Will McMillan

William George McMillan (November 25, 1944 – December 2, 2015) was an American actor, producer, and director.

Will McMillan
Born	William George McMillan (1944-11-25)November 25, 1944 Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 2, 2015(2015-12-02) (aged 71) Burbank, California
Occupations	Actor producer director
Years active	1972–2012
Spouse	Laura Bahrs (m. 1981–2015, his death)
Children	4
Parent(s)	William Claude and Nellie McMillan

Early life

McMillan was born on November 25, 1944, in Steubenville, Ohio, to William Claude and Nellie McMillan.^[1] While attending Weir High School, he played both offense and defense for the football team that won the 1960 State Championship.^[1] McMillan attended Washington & Jefferson College where he received a BA degree.^[1] He attended Boston University where he received a Masters of Fine Arts.^[1]

Career

Film

In the 1970s, McMillan moved to California to pursue a career in acting.^[2] In 1972, he started his career with White Rat as Lieutenant. McMillan next starred as David in the 1973 film The Crazies. In 1976, he starred in The Enforcer, the third in the Dirty Harry film series, as Lt. Dobbs. In 1983, McMillan starred in Tin Man as Artie. In 1986, he starred in Oliver Stone's Salvador as Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

Television

McMillan guest starred in a number of television shows including Three's Company, Charlie's Angels, Knight Rider, Hunter, Knots Landing, Matlock, and Diagnosis: Murder. In 1984, he would land the role of Boris Roskov on ABC's General Hospital.

Later career

McMillan would enter into a different medium, Videos. He was in 1986's Cards of Death as Captain Twain, 1990's Dark Romances Vol. 1 as a bartender, and 1994's Schemes as a mean junkman.

Personal life and death

McMillan married Laura Bahrs in 1981.^[1] They had 4 children.

