William Windom

William Windom (September 28, 1923 – August 16, 2012) was an American actor. Known as a character actor of the stage and screen, he is famous for his recurring role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt alongside Angela Lansbury in the CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote and his memorable guest role as Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek.

Windom made his television debut in 1949 in the NBC anthology series The Philco Television Playhouse. He continued acting in shows such as Studio One, Masterpiece Playhouse, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. During this time, he also appeared on The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek. He then gained acclaim in his television career for his portrayal of cartoonist John Monroe in the short-lived NBC sitcom My World and Welcome to It (1969–1970), winning him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

He then guest-starred in various programs, including Columbo, Night Gallery, Marcus Welby M.D., and Quincy M.E. before gaining acclaim for his recurring role on the CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote (1986–1996), portraying Dr. Seth Hazlitt of Cabot Cove opposite Angela Lansbury. During this time, he also appeared on other programs, including St. Elsewhere, Magnum, P.I., Newhart, L.A. Law, and Murphy Brown, and voiced Uncle Chuck in Sonic the Hedgehog. His final television appearances include roles in Ally McBeal and The District.

Windom is also known for his film roles in the Academy Award-winning movie To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Americanization of Emily (1964), The Detective (1968), Brewster McCloud (1970), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), She's Having a Baby (1988), Uncle Buck (1989), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and True Crime (1999).

Early life Windom was born in Manhattan in New York City, the son of Paul Windom, an architect, and Isobel Wells (née Peckham).

Career His screen career began in the 1950s. Windom appeared in various TV series, including Omnibus and Robert Montgomery Presents. He continued guest-starring in series during the 1960s including playing The Major in "Five Characters in Search of an Exit", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone; Windom considered this guest appearance as his West Coast television debut. He later reported that Richard Widmark was originally offered the role, but when Widmark learned that the pay was only to be $1,000, he turned it down. Actress Susan Harrison, who played the Ballerina, got first billing, while Windom got second.

His first leading role came in the sitcom The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1966), a series based on the 1947 film about a young Minnesota woman (played by Inger Stevens) who became the housekeeper for a widowed congressman (Windom). It ran for three seasons.

Windom's first role in film was alongside Gregory Peck in the Oscar-winning movie To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); he played Horace Gilmer, the prosecutor of Tom Robinson (Brock Peters).

He appeared on The Donna Reed Show, Gunsmoke, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible (four episodes), and Ironside.

In Star Trek, he played Commodore Matt Decker, commander of the doomed USS Constellation, in the 1967 episode "The Doomsday Machine", a role he reprised nearly 40 years later for Star Trek: New Voyages. He played a recurring role (three episodes) in "The Invaders" in 1967. In 1968, Windom guest-starred on Ironside in the episode "Trip to Hashbury."

Also in 1968, Windom starred alongside Peter Falk and Gene Barry in the TV movie Prescription: Murder, the pilot for the TV series Columbo. He starred in another episode of the series titled "Short Fuse" in 1972. In 1971 he played a supporting role alongside Jimmy Stewart, George Kennedy, and Kurt Russell in the Columbia production Fools' Parade.

Windom starred with Frank Sinatra in the film The Detective (1968), playing a homophobic killer, a role appreciated in The New York Times. The following year, he had the lead role as cartoonist John Monroe in the sitcom My World and Welcome to It. Although the series only aired for one season, he won the 1970 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

In 1971, Windom guest-starred as a victim of blackmail on Cannon in the episode "Death Chain". In 1974, he guest-starred as Marklund, a grieving father and kidnapper, on Chopper One in the episode "The Drop". In 1975, he guest-starred as George Kane, a desperate drug dealer, in the series finale of Mannix in the episode "Hardball".

In 1980, he appeared as Amos Krebbs, the alleged father of Ray Krebbs, on the hit primetime television drama Dallas on the episode "The Fourth Son".

Windom toured the country in a one-man James Thurber show. Afterward, he filmed the pilot for a new series Is There a Doctor in the House? with Rosemary Forsyth that was not picked up by a network.

