H. M. Wynant

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H.M. Wynant
Born
Chaim Weiner [1]

1926or1927(age 97–98)
OccupationActor
Years active1955–present

H. M. Wynant (born Chaim Weiner; 1926or1927) [2] is an American film and television actor.

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Biography

Wynant was born in Detroit, Michigan to Bessie and Jacob Weiner from Zabłotów, Poland (present-day Zabolotiv, Ukraine). [1] He made his feature film debut as a Native American in Samuel Fuller's Run of the Arrow (1957). The following year, in Walt Disney film Tonka , Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian.

His film credits include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958); The Slender Thread (1965); Track of Thunder (1967); The Helicopter Spies (1968); Marlowe (1969); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); Hangar 18 (1980); Earthbound (1981); and Solar Crisis (1990). He played a villain who fought Elvis Presley in the 1963 film, It Happened at the World's Fair .

Among his many television credits are appearances on shows such as Playhouse 90 , Sugarfoot , Hawaiian Eye , Combat! , The Wild Wild West , Perry Mason , The Twilight Zone , Daniel Boone , Gunsmoke , Frontier Circus , Get Smart , Hawaii Five-O , The Big Valley , Hogan's Heroes , Bat Masterson , Mission: Impossible , Quincy, M.E. , and Dallas .

Partial filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 "Soul of blessed memory". The Detroit Jewish News. 2017-09-21. p. 60.
  2. "TV-Movie Actor Uses Initials". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. North America Newspaper Alliance. April 25, 1957. p. 39. Retrieved July 10, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg