William Boyett was born on January 3, 1927 in Akron, Ohio, USA as Harry William Boyett. He is known for his work on Newsies (1992), When a Stranger Calls (1979) and Turner & Hooch (1989). He was married to Joan Amelia Reynolds and Willagene Wither. He died on December 29, 2004 in Mission Hills, California, USA.
William Boyett
Movies
Rockford
James Garner stars as the offbeat Jim Rockford, an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes you on the cases of the lost and the…
Fun Facts
Served in the Pacific Theater with the US Navy during World War II.
After university and service in the military, he was in various stage productions in New York City and Los Angeles before he started working in television and movies.
Started acting on radio after winning a high school Shakespearean competition.
Attended and graduated from the University of Southern California.
Born in Akron, OH, he was raised in Waco, TX, before his family moved to Los Angeles in the early 1940s.
Had two children with his wife Joan Reynolds: Suzanne Boyett and Keven Boyett, and two granddaughters.
In the early 1950s he was a weather forecaster on KCEN-TV Channel 6 in Waco, Temple and Killeen, TX.
Died of complications from pneumonia and kidney failure at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, CA. on Dec. 29, 2004, five days short of his 78th birthday.
Best remembered by the public for his role as the low-key but authoritative Sgt. William MacDonald on the police drama Adam-12 (1968).