Windom joined Murder, She Wrote in October 1985 as Dr. Seth Hazlitt. He had previously appeared on the series as a guest star playing another character in April 1985. The producers invited him thereafter to return at the beginning of the second season in a continuing role. Windom briefly left the show in 1990 to work on the first television version of Parenthood, based on the 1989 film of the same name, playing the role of patriarch Frank Buckman—a role played by Jason Robards in the film and, later, Craig T. Nelson in the second TV version. The show was canceled after 12 episodes and Windom returned to Murder, She Wrote as a semiregular. Windom appeared in 53 episodes of Murder, She Wrote, second only to Lansbury.

Windom continued to appear in film and TV guest roles during the 1990s and 2000s, including Sommersby (1993), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), and series including Ally McBeal (2000) and The District (2001). His final acting appearance came in the 2005 drama Yesterday's Dreams.

Personal life Windom married Carol Keyser in New York City in August 1947. They worked together and he worked for her father selling insurance for three years. They divorced in December 1955. In 1958, he married actress Barbara Joyce. She was six years older than Windom. He soon moved to California for work. Windom said the marriage lasted three years, although the divorce was not finalized until 1963. A few weeks later, he married his third wife, Barbara Clare. She was the granddaughter of MGM's founder, Louis B. Mayer, and 11 years Windom's junior. He became stepfather to Barbara's two daughters. His first child, Rachel, was born in 1964. Windom and Barbara divorced in 1968. In October 1969, he married his fourth wife, Jacqulyn D. Hopkins, 19 years his junior. They had two daughters: Heather Juliet (b. 1970) and Hope Teresa (b. 1973).

In 1974, Windom met Patricia (Fehrle) Tunder while shooting a TV movie; 12 years his junior, she was working for the production company at the time. Almost a year later, in July 1975, he filed for divorce from Jacqulyn. Windom married Patricia in 1975. In 1978, Windom welcomed his final child, a son named Rebel Russell.

Windom was a tournament chess player, a sailor, a tennis player, and a life member of the United States Chess Federation.

Death Windom died on August 16, 2012, at age 88 at his home in Woodacre, California, from congestive heart failure.

Filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird Horace Gilmer – Prosecutor Film debut 1963 Cattle King Harry Travers 1963 For Love or Money Sam Travis 1963 One Man's Way Rev. Clifford Peale 1964 The Americanization of Emily Captain Harry Spaulding 1967 Hour of the Gun Texas Jack Vermillion 1968 The Detective Colin MacIver 1968 The Angry Breed Vance Patton 1969 The Gypsy Moths John Brandon 1970 Brewster McCloud Haskell Weeks 1971 The Mephisto Waltz Dr. Roger West 1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes The President 1971 Fools' Parade Roy K. Sizemore 1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't Prof. Lufkin 1972 The Man Arthur Eaton 1975 Stevie, Samson and Delilah Narrator 1976 Echoes of a Summer Dr. Hallet 1978 Mean Dog Blues Victor Lacey 1978 Goodbye, Franklin High Clifford Armer 1981 Separate Ways Huey Block 1983 Last Plane Out James Caldwell 1984 Prince Jack Ferguson 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. Bob Cody 1985 Space Rage Gov. Torah 1987 Means and Ends Burt 1987 Funland Angus Perry 1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles Mr. Bryant Uncredited 1987 Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Puppetino (voice) 1987 Dead Aim McWhorter 1988 She's Having a Baby Russ Bainbridge 1989 Uncle Buck Mr. Hatfield (voice) 1991 Committed Dr. Magnus Quilly 1993 Sommersby Reverend Powell 1994 Miracle on 34th Street C.F. Cole 1996 Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering Doc Rob Larson 1999 True Crime Neil, the bartender 2000 The Thundering 8th Old Joe 2001 Early Bird Special Fred 2002 Raising Dead Chief Silton 2003 Dopamine Tom – Rand's Father 2003 Dismembered Police Capt. Hart 2005 Yesterday's Dreams Herb Radford Final film role

