt Houston
The Centerfold Murders
1983
Episode Mannix
Portrait of a Hero
1972
Episode The Rebel
The Hostage
1961
Episode Gunsmoke
The Iron Men
1974
Episode The Rebel
The Waiting
1960
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
Wrong Train to Brimstone
1971
Episode Emergency!
Surprise
1974
Episode The Rebel
Vindication
1960
Episode The Fall Guy
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold
1982
Episode Combat!
The Long Walk
1964
Episode Mannix
Eight to Five, It's a Miracle
1968
Episode The Untouchables
Takeover
1962
Episode Simon & Simon
The Least Dangerous Game
1981
Episode Lou Grant
Witness
1979
Episode Dallas
Tangled Web
1983
Episode Rawhide
The Race
1964
Episode Gunsmoke
Bureaucrat
1957
Episode The Rebel
The Ballad of Danny Brown
1961
Episode M Squad
The Watchdog
1957
Episode McCloud
Butch Cassidy Rides Again
1973
Episode Combat!
The Leader
1966
Episode Scarecrow and Mrs. King
A Relative Situation
1985
Episode Barnaby Jones
The Deadly Conspiracy (Part 2)
1975
Episode The Rebel
The Proxy
1961
Episode The Guns of Will Sonnett
Stopover in a Troubled Town
1968
Episode Falcon Crest
Requiem
1984
Episode The Rifleman
Shivaree
1959
Episode McMillan and Wife
The Man Without a Face
1974
Episode The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Gambler
1955
Episode B.J. and the Bear
Run for the Money (1)
1979
Episode Steve Canyon
The Gift
1958
Episode The Bionic Woman
Jaime's Shield (1)
1976
Episode Branded
The Mission (1)
1965
Episode Barnaby Jones
Final Ransom
1976
Episode Petrocelli
Four the Hard Way
1974
Episode Batman: The Animated Series
Showdown
1995
Episode Wagon Train
The Robert Harrison Clarke Story
1963
Episode Gunsmoke
Quaker Girl
1966
Episode Branded
The Golden Fleece
1966
Episode The Fall Guy
Happy Trails
1983
Episode The Bionic Woman
Jaime's Shield (2)
1976
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Small Potatoes
1978
Episode McCloud
Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue
1970
Episode Mission: Impossible
Mastermind
1969
Episode The Rifleman
The Apprentice Sheriff
1958
Episode Combat!
Decision
1966
Episode Branded
The Mission (2)
1965
Episode Branded
Call to Glory (3)
1966
Episode Branded
A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers
1966
Episode Bret Maverick
Dateline: Sweetwater
1982
Episode Cannon
The Deadly Conspiracy (1)
1975
Episode The Fall Guy
Ready, Aim...Die!
1982
Episode Bronco
One Came Back
1961
Episode Peter Gunn
The Deep End
1961
Episode Cannon
Killer on the Hill
1975
Episode Playhouse 90
Massacre at Sand Creek
1956
Episode Combat!
The Outsider
1966
Episode Casey Jones
The Gunslinger
1957
Episode Combat!
Gadjo
1967
Episode B.J. and the Bear
Odyssey of the Shady Truth
1979
Episode Emergency!
The Girl on the Balance Beam
1976
Episode Emergency!
Smoke Eater
1975
Episode Sugarfoot
Outlaw Island
1959
Episode Emergency!
Foreign Trade
1974
Episode Ben Casey
Of All Save Pain Bereft
1962
Episode Cagney & Lacey
Act of Conscience
1986
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Sleeping Dogs
1982
Episode Gunsmoke
Alias Festus Haggen
1972
Episode Rawhide
The Vasquez Woman
1965
Episode The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons Go to Hawaii (2)
1980
Episode Combat!
The Bankroll
1966
Episode Combat!
Conflict
1966
Episode The Rebel
Johnny Yuma at Appomattox
1960
Episode O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
Operation: Smoke Screen
1972
Episode Combat!
Cat and Mouse
1962
Episode Branded
Call to Glory (1)
1966
Episode B.J. and the Bear
Run for the Money (2)
1979
Episode The Rebel
Glory
1960
Episode How the West Was Won
The Enemy
1979
Episode Ironside
Class of '40
1974
Episode The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Rin Tin Tin and the Missing Heir
1956
Episode Empire
End of an Image
1963
Episode Ironside
Riddle Me Death
1972
Episode Battlestar Galactica
Fire in Space
1978
Episode Magnum, P.I.
The Legacy of Garwood Huddle
1984
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Charley Red Dog
1959
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Uneasy Grave
1961
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall (1)
1989
Episode Maverick
Prey of the Cat
1958
Episode Gunsmoke
False Front
1962
Episode Dallas
Hell Hath No Fury
1983
Episode The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons Go to Hawaii (3)
1980
Episode The Fall Guy
Scavenger Hunt
1982
Episode B.J. and the Bear
Run for the Money (3)
1979
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
Jailbreak at Junction City
1971
Episode The Rockford Files
The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
1975
Episode Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Hand of the Goral
1981
Episode McCloud
The Park Avenue Rustlers
1972
Episode The Rebel
You Steal My Eyes
1960