WILLIAM CAMPBELL BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
William Campbell was born on October 30th, 1923 in Newark, New Jersey. He began his education in acting by attending Fagin's School for Drama. In 1950 Campbell began working in films, starring first in "The Breaking Point" followed by roles in such films as "The High and the Mighty" (1954), "Cell 2455 Death Row" (1955) and "Love Me Tender" (1956) where he had the opportunity to be the first actor to sing with Elvis Presley on a Motion picture.
He also began receiving roles on television in such series as "Cannonball" (1958), "Combat!" (1965-1967), "Emergency!" (1972-1974) and "Adam-12" (1971-1974). However, he never neglected working on films and some of his better known roles were in such features as "Man Without a Star" (1955) starring Kirk Douglas, "Dementia 13" (1963), and "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" (1964) among many others.
He is also very well known for his guest starring role on "Star Trek" appearing in such episodes as "The Squire of Gothos" and "The Trouble With Tribbles". His last public appearance was in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Hilton hotel in 2006 at a convention organized by Creation Entertainment.
After retiring from the industry, Campbell worked as the administrator of the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California which was a retirement home for elderly members who were once a part of the Motion Picture Industry.
Campbell married a total of three times throughout his lifetime. First to Judith Campbell Exner from 1952 through 1958. His second wife was Barbara Bricker from 1960 through 1961 before it was annulled. His third time to marry was to Tereza Campbell in 1962 and they remained together until he passed away at the age of eighty seven on April 28th, 2011 in Woodland Hills, California. He never had any children with any of his wives.
Filmography
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1994 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 Star Trek: Judgment Rites
1987 The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1985 Hotel
1983 Quincy, M.E.
1978 The Next Step Beyond
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
1976 Shazam!
1974-1976 The Streets of San Francisco
1974-1975 Medical Center
1975 Police Woman
1975 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1962-1975 Gunsmoke
1974 The Manhunter
1974 Mr. and Mrs. Cop
1974 Hec Ramsey
1971-1974 Adam-12
1972-1974 Emergency!
1972 Black Gunn
1972 Ironside
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row
1969 Bracken's World
1968 It Takes a Thief
1968 Bonanza
1967 Star Trek
1967 Garrison's Gorillas
1967 Dundee and the Culhane
1965-1967 Combat!
1966 The Wild Wild West
1966 Blood Bath
1965 The Money Trap
1965 Portrait in Terror
1964 Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 The Secret Invasion
1963 Dementia 13
1963 Operacija Ticijan
1963 The Young Racers
1962 Night of Evil
1961 Stagecoach West
1960 Mr. Garlund
1959-1960 Perry Mason
1960 Natchez Trace
1960 Tales of Wells Fargo
1960 Goodyear Theatre
1960 Philip Marlowe
1957-1959 The Millionaire
1958-1959 Cannonball
1958 Money, Women and Guns
1958 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958 The Naked and the Dead
1957 Eighteen and Anxious
1957 Telephone Time
1957 Lux Video Theatre
1956 Man in the Vault
1956 Love Me Tender
1956 West Point
1956 Backlash
1955 Running Wild
1955 Cell 2455 Death Row
1955 Man Without a Star
1955 Cavalcade of America
1955 Battle Cry
1953-1955 The Loretta Young Show
1954 Four Star Playhouse
1954 The High and the Mighty
1953 Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 Schlitz Playhouse
1953 Big Leaguer
1953 Code Two
1953 Small Town Girl
1953 Battle Circus
1952 Fearless Fagan
1952 Holiday for Sinners
1951 The People Against O'Har
1951 The Bigelow Theatre
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 Operation Pacific
1950 Breakthrough
1950 The Breaking Point