Television Year Title Role Notes 1949 The Philco Television Playhouse Tybalt/Dennis 2 episodes 1950 Lights Out Performer Episode: "The Heart of Jonathan O'Rourke" 1950 Masterpiece Playhouse King Richard III Episode: "Richard III" 1950–1951 Martin Kane, Private Eye Performer 1 episode 1950–1951 Famous Jury Trials Performer 1 episode 1950 Studio One Pilgrim Episode: "The Scarlet Letter" 1950–1951 Cameo Theatre Performer Various episodes 1950–1951 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Performer 1 episode 1951 The Plainclothesman Performer 1 episode 1951–1957 Robert Montgomery Presents Various Roles 4 episodes 1954–1955 The Secret Storm Performer Various episodes 1955 Appointment with Adventure Dan Vance Episode: "Relative Strangers" 1955 Omnibus Various 2 episodes 1957 Hotel Cosmopolitan Performer Various episodes 1958 Dial M for Murder Max Halliday Television Movie 1960 The Play of the Week Bob Episode: "Seven Time Monday" 1960 Guestward, Ho! Performer Episode: "The Christmas Spirit" 1961–1962 Surfside 6 Shrewdie McDoug/Robby Brooks 2 episodes 1961–1962 The Donna Reed Show Ed Perkins/David Adams 2 episodes 1961 The Twilight Zone The Major Episode: "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" 1961–1972 Gunsmoke Lee Sharkey/Paul Hill/Ira Spratt 3 episodes 1961 Armstrong Circle Theatre Performer Episode: "Black Market Babies" 1961 The Detectives Sutter Episode: "Tobey's Place" 1961 The New Breed Warren Giles Episode: "The Compulsion to Confess" 1961 Checkmate Peter Morell Episode: "Through a Dark Glass" 1961 Cheyenne Dennis Carter Episode: "Legacy of the Lost" 1961 Ben Casey Dr. Bill Owen Episode: "The Sweet Kiss of Madness" 1962–1963 77 Sunset Strip Calvin Otterman Cuthbert Carmichael 2 episodes 1962 Mrs. G. Goes to College Ernie Episode: "Goodbye Mr. Howell" 1962 Bus Stop Ed Henderson Episode: "The Ordeal of Kevin Brooke" 1962 Follow the Sun Meredith St. John Episode: "A Ghost in Her Gazebo" 1962 Thriller Lou Walters Episode: "Man of Mystery" 1962 Kraft Television Theatre Vincent Fuller Episode: "In Close Pursuit" 1962 The Gallant Men Private Jake Miller Episode: Pilot 1962 The Lucy Show Henry Taylor Episode: "Lucy Digs Up a Date" 1962 Seven Times Monday Bob Television Movie 1962 Stoney Burke Reese Ludlow Episode: "A Matter of Pride" 1963–1966 The Farmer's Daughter Congressman Glen Morley 101 episodes 1963 Combat! Captain Lew Anders Episode: "Off Limits" 1963 The Twilight Zone Dr. Charles Wallman Episode: "Miniature" 1963 Empire Lawrence Rowan Episode: "Hidden Asset" 1966 The F.B.I. Anton Christopher Episode: "The Assassin" 1966 Twelve O'Clock High Lt. Col. Bill Christy Episode: "Gauntlet of Fire" 1966 The Wild Wild West Ben Victor Episode: "The Night of the Flying Pie Plate" 1966 Iron Horse Colin McCrory Episode: "Town Full of Fear" 1967 Mission: Impossible Deputy Premier Milos Pavel Episode: "The Train" 1967 Run for Your Life Ralph Wilson Episode: "The List of Alice McKenna" 1967 The F.B.I. David Roger "Davey" Spiers Episode: "By Force and Violence" 1967 The Fugitive Professor Fritz Simpson Episode: "The Ivy Maze" 1967 Mission: Impossible Alex Cresnic Episode: "The Widow" 1967 Star Trek Commodore Matt Decker Episode: "The Doomsday Machine" 1967 The Invaders Maj. Rick Graves Episode: "Doomsday Minus One" 1967 Custer Clark Samson Episode: "Under Fire" 1967 Gentle Ben James Harkness Episode: "Jennifer" 1967 Dundee and the Culhane Robert Campbell Episode: "The Thy Brother's Keeper Brief" 1967 The Invaders Michael Tressider Episode: "Summit Meeting" 1967 Judd, for the Defense Ira Creighton Episode: "Commitment" 1968–1970 The Name of the Game Charlie Ross/Mr. John Price Episode: 2 episodes 1968–1972 Ironside Eldon Chase/Judge Van Buren Episode: 2 episodes 1968 Mannix Calvin