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William Redfield was an American actor and author who appeared in many theatrical, film, radio, and television roles. He was best known for his roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Odd Couple, and Hamlet, and for his book Letters From An Actor.
William Redfield. Actor: Death Wish. Manhattan-born thespian William Redfield was influenced early on into an acting career as the son of an orchestra conductor and a former Ziegfeld Follies girl.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Aug 18, 1976 · William Redfield, who started a 40‐year acting career when he appeared in 1936 at the age of 9 in the Broadway musical “Swing Your Lady,” died yesterday at...
- Louise Fletcher gave a powerhouse performance as Nurse Ratched. Louise Fletcher won an Oscar for her portrayal of the villainous Nurse Ratched, and her performance is so iconic that the character's been synonymous with sadistic authority figures ever since.
- R.P. McMurphy became one of Jack Nicholson's greatest characters. His role as antihero R.P. McMurphy won Jack Nicholson his first of three Oscars, but he'd already been toiling in Hollywood for years by that point.
- Will Sampson loomed large in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as 'Chief' Bromden. Ken Kesey's original novel was narrated not by McMurphy but by another patient — the silent Chief.
- Brad Dourif broke our hearts as Billy Bibbit. Billy Bibbit is a shy young man who's survived multiple suicide attempts but is tragically undone by Ratched's psychological warfare.
William Redfield was a Broadway and film actor who co-founded the Actor's Studio and played Guildenstern in Hamlet. He died of leukemia in 1976, after starring in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Jack Nicholson.
- January 26, 1927
- August 17, 1976
William Redfield was an American actor and author who appeared in films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Death Wish. TMDB provides his biography, filmography, and photos from Wikipedia.
William Redfield was a prolific stage actor over the middle part of the 20th century, though he is most known for his role as Harding, the bespectacled, professorial mental patient in the...
