William Bronder
Born: 1930-06-12 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2015-05-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Bronder (June 12, 1930 – May 6, 2015) was an American film and television actor. He first served in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as well as the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Afterwards he turned to Hollywood in the 1960s to start a film career. Between 1973 and 2000, William Bronder appeared in seven films, about 50 television episodes and eight TV movies. He often portrayed rough working-class men in character roles. Bronder remains perhaps best known for playing unfriendly junkyard owner Milo Pressman in Rob Reiner's film Stand by Me (1986), starring Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix. His other films were Flush (1982), Cannery Row (1982), Yes, Giorgio (1982), Best Seller (1987), the short film Tummy Trouble (1989) and Return to Me (2000, in his last role as Wally Jatczak). He also appeared in a great number of television series of the 1970s and 1980s. Among them were Marcus Welby, M.D., The Streets of San Francisco, Police Story, Knots Landing, Hill Street Blues, CHiPs and MacGyver. Bronder also raced pigeons and was a Hall of Fame member of the FVC San Fernando Valley Pigeon Club. He was married to his wife Tona from 1964 until his death in 2015. They had four children.
Filmography
2000
- Return to Me as Wally Jatczak
1989
- Tummy Trouble as Sign Carrier
1988
- The Wonder Years as Mr. Glidden
1986
- Stand by Me as Milo Pressman
1985
- MacGyver as Arne Lindquist
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Mr. Grossman
- Cannery Row as Suzy's Trick
- Yes, Giorgio as Foreman
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Rusco
- The Five of Me as Massage Parlor Owner
1980
- Mother and Daughter: The Loving War as Frank
1979
- Knots Landing as Marshall
- Stone as Smitty
1978
- Kaz
- A Death in Canaan as Judge Revere
1977
- CHiPs as Workman
- The Death of Richie as Pinball Alley Manager
- Flush as Rosewater
1976
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Bartender
1975
- Bronk as Dispatcher
- Kate McShane
1974
- The Rockford Files as Buster Hutchins
1973
- Police Story as Lomax
1968
- Adam-12 as Jack Conway