Norris Episode: "The Girl in the Frame" 1968 The F.B.I. Howard Converse Episode: "The Nightmare" 1968 Columbo Burt Gordon Episode: "Prescription: Murder" 1968 Bonanza Marshal Passmore Episode: "Star Crossed"1968 The Virginian The DoctorSeason 6 Episode 11: "To Bear Witness" 1969 The Virginian Joss Cardine Episode: "Halfway Back from Hell" 1969–1970 My World and Welcome to It John Monroe 26 episodes 1969 Mannix Nils Sanderson Episode: "Shadow of a Man" 1969–1974 Hawaii Five-O Ossie Connors/Harlan Henderson 2 episodes 1969–1976 Medical Center Various roles 5 episodes 1969 The Mod Squad Fred Williams Episode: "Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie" 1969 Lancer Claude Buttermere Episode: "The Great Humbug" 1969 The Outcasts Lafe Partman Episode: "The Stalking Devil" 1969 The Outsider Bernard Christie Episode: "Service for One" 1969 CBS Playhouse Art Richardson Episode: "Shadow Game" 1969 My Friend Tony Phil Wiser Episode: "The Shortest Courtship" 1970–1972 Love, American Style Charlie/Harrison/Hubert 3 episodes 1970–1976 Insight God/Mr.Clark/Todd 3 episodes 1970 House on Greenapple Road Paul Durstine Television movie 1970 The Forty-Eight Hour Mile Bernard Christie Television movie 1971 The Virginian Foster Bonham Episode: "The Politician" 1971 That Girl Joseph Nelson Episode: "That Script" 1971 Mission: Impossible Stu Gorman Episode: "Blues" 1971 Big Fish, Little Fish William Baker Television Movie 1971 Assault on the Wayne Captain Frank Reardon Television Movie 1971 Alias Smith and Jones Jeremiah Daley Episode: "Wrong Train to Brimstone" 1971 Men at Law Dr. Simon Branby Episode: "Let the Dier Beware" 1971 Is There a Doctor in the House? Dr. Tim Newley Unsold television pilot 1971 All in the Family Eddie Frazier Episode: "Success Story" 1971 Escape Dr. Henry Walding Television Movie 1971 Cannon Harry Kendrix Episode: "Death Chain" 1971 A Taste of Evil Harold Jennings Television Movie 1971 Marriage: Year One Warren Duden Television Movie 1971 Cade's County Frank Leonard Episode: "Violent Echo" 1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. Sam Mason Episode: "Ask Me Again Tomorrow" 1971 Night Gallery Randy Lane Episode: "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" 1971 Robert Young Presents the Family Performer 1 episode 1971 The Man and the City Congressman Ralph Lawson Episode: "The Deadly Fountain" 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Charlie Snead Television Movie 1971 Jamison's Kids Performer Pilot episode 1972–1976 The Streets of San Francisco Various roles 3 episodes 1972 Columbo Everett Logan Episode: "Short Fuse" 1972 Second Chance Stan Petryk Television Movie 1972 The Jimmy Stewart Show Mike Carruthers Episode: "Old School Ties" 1972 The New Healers Mr. Farrigan Television Movie 1972 Banacek Harry Wexler Episode: "Projet Phoenix" 1972 Ghost Story Charlie Pender Episode: "The Summer House" 1972 The Rookies Frank Queenlin Episode: "Time Is the Fire" 1972 A Great American Tragedy Rob Stewart Television Movie 1972 Pursuit Robert Phillips Television Movie 1972 Night Gallery Prof. Putnam Episode: "Little Girl Lost" 1972 The F.B.I. Elias Devon Episode: "The Jug Marker" 1973–1974 The Girl with Something Extra Stuart Kline 2 episodes 1973 The Partridge Family Uncle Erwin Episode: "Bedknobs and Drumsticks" 1973 Mission: Impossible Paul Mitchell Episode: "The Fighter" 1973 The Girls of Huntington House Sam Duton Television Movie 1973 Winesburg, Ohio Dr. Reefy Television Movie 1973 The Flip Wilson Show Self 1 episode 1973 The Delphi Bureau Broker Episode: "The Terror Broker Project" 1973 Dr. Simon Locke/Police Surgeon Delbert Norman Woodward Episode: "Losers, Weepers" 1973 Tenafly Weyburn Episode: "The Cash and Carry Caper" 1973 Griff Christopher