William Windom

Windom is the platonic ideal of the working character actor, and I have enormous affection for that breed. A Williams College man with an Emmy for comedy lead, he could carry a show, yet he's best remembered for support: Dr. Seth Hazlitt opposite Angela Lansbury, and Commodore Decker in Star Trek. That tells you everything. He understood that a story often lives or dies on the player beside the star. Stage, screen, television, he gave his whole life to the craft until 2012. I'll always root for actors who serve the work over the spotlight.

Name (English)

William Windom

Name (Japanese)

ウィリアム・ウィンダム

Reading

うぃりあむ・うぃんだむ

Born

September 28, 1923 – August 16, 2012

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

film actor / television actor / stage actor / actor

University

Williams College

Awards & achievements

• 1970 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Windom%20(actor)
• 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%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561666

Tags

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

Last updated

2026-06-18

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