He died on December 2, 2015, in Burbank, California.^[1][2] He was survived by his wife, Laura and their four children, and a sister.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	White Rat	Lieutenant	Directed by Steven Mullin.
1973	The Crazies	David	Also known as Code Name: Trixie Credited as W.G. McMillan American science fiction horror-action film written and directed by George A. Romero.	[3]
1974	The Sister-in-Law	Edward Strong	Credited as W.G. McMillan Written and directed by Joseph Ruben in his directorial debut. Received an R rating from the MPAA.	[4]
1976	Goldenrod	Ethan Gifford
	The Enforcer	Lt. Dobbs	American action film and the third in the Dirty Harry film series. Directed by James Fargo.	[5][6][7][8][9]
1980	Used Cars	Police Sergeant
	Christmas Evil	Young Man
1983	Tin Man	Artie	Directed by John G. Thomas.	[10]
1986	Salvador	Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.	War drama film written by Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle and directed by Stone.	[11][12][13]
1993	Aspen Extreme	Beard	Uncredited
1994	Bad Girls	Colonel Clayborne	Western film directed by Jonathan Kaplan.
2005	Monarch of the Moon	Col. Slate
2008	Jada	Hutch	Dramatic film directed by Clifton Powell.
	Unbound	Warden	Directed by Wes Llewellyn. Written by Amanda Llewellyn.
	Eva's Desert	War Hero	Directed by Lisa Miosi.
2009	Broken	Grandfather	Directed by Patrick G. Ingram.
2010	The Challenge	God	Written, directed, shot, edited and produced by Alex Berteanu with the close help of Tibi Cosneanu.
2011	Eye of the Storm	Verizombie	Australian drama film directed by Fred Schepisi. An adaptation of Patrick White's 1973 novel of the same name. Won the critics award for best Australian feature at the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival.	[14][15]
2012	House Arrest	Judge	Directed by William Washington., (final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1977	The Four of Us	Andy	unsold pilot
1977	Three's Company	Policeman	Episode: "Alone Together" (S 2:Ep 6) Credited as W.G. McMillan
1980	Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb		TV film directed by David Lowell Rich
1981	Charlie's Angels	John Wheeler	Episode: "Mr. Galaxy" (S 5 :Ep 15)
	Little House on the Prairie	Bartender	Episode: "Chicago" (S 8:Ep 8)
	The Greatest American Hero	Kerner	Episode: "Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard" (S 1:Ep 5)
1982	Little House on the Prairie	3rd Man	Episode: "A Faraway Cry" (S 8:Ep 20)
	The Greatest American Hero	Commander	Credited as Will MacMillan Episode: "Good Samaritan" (S 2:Ep 19)
	Father Murphy	Bartender	Episode: "The Father Figure" (S 2:Ep 2)
1983	Knight Rider	Sheriff Casey	Episode: "Ring of Fire" (S 2:Ep 10)
1984	The A-Team	Joe	Episode: "Sheriffs of Rivertown" (S 3:Ep 10)
	General Hospital	Boris Roskov	Credited as William MacMillan Unknown episodes
1985	Riptide	Hobbs	Episode: "Boz Busters" (S 2:Ep 15)
	Hunter	Will Donaldson	Episode: "The Garbage Man" (S 1:Ep 11)
	Hunter	Parole Officer	Episode: "Guilty" (S 1:Ep 16)
1986	Moonlighting	Agent Dayton	Episode: "Symphony in Knocked Flat" (S 3:Ep 3)	[16]
1987	Fame	Kenneth Garth	Episode: "Go Softly Into Morning" (S 6:Ep 11)
	Hill Street Blues	Fire Marshal	Episode: "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" (S 7:Ep 22)
	Werewolf	Sheriff Brandt	Episode: "Nothing Evil in These Woods" (S 1:Ep 7)
	Knots Landing	Lieutenant Cox	Episode: "Half-Truths" (S 9:Ep 4)
1989	Nearly Departed	The Foreman	Episode: "Altared States" (S 1:Ep 3)
	Chameleons	Policeman #3	TV movie
	Matlock	Sheriff Dan Guerney	Episode: "The Blues Singer" (S 3:Ep 19)
1990	Fine Things	U.S. Marshal	TV movie
1991	Father Dowling Mysteries	Guest	Episode: "The Fugitive Priest Mystery" (S 3:Ep 11)
	Equal Justice	Judge Wilcox	Episode: "Courting Disaster"
	L.A. Law	Judge Colonel Barney Massien	Episode: "Rest in Pieces" (S 5:Ep 2)
	Guns of Paradise	Marshal Gordon	Episode: "Shield of Gold" (S 3:Ep 11) Was Paradise before being renamed.
	Reasonable Doubts	Jablonski	Episode: "...and Sleep Won't Come"
	Life Goes On	Colonel Fielding	Episode: "Invasion of the Thatcher Snatchers"
1992	Matlock	Lt. Lucas Wells	Episode: "The Outcast, part 1" (S 6: Ep 14)
	Matlock	Lt. Lucas Wells	Episode: "The Outcast, part 2" (S 6: Ep 15)
	Renegade	Buck	Uncredited Episode: "Mother Courage" (S 1:Ep 5)
	Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story	Uncredited	TV Movie Directed by David Greene.
	Santa Barbara	Poacher	3 episodes
1993	Aspen Extreme	Beard	Uncredited Directed by Patrick Hasburgh
	Homefront	Guest	Episode: "Shabbat Shalom"
	Danger Theatre	Cash McClean	Credited as Will Macmillan Episode: "Comes a Searcher/Vengeance in the Grass"
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Officer	Episode: "My Four Husbands" (S 2:Ep 5)
1995	Murder One	Angus Ramsey	Episode: "Chapter Six"
1997	Beverly Hills, 90210	Tony	Episode: "Phantom of C.U." (S 7:Ep 15)
1999	NYPD Blue	George Franklin	Episode: :"Raphael's Inferno" (S 6:Ep 14)
2004	Las Vegas	Woodlief	Episode: "Die Fast, Die Furious" (S 1:Ep 15)
	The Young and the Restless	Jerry Gunderson	Episode: "Episode #1.8014"
2005	The West Wing	David Adams	Episode: "2162 Votes" (S 6:Ep 22)
2006	Close to Home	Henry's Attorney	Episode: "Legacy" (S 2:Ep 5)
2008	Raising the Bar	Frank Nolan	Episode: "Out on the Roof" (S 1:Ep 8)

Video

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	Cards of Death	Captain Twain
1990	Dark Romances Vol. 1	Bartender
1994	Schemes	Mean Junkman

References

1. "William George McMillan". grecohertnick.com. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
2. Jaguar, Joanna (December 13, 2015). "Will McMillan, soap opera actor and star of George A Romero's 'The Crazies', dies at 71". Retrieved December 13, 2015.
3. "Special Article: Year of 'The Crazies': 1973". BloodyDisgusting. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
4. Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Playground Daily News, Friday 13 June 1975, Volume 30, Number 109, page 5C.
5. McGilligan 1999, p. 275.
6. McGilligan 1999, p. 278.
7. "Starting Over: 1970-1990". You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
8. Hughes 2009, p. 62.
9. "Dirty Harry Movies". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
10. Sandra Brennan (2015). "Tin Man". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
11. "Salvador". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
12. Ebert, Roger (April 25, 1986). "Salvador". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
13. Goodman, Walter (March 5, 1986). "Salvador". The New York Times. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
14. "'The Eye Of The Storm' Wins at Melbourne International Film Festival". Yahoo! TV. August 8, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
15. Bulbeck, Pip (August 9, 2011). "'The Eye Of The Storm' Wins at Melbourne International Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
16. Erickson, Hal. "Moonlighting: Symphony in Knocked Flat". Allmovie. All Media Guide. Retrieved December 13, 2015.

Sources

• McGilligan, Patrick (1999). Clint: The Life and Legend. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0312290320.
• Hughes, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-902-7.

External links

• Biography portal
• Ohio portal
• Film portal
• Television portal

• Will McMillan at IMDb