Woods Episode: "The Last Ballad" 1973 Hawkins Joe Hamilton Episode: "A Life for a Life" 1974–1975 Petrocelli Alan Brewster/Alex Mayberry 2 episodes 1974–1977 McMillan & Wife Whalen/Ted Hoffenstein 2 episodes 1974–1977 Police Woman Ted Adrian/Silky Chamberlain 2 episodes 1974 Chopper One Marklund Episode: "The Drop" 1974 Murder in the First Person Singular Alfred Emerson Television Movie 1974 The Day the Earth Moved Judge Tom Backsler Television Movie 1974 Male Menopause: The Pause That Perplexes Performer PBS Special 1975–1981 Barney Miller George Webber/Voice of Cellmate Episode: 3 episodes 1975 The Abduction of Saint Anne Ted Morrisey Television Movie 1975 Lucas Tanner Ed Michaelson Episode: "Shattered" 1975 Journey from Darkness Dr. Cavaliere Television Movie 1975 Mannix George Kane Episode: "Hardball" 1975 S.W.A.T. Ross Collins Episode: "A Coven of Killers" 1975 Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case Walt Adamson Television Movie 1975 Doctors' Hospital Dr. Ralph Keyes Episode: "Surgeon, Heal Thyself" 1976 Bridger Sen. Daniel Webster Television Movie 1976 Doc Dr. Pike Episode: "Come Scrub with Me" 1976 Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours Arthur Springfield Television Movie 1976 The Bionic Woman Warfield Episode: "Black Magic" 1976 Gibbsville Charlie Paxton Episode: "Saturday Night" 1976 The Feather and Father Gang General Northrup Episode: "Two-Star Killer" 1976 Once an Eagle Gen. Duke K Pulleyne Miniseries 1976 The Tony Randall Show Hamilton Kiss Episode: "Case: Money vs. Stature" 1976 Heck's Angels Col. Gregory Heck Pilot Episode 1977 Seventh Avenue John Meyers Miniseries 1977 Hunter Josef Patel Episode: "The Lysenko Syndrome" 1977 Quincy, M.E. Arthur Brandeis Episode: "The Hot Dog Murder" 1977 Family Howard Stone Episode: "An Endangered Species" 1977 The Wonderful World of Disney Phil Wainwright Episode: "The Bluegrass Special" 1977 The Oregon Trail Packy Devlin 2 episodes 1977 Kojak K.C. Milano Episode: "Once More from Birdland" 1978 Hunters of the Reef Panama Cassidy Television Movie 1978 W.E.B. Paul Brisbane Episode: "Good Night and Good Luck" 1979–1982 Trapper John, M.D. Harry Duvall/Theodore Rankin 2 episodes 1979–1983 The Love Boat Bill Kelly/Harold Wallingford 3 episodes 1979 Brothers and Sisters Larry Krandall 12 episodes 1979 Blind Ambition Richard Kleindienst Miniseries 1980 Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger Mons. Soldini Television Movie 1980 Landon Landon & Landon Ben Landon Pilot episode 1980 Dallas Amos Krebbs 2 episodes 1981 Walking Tall Matthew Whittaker Episode: "The Protectors of the People" 1981 Quick & Quiet Thaddeus Charles "T.C." Cooper Pilot episode 1981 The Incredible Hulk Sgt. Jack Keeler Episode: "East Winds" 1981 Foul Play Franklin Mills Episode: "Play It Again Tuck" 1981 100 Years of Golden Hits Thomas Edison TV special 1981 One Day at a Time Mr. Tiller Episode: "Caveat Emptor" 1981 Leave 'em Laughing Smiley Jenkins Television Movie 1981 Side Show Byron Gage Television Movie 1981 Flamingo Road Charlie Banks Episode: "The Stranger" 1982 A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion Governor Thomas Bennett, Jr. Television Movie 1982–1983 Matt Houston Dr. Walter Belkamp 2 episodes 1982 Fantasy Island Bill Ackland Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl/The Whistle" 1982 Desperate Lives Dr. Jarvis Television Movie 1982 The Rules of Marriage George Olsen Television Movie 1982 Hart to Hart Charles Baines Episode: "With This Hart, I Thee Wed" 1982 The Suzanne Somers Show Landlord Unaired Pilot episode 1983 The Greatest American Hero Henry Williams Episode: "Live at Eleven" 1983 The A-Team Al Massey Episode: "Mexican Slayride" 1983 Mama's Family Woody Miller Episode: "Mama's Boyfriend" 