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| H.M. Wynant | |
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| Born | Chaim Weiner 1926 or 1927 (age 97–98) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–present |
H. M. Wynant (born Chaim Weiner; 1926 or 1927) is an American film and television actor.
Biography
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Wynant was born in Detroit, Michigan to Bessie and Jacob Weiner from Zabłotów, Poland (present-day Zabolotiv, Ukraine). He made his feature film debut as a Native American in Samuel Fuller's Run of the Arrow (1957). The following year, in Walt Disney film Tonka, Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian.
His film credits include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958); The Slender Thread (1965); Track of Thunder (1967); The Helicopter Spies (1968); Marlowe (1969); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); Hangar 18 (1980); Earthbound (1981); and Solar Crisis (1990). He played a villain who fought Elvis Presley in the 1963 film, It Happened at the World's Fair.
Among his many television credits are appearances on shows such as Playhouse 90, Sugarfoot, Hawaiian Eye, Combat!, The Wild Wild West, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Frontier Circus, Get Smart, Hawaii Five-O, The Big Valley, Hogan's Heroes, Bat Masterson, Mission: Impossible, Quincy, M.E., and Dallas.
Partial filmography
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 2 Episode 3: "De Mortuis") - Truck Driver (credited as Haim Winant)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Patron at Toots Shor's (uncredited)
- Run of the Arrow (1957) - Crazy Wolf
- Decision at Sundown (1957) - Spanish
- Oregon Passage (1957) - Black Eagle
- Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) - Corpsman Hendrix (uncredited)
- Tonka (1958) - Yellow Bull
- It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) - Vince Bradley
- The Wheeler Dealers (1963) - Bo Bluedog (uncredited)
- The Slender Thread (1965) - Doctor Morris
- Track of Thunder (1967) - Maxwell Carstairs
- The Search for the Evil One (1967)
- Sail to Glory (1967) - Captain Dick Brown
- The Helicopter Spies (1968) - The Aksoy Brothers (archive footage)
- The Virginian (TV series) (1968) (Season 7 Episode 5: "The Wind of Outrage") - Sturdevant
- Marlowe (1969) - Sonny Steelgrave
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) - Hoskyns
- The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, TV Movie) - Frank Driscoll
- The Last Tycoon (1976) - Man at Dailies (uncredited)
- Grand Jury (1976) - Mr. Potter
- Hangar 18 (1980) - Flight Director
- Earthbound (1981) - Dave
- Solar Crisis (1990) - IXL executive #1
- The Big Empty (1997) - J.W. McCreedy
- Whigmaleerie (2005) - Hector MacDougall
- Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007) - Dr. Applethorpe
- The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2008) - General Scottmanson
- Dark and Stormy Night (2009) - Dr. Van Von Vandervon
- Yesterday Was a Lie (2009) - Art Patron
- Footprints (2011) - Victor
- Marafon (2013) - David
- The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015) - 'Montague Shaw' as Andrew
- Living Room Coffin (2018) - Terry
References
- ^ "Soul of blessed memory". The Detroit Jewish News. 2017-09-21. p. 60.
- "TV-Movie Actor Uses Initials". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. North America Newspaper Alliance. April 25, 1957. p. 39. Retrieved July 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- H. M. Wynant at IMDb
- James Arness! Elvis! "Run of the Arrow"! Being Bad with H.M. Wynant A WORD ON WESTERNS