H. M. Wynant (born Chaim Winant; February 12, 1927) is an American film and television actor.

Biography

Wynant was born in Detroit, Michigan. He made his feature film debut as an Indian in

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's '' Run of the Arrow'' (1957). In the 1958 Walt Disney film '' Tonka'', Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian, who was the cousin of White Bull, played by Sal Mineo, and is killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Among his many other film credits are '' 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); ''

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'' (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 ''

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'', '' Sugarfoot'', ''

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'', '' Combat!'', ''

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'', '' Perry Mason'', '' The Twilight Zone'', '' Daniel Boone'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Get Smart'', '' Hawaii Five-O'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Bat Masterson'' in a 1958 episode where he again played a renegade Indian chief, '' Mission: Impossible'', '' Quincy, M.E.'', and '' Dallas''. He was cast as General Philip Sheridan in the 1961 episode, "The Red Petticoat", on the

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anthology series, '' Death Valley Days'', hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the storyline, Sheridan's friendship with Indian scout Kahlu (Allen Jaffe) (1928–1989) is questioned after a number of ambushes result in dead troopers. Sheridan sticks to his instincts and defends his ally against the enraged residents of the fort. In recent years, he has been a member of Larry Blamire's stock company, playing authoritative figures in several of Blamire's features and shorts, such as a Pentagon general in ''

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'' and a weird psychiatrist in '' Dark and Stormy Night''. He returned to the big screen in 2011 in '' Footprints'' for which he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival.

Partial filmography

*'' Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957) - Patron at

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(uncredited) *'' Run of the Arrow'' (1957) - Crazy Wolf *'' Decision at Sundown'' (1957) - Spanish *''

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'' (1957) - Black Eagle *'' Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958) - Corpsman Hendrix (uncredited) *'' Tonka'' (1958) - Yellow Bull *'' It Happened at the World's Fair'' (1963) - Vince Bradley *'' The Wheeler Dealers'' (1963) - Bo Bluedog (uncredited) *'' The Slender Thread'' (1965) - Doctor Morris *'' Track of Thunder'' (1967) - Maxwell Carstairs *''The Search for the Evil One'' (1967) *''Sail to Glory'' (1967) - Capt. Dick Brown *'' The Helicopter Spies'' (1968) - The Aksoy Brothers (archive footage) *'' Marlowe'' (1969) - Sonny Steelgrave *'' Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'' (1972) - Hoskyns *'' The Horror at 37,000 Feet'' (1973, TV Movie) - Frank Driscoll *'' The Last Tycoon'' (1976) - Man at Dailies (uncredited) *''Grand Jury'' (1976) - Mr. Potter *'' Hangar 18'' (1980) - Flight Director *''

'' (1981) - Dave *'' Solar Crisis'' (1990) - IXL executive #1 *''The Big Empty'' (1997) - J.W. McCreedy *''Whigmaleerie'' (2005) - Hector MacDougall *'' Trail of the Screaming Forehead'' (2007) - Dr. Applethorpe *''

'' (2008) - General Scottmanson *'' Dark and Stormy Night'' (2009) - Dr. Van Von Vandervon *'' Yesterday Was a Lie'' (2009) - Art Patron *'' Footprints'' (2011) - Victor *''Marafon'' (2013) - David *''The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster'' (2015) - 'Montague Shaw' as Andrew *''Living Room Coffin'' (2018) - Terry

References

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