Willis Macon McCalman (December 30, 1932 – November 29, 2005) was an American television, stage and big screen movie actor.
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.
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, aged 72, from complications of a series of strokes.
Filmography Film
Deliverance (1972) – Deputy Queen Lipstick (1976) – Police Photographer Slap Shot (1977) – Soap Opera patient (uncredited) Smokey and the Bandit (1977) – Mr. B Comes a Horseman (1978) – Virgil Hoverton The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) – Carl Parker The Last Word (1979) – Welfare Caseworker The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) – Dr. Atkins Dead & Buried (1981) – Ben Carbon Copy (1981) – Tubby Wederholt Rollover (1981) – Jerry Fewster Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982) – Dr. Sam Honkytonk Man (1982) – Dr. Hines Fleshburn (1984) – Earl Dana The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) – Larry Rogers Cold Feet (1989) – Store Owner Doc Hollywood (1991) – Aubrey Draper Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) – Prosecutor Percy Falling Down (1993) – Detective Graham Murder Between Friends (1994) – Janet’s LawyerAlvin H. Marill, Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004: 1990-1999 (2005), p. 350 The Client (1994) – Ballatine A Walk in the Clouds (1995) – Conductor Rosewood (1997) – Governor Hardee (final film role)
Television
Starsky & Hutch (1975) – Officer Bernie Glassman Kojak (1976) – McKee The Jeffersons (1976) (TV) – Roger Tulley Captains and the Kings (1976; TV miniseries) – Dolan The Bob Newhart Show (1977) – Dr. Malcolm Maude (1977) – Mark Duncan / Wendall Glendale Carter Country (1977) – Drunk Roots (1977; TV miniseries) – Poston The Pirate (1978; TV miniseries) – Hutchinson Three's Company (1979) – Mr. Penrose Hart to Hart (1979) – Dr. Harry Capello The Waltons (1979-1980) – Deputy Sheriff / Deputy Abe Three's Company (1981) – Roland Wood Lou Grant (1981-1982) – Dolph Masterson / Kibbee Diff'rent Strokes (1981-1983) – Dr. Kalsa / George Endicott Cheers (1982) – Darrell Stabell Three's Company (1983) – Roland Wood Remington Steele (1983) – Uncle Tim Gloria (1983) – Motel Manager Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983) – Harry Bogard St. Elsewhere (1984) – Henry Judson Newhart (1984) – Paul Frazier The Red-Light Sting (1984) – Jeffers Hill Street Blues (1984) – Mr. Fitzgerald Knight Rider (1985) – Calvin Holmes Family Ties (1986) – Professor Spanos The Deliberate Stranger (1986) – Larsen's editor Hunter (1987) Silver Spoons (1987) – Stockwell Dallas (1987) – Gorman Murder, She Wrote (1987–1991) – Nolan Hayes / Hotel Detective Fritz Rice Duet (1988) – Mr. Paxton Perfect Strangers (1989) – Dr. Shukin Guns of Paradise (1989) – Warren Turtle L.A. Law (1989–1991) – Judge Whitney Baldwin Designing Women (1989) – Paul Webster Frankenstein: The College Years (1991) – Dean March The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1992) – Dr. Baylor Scattered Dreams (1993) – Virgil The Wonder Years (1993) – Karl Gustafson Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994) – Willie Goode Behavior (1996) – Mr. Kaufman
References
External links
Macon McCalman(Aveleyman)