William Redfield

William Redfield reads to me like the kind of dependable, hardworking actor the industry quietly relies on. A New York native, he moved fluidly across theater, film, radio, and television from a young age, and was also an author, which tells me he had a thoughtful, articulate side beyond performing. His death at 49 in 1976 strikes me as genuinely sad, cutting short a career that clearly had range. I don't have a long list of credits in front of me, but a working actor who covered every medium of his era earns my respect. He's the sort of professional whose face you'd recognize before his name.

Name (English)

William Redfield

Name (Japanese)

ウィリアム・レッドフィールド

Reading

うぃりあむ・れっどふぃーるど

Born

January 26, 1927 – August 17, 1976

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• New York
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.