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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1930-06-12

Died: 2015-05-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	The Death of Richie	Pinball Alley Manager	68
2	1977	Flush	Rosewater	28
3	1978	A Death in Canaan	Judge Revere	53
4	1979	Stone	Smitty	0
5	1980	Power		20
6	1980	Mother and Daughter: The Loving War	Frank	0
7	1981	The Five of Me	Massage Parlor Owner	90
8	1982	Cannery Row	Suzy's Trick	59
9	1982	Yes, Giorgio	Foreman	38
10	1984	Wet Gold	Jack, Coast Guard Capt.	45
11	1986	Stand by Me	Milo Pressman	79
12	1989	Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble	Sign Carrier	68
13	2000	Return to Me	Wally Jatczak	66

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Adam-12	Jack Conway	70
2	1974	The Rockford Files	Buster Hutchins	75
3	1975	Kate McShane		50
4	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Bartender	86
5	1977	CHiPs	Workman	68
6	1978	Kaz		50
7	1979	Knots Landing	Marshall	69
8	1979	Knots Landing	Mr. Walsh	69
9	1981	Hill Street Blues	Rusco	76
10	1985	MacGyver	Arne Lindquist	77
11	1988	The Wonder Years	Mr. Glidden	83

William Bronder

Film

Television