
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.
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The titles people know William from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
as Wally Jatczak
as Sign Carrier
as Mr. Glidden · 1 episode
as Milo Pressman
as Arne Lindquist · 1 episode
1 episode

as Jack, Coast Guard Capt.
as Mr. Grossman · 1 episode
as Foreman
as Marshall · 2 episodes

as Smitty

1 episode

as Judge Revere

as Rosewater
as Workman · 1 episode
as Pinball Alley Manager
as Bartender · 1 episode
as Jack Conway · 1 episode
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