William Campbell (actor)

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William Campbell (born October 30, 1923 in Newark , New Jersey , † April 28, 2011 in Los Angeles ) was an American actor .

Life

Campbell studied acting with Uta Hagen and Daniel Mann and began his career in 1950 with a small role in John Garfield's film noir people smuggling . Numerous supporting roles followed, alongside stars such as John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart , before he received his first leading role in 1955. Death Row 2455 , a feature film by B-Movie director Fred F. Sears based on the life of Caryl Chessman , was not particularly successful, so that Campbell subsequently played supporting roles again. He sang together with Elvis Presley in Gunpowder Steam and Hot Songs and played alongside Aldo Ray in the war film based on the novel of the same name by Norman Mailer , The Naked and the Dead .

Between 1958 and 1959 he played one of the leading roles in the television series Cannonball , which was discontinued after 39 episodes. With the beginning of the 1960s, Campbell played increasingly for television, where he perceived guest roles in various successful series. He continued his film career with roles in B-Movies produced by Roger Corman , among others , including the leading role in Dementia 13 , one of Francis Ford Coppola's first films , which was shot in Ireland on a budget of only 20,000 US dollars . In 1964 he played a supporting role as a newspaper photographer in Robert Aldrich's seven Academy Award-nominated horror film Lullaby for a Corpse , he had another leading role two years later in Horror Cocktail .

He played in an episode of the series Starship Enterprise a member of an omnipotent disembodied species called "Trelane", who kidnaps the crew of the Enterprise to his castle. In another episode he played the Klingon spaceship captain "Koloth". He embodied this role again in 1994 in the follow-up series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . In the 1980s and 1990s he appeared at numerous Star Trek conventions .

Campbell was married in third marriage from 1962 until his death. His first marriage was from 1952 to 1958 with Judith Campbell, later Judith Exner (1934-1999).

After a long illness, Campbell died on April 28, 2011 at the Motion Picture & Television Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary on startrek.com , accessed on April 29, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Campbell, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark (New Jersey)
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2011
Place of death los Angeles