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1 | Best friend of Chuck Norris. |
2 | Best remembered by the public for his role as C.D. Parker on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993). |
3 | Buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. |
4 | An only child. |
5 | Has one daughter, Stori Willingham, and two stepchildren, Meghan McGlohen and John Ross McGlohen. Has one grandson, Noble Willingham III. |
6 | Worked as a roustabout and steamfitter in the Texas oil fields before receiving his master's degree in educational psychology at Baylor University and teaching government and economics at a Houston Texas high school. |
7 | Returned to acting after he lost his bid for a Republican congressional seat. His last film appearance was in Blind Horizon (2003), starring Val Kilmer and was released posthumously. |
8 | 1953 graduate of North Texas State University (became University of North Texas - May 1988) Denton, Texas USA |
9 | Unsuccessful Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000 for the First Congressional District of Texas against Representative Max Sandlin. |
10 | Before launching his career in television and film, Willingham taught economics at Sam Houston High School in Houston, Tx. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Hawkins | 1973 | TV Series | Carl Jackson |
Hit! | 1973 | | Warden Springer |
Paper Moon | 1973 | | Mr. Robertson |
The Thief Who Came to Dinner | 1