William Roerick
William Roerick
Fans of the long-running CBS network soap opera Guiding Light will remember distinguished-looking actor William Roerick for playing Henry Chamberlain, the father of characters Vanessa Chamberlain Lewis and Quinton McCord Chamberlain from 1980 through his death in 1995, but his career extends much further back than that and includes many years as a highly regarded performer on Broadway and in Hollywood. Like many other actors, he received his basic training on stage. He made his debut in a 1936 production of Hamlet. During WWII, he was part of a touring production of Irving Berlin's This Is the Army; in 1943, he appeared in the film version. Roerick resumed his stage career and did not reappear in feature films until the mid-'50s, with The Harder They Fall (1956). He subsequently appeared sporadically in films until his final appearance in The Betsy (1978). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Filmography of William Roerick:
- God Told Me To with Mason Adams , Harry Bellaver , Tony LoBianco , Sandy Dennis , Robert Drivas , James Dukas , Al Fann , John Heffernan , Andy Kaufman , Mike Kellin , Sam Levene , Richard Lynch , Robert Nichols , George Patterson , Deborah Raffin , Lester Rawlins , Dan Resin , Sylvia Sidney , Watter Steele , Sherry Steiner , Vida Taylor , James Dixon , Peter Hock , Randy Jurgensen , Harry Madsen , Alex Stevens , Alan Cauldwell , Bobby Ramsen
- The Harder They Fall with Humphrey Bogart , Rod Steiger , Jan Sterling , Mike Lane , Max Baer , Edward Andrews , Jersey Joe Walcott , Harold J. Stone , Carlos Montalban , Nehemiah Persoff , Felice Orlandi , Herbie Faye , Rusty Lane , Jack Albertson , Val Avery , Tommy Herman , Vinnie DeCarlo , Pat Comiskey , Matt Murphy , Abel Fernandez , Marian Carr , Tina Carver , Lillian Culver , Jack Daly , Patricia Dane , Elaine Edwards , Everett Glass , Frank S. Hagney , Mort Mills , Stafford Repp , Sandy Sanders , Charles Tannen , Paul H. Frees , Don Kohler , Diana Mumby , Russ Whiteman , Emily Belser , Ralph Gamble , Joe Herrera , Mark Scott , J. Lewis Smith , Richard Norris
- The Day of the Dolphin with George C. Scott , Trish VanDevere , Paul Sorvino , Fritz Weaver , Jon Korkes , Edward Herrmann , John David Carson , Leslie Charleson , Severn Darden , Phyllis Davis , John Dehner , Julie Follansbee , Brooke Hayward , Victoria Racimo , Florence Stanley , Buck Henry , Elizabeth Wilson , Pat Englund , Willie Myers
- The Betsy with Laurence Olivier , Robert Duvall , Katharine Ross , Tommy Lee Jones , Jane Alexander , Lesley-Anne Down , Joseph Wiseman , Kathleen Beller , Edward Herrmann , Paul Rudd , Roy Poole , Richard Venture , Titos Vandis , Clifford David , Inga Swenson , Carol Williard , Charles Fields , Whitney Blake , William Cain , Fred Carney , Maury Cooper , Norman Palmer , Reed Morgan , Mary Petrie , Russell Porter
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