William Traylor

Biography

Career Overview

William Traylor has 35 screen credits in a career dating back to 1955. Their work is anchored in the Fletch universe with 2 titles. Signature works include The Postman Always Rings Twice, Diary of a Bachelor, S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

35

Birth Date

1930-10-08 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kirksville, Missouri, USA

Known For

• 

  The Postman Always Rings Twice
• 

  Diary of a Bachelor
• 

  S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
• 

  The Legend of Hillbilly John
• 

  Destination Space
• 

  Beverly Hills Madam

Associated Universes

• Fletch (2 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sam Edwards (2 collaborations)
• Jack Nicholson (1 collaborations)
• Jessica Lange (1 collaborations)
• John Colicos (1 collaborations)
• Michael Lerner (1 collaborations)
• John P. Ryan (1 collaborations)
• Anjelica Huston (1 collaborations)
• Thomas Hill (1 collaborations)
• Jon Van Ness (1 collaborations)
• Brian Farrell (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (35 credits)

  • Dead Bang

    Elton Tremmel

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Fletch Lives

    Mr. Underhill

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Beverly Hills Madam

    Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Fletch

    Ted Underhill

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

    General Catburd

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Man with Two Brains

    Inspector

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Keeping On

    Peter Jefferson

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice

    Sackett

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • The Long Riders

    The Pinkertons

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

    Lacey

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

    Coach

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Lou Grant

    - Beachhead (1982) ... actor actors
    1977
  • Fear on Trial

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Smile

    Ray Brandy

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • One of Our Own

    Bill Hinshaw

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Baretta

    - The Dippers (1976) ... actor actors
    1975
  • Starsky & Hutch

    - Captain Dobey, You're Dead! (1975) ... actor actors
    1975
  • The Execution of Private Slovik

    Rossiter

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Legend of Hillbilly John

    Rev. Millen

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Little House on the Prairie

    - Fight Team Fight! (1980) ... Pete Ellerbee actor actors
    1974
  • The Rockford Files

    - Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune! (1974) ... Wilson actor actors
    1974
  • Cisco Pike

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Kung Fu

    - The Way Of Violence Has No Mind (1974) ... Maulpede actor actors
    1972
  • Incident in San Francisco

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Colossus: The Forbin Project

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Boston Strangler

    Arnie Carr

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Windflowers

    FBI Agent

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Adam-12

    - Log 123: Courtroom (1969) ... James Brown actor actors
    1968
  • Mannix

    - The Faces of Murder (1973) ... actor actors
    1967
  • The F.B.I.

    - The Inheritors (1970) ... Lester Hunter actor actors
    1965
  • Diary of a Bachelor

    Skip

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Daniel Boone

    - The Terrible Tarbots (1969) ... Tom Stoneman actor actors
    1964
  • Destination Space

    Space Ship Crew

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Naked City

    - One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World (1962) ... Melvin Shaw actor actors
    1958
  • The Last Frontier

    Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955