600



Post # 600 - an extra sad moment....a great man has left us.

Born: September 28, 1923

One of my favorite actors of all time...

He was on the stage in 1940's and also appeared in some feature films including 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird.  Mostly though audiences will remember him for his MANY MANY appearances on television between 1949 and the early 2000's. 

The list includes (but is not limited to):
"The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse"
"Robert Montgomery Presents"
"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse"
"Ben Casey"
"The Donna Reed Show"
"The Lucy Show"
"The Twilight Zone"
"77 Sunset Strip"
"The Fugitive"
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre"
"Star Trek"
"Bonanza"
"All in the Family"
"Cannon"
"Marcus Welby, M.D."
"The Waltons"
"Columbo"
"Ironside"
"Love, American Style"
"The F.B.I."
"Mission: Impossible"
"Hawaii Five-O"
"Mannix"
"The Tony Randall Show"
"McMillan & Wife"
"Police Woman"
"Quincy M.E"
"Dallas"
"Barney Miller"
"One Day At a Time"
"Fantasy Island"
"Mama's Family"
"The Facts of Life"
"St. Elsewhere"
"Amen"
"Parenthood"
"L.A. Law"
"Batman: The Animated Series"
"Murphy Brown"
"Burke's Law"
"Judging Amy"
"Ally McBeal"

For me he will always be Dr. Seth Hazlitt, the good friend to Jessica Fletcher (Anglea Lansbury) on "Murder, She Wrote" which ran from 1984 to 1996.  He passed away on August 16, 2012...

In Memoriam Remembers:
William Windom


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