William Fawcett
William Fawcett
From his first film appearance in 1946 until his retirement sometime in the late 1960s, the wizened, rusty-voiced actor William Fawcett specialized in cantankerous farmers, grizzled old prospectors and Scroogelike millionaires. He worked frequently at Columbia, appearing in that studio's quota of "B" westerns and Arabian Nights quickies, as well as such serials as The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949), in which he played the juicy bad-guy role of Merlin the Magician. Though occasionally seen in sizeable parts in "A" pictures--he played Andy Griffith's septuagenarian father in No Time For Sergeants (1957)--Fawcett's appearances in big-budgeters frequently went unbilled, as witness The Music Man (1962) and What a Way to Go (1964). Baby boomers will fondly recall William Fawcett as ranch-hand Pete ("who cut his teeth on a brandin' iron") in the Saturday-morning TV series Fury (1956-60). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of William Fawcett:
- The Gnome-Mobile with Walter Brennan , Ed Wynn , Richard Deacon , Jerome Cowan , Gil Lamb , Ellen Corby , Alvy Moore , Dale vanSickel , Parley Baer
- Ace in the Hole with Kirk Douglas , Jan Sterling , Porter Hall , Ray Teal , Gene Evans , Frank Jaquet , Iron Eyes Cody , Bert Moorhouse
- Valley of Fire with Gene Autry , Pat Buttram , Gail Davis , Harry Lauter , Teddy Infur , Riley Hill , Duke York , John "Skins" Miller , Pat O'Malley
- Gypsy with Rosalind Russell , Natalie Wood , Karl Malden , Parley Baer , Harvey Korman , Jack Benny
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