1983 The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour Bronco Mallory Television Movie 1983 The Facts of Life Pete Dawson Episode: "Store Games" 1983 Lottery! Arthur Episode: "Boston: False Illusion" 1983 Automan Judge Alexander Farnsworth Episode: "Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever" 1984 St. Elsewhere Charlie Halloran Episode: "In Sickness and in Health" 1984 Simon & Simon Dr. Lloyd – Chief of Surgery Episode: "Under the Knife" 1984 Why Me? General Television Movie 1984 Reading Rainbow Self Episode: "Hot Air Henry" 1984 The Yellow Rose Mayor Virgil Mapes Episode: "Far Side of Fear" 1984 Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks) Mayor Malcolm Wallwood Television Movie 1984 Pink Panther and Sons Dr. Marcus Wealthy/Ticket Seller Voice; Episode: "Rocko's Last Round" 1984 Velvet Government Official Television Movie 1984 Hot Pursuit Performer Episode: "Twilight Home" 1984 Hunter Commissioner Larry Crenshaw Episode: "The Hot Grounder" 1985–1996 Murder, She Wrote Sam Breen/Dr. Seth Hazlitt Recurring Role; 53 episodes 1985 Highway to Heaven Rev. David Stearns Episode: "A Child of God" 1985 Surviving: A Family in Crisis Dr. Madsen Television Movie 1985 Hotel Uncle Ray Episode: "Anniversary" 1985 Hardcastle and McCormick James Maxwell Episode: "Surprise on Seagull Beach" 1985 Dirty Work Cmdr. Leevanhoek Pilot 1985 The Jetsons Saturn Cyclops Episode: "Elroy in Wonderland" 1985 Airwolf Lou Stappleford Episode: "Eagles" 1985 Knight Rider Wayne Altfield Episode: "Knight Racer" 1985GlitterPerformer1 Episode 1986 Magnum, P.I. Captain James T. Lyle Episode: "All Thieves on Deck" 1986 Comedy Factory Herb Medlock Episode: "Moscow Bureau" 1986 There Must Be a Pony Lee Hertzig Television Movie 1987 Mathnet Judge Herman Hoffman Episode: "The Trial of George Frankly" 1987 Square One Television Judge Hoffman 3 episodes 1987 Newhart Lew Brooney Episode: "Good-Bye & Good Riddance, Mr. Chips" 1987 Sky Commanders 'Cutter' Kling (voice) 2 episodes 1987 Dennis the Menace Mr. George Wilson Television Movie 1989 Have Faith Alex Episode: "Letters from Home" 1990–1991 Parenthood Frank Buckman 12 episodes 1990 His & Hers Doug's Father Episode: "Just Plain Bill" 1990 Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Judge Thatcher Television Movie 1990 Amen Nick St. Nicholas 2 episodes 1991 Babes Darryl Kloner Episode: "All Bummed Out" 1991 The Fanelli Boys Ernie 2 episodes 1991 Chance of a Lifetime Dr. Edelman Television Movie 1992 L.A. Law Charles Flanagan Episode: "Diet, Diet My Darling" 1992 Batman: The Animated Series Ethan Clark (voice) Episode: "Prophecy of Doom" 1992 Goof Troop Uncle Bob Episode: "Major Goof" 1992 Camp Candy voice 1 Episode 1993–1994 Sonic the Hedgehog Uncle Chuck (voice) 25 episodes 1993 Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman Hamilton Cobb Television Movie 1994 Murphy Brown Ross Bowen Episode: "Be Careful What You Wish For" 1995 Burke's Law Dale Montrose Episode: "Who Killed the Tennis Ace?" 1996 Fugitive X: Innocent Target Uncle Billy Television Movie 1996 Working Guy Stockdale Unaired Pilot 1998 Boy Meets World Ned Episode: "Ain't College Great?" 1999 Judging Amy Prof. Barnett Episode: "Witch Hunt" 1999 Chicken Soup for the Soul Judge Episode: "Rescued" 2000 Ally McBeal Henderson Porter Episode: "The Man with the Bag" 2001 Providence Harold Joyce Episode: "The Invisible Man" 2001 The District Harlan Kirby Sr. Episode: "Bulldog's Ghost" 2002 JAG Fmr. Chief of Naval Operations Episode: "Need to Know" 2004 Star Trek: New Voyages Commodore Matt Decker Episode: "In Harm's Way"

Theatre

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result1970 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series My World and Welcome to It