William Bronder

Known for ActingBorn 1930-06-12Died 2015-05-06New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Mother and Daughter: The Loving War

The Five of Me

Stone

The Wonder Years

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Stand by Me

MacGyver

Hill Street Blues

The Rockford Files

Adam-12

Kaz

Police Story

The Death of Richie

Return to Me

Knots Landing

CHiPs

Tummy Trouble

Bronk

1st & Ten

Kate McShane

Cannery Row

Wet Gold

St. Elsewhere

A Death in Canaan

Yes, Giorgio

Flush