Willis Macon McCalman (December 30, 1932 â€" November 29, 2005), aka Macon McCalman, was an American television, stage and big screen movie actor.
Biography
Acting career
Nicknamed "Sonny, McCalman helped form the Front Street Theatre in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army. Over the course of his acting career McCalman appeared in various film and TV guest roles, usually in supporting parts, both dramatic and comedic often as heavies and authoritarian figures. He got his acting start on Broadway appearing in productions of The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1971), An Enemy for the People (1971), and a comedy, The Playboy Of the Western World.
Hollywood film and TV roles
His first Hollywood film role was in Deliverance (1972). He had supporting parts in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), and Falling Down (1993). He also appeared in the Roger Donaldson directed film Marie (1985). He appeared in guest roles in television shows such as Cheers, Starsky and Hutch, Kojak, Lou Grant, Three's Company, Murder She Wrote as well as such miniseries and television movies as Roots (1977) and Captains and the Kings (1976).
Death
McCalman retired from acting and returned to Memphis in 1997 after suffering a heart attack. He died in a Memphis hospital in 2005, one month shy of his 73rd birthday, from complications of a series of strokes.
Selected filmography
Films
- Rosewood (1997) .... Gov. Hardee
- A Walk in the Clouds (1995) .... Conductor
- The Client (1994) .... Ballatine
- Falling Down (1993) .... Detective Graham
- Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) .... Prosecutor Percy
- Doc Hollywood (1991) .... Aubrey Draper
- The Young Riders (1989) (TV)
- Marie (1985) (TV) .... Murray Henderson
- The Falcon and the Snowman (1985' .... Larry Rogers
- Cold Feet (1989) .... Store Owner
- Honkytonk Man (1982) .... Dr. Hines
- Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982) .... Dr. Sam
- Dead & Buried (1981) .... Ben
- The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) .... Carl Parker
- Comes a Horseman (1978) .... Virgil Hoverton
- Smokey and the Bandit (1977) .... Mr. B
- Lipstick (1976) .... Police Photographer
- Deliverance (1972) .... Deputy Queen
Television work
- The Wonder Years (1993)
- Scattered Dreams (1993)
- Goode Behavior (1996)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994)
- Designing Women (1989)
- L.A. Law (1989â€"1991)
- Murder, She Wrote (1987â€"1991)
- My Two Dads (1990)
- Mancuso, FBI (1990)
- Guns of Paradise (1989)
- Perfect Strangers (1989)
- Dallas (1987)
- Silver Spoons (1987)
- Family Ties (1986)
- Knight Rider (1985)
- Hill Street Blues (1984)
- The Red-Light Sting (1984)
- Newhart (1984)
- St. Elsewhere (1984)
- Three's Company (1979â€"1983)
- Diff'rent Strokes (1981-1983)
- Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983)
- Gloria (1983)
- Remington Steele (1983)
- Cheers (1982)
- Lou Grant (1981-1982)
- Carbon Copy (1981)
- The Waltons (1979-1980)
- Hart to Hart (1979)
- Carter Country (1977)
- The Bob Newhart Show (1977)
- Maude (1977)
- Roots (1977; TV miniseries)
- The Jeffersons (1976) (TV)
- Captains and the Kings (1976; TV miniseries)
- The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1976)
- Kojak (1976)
- Emergency! (1975)
- Starsky and Hutch (1975)
References
External links
- Macon McCalman at the Internet Movie Database
- Macon McCalman at the Internet Broadway Database
