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William Bronder

William Bronder

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1930-06-12

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Death in Canaan

A Death in Canaan

1978

6.5

Movie
poster

Adam-12

1968

7.1

TV
Cannery Row

Cannery Row

1982

5.9

Movie
poster

CHiPs

1977

6.8

TV
Flush

Flush

1977

2.8

Movie
poster

Kate McShane

1975

5.0

TV
poster

Knots Landing

1979

6.8

TV
poster

MacGyver

1985

7.7

TV
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War

Mother and Daughter: The Loving War

1980

0.0

Movie
Power

Power

1980

2.0

Movie
Return to Me

Return to Me

2000

6.6

Movie
poster

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

1976

8.6

TV
Stand by Me

Stand by Me

1986

7.9

Movie
Stone

Stone

1979

0.0

Movie
The Death of Richie

The Death of Richie

1977

6.7

Movie
The Five of Me

The Five of Me

1981

9.0

Movie
poster

The Rockford Files

1974

7.5

TV
poster

The Wonder Years

1988

8.3

TV
Tummy Trouble

Tummy Trouble

1989

6.8

Movie
Wet Gold

Wet Gold

1984

4.5

Movie
Yes, Giorgio

Yes, Giorgio

1982

3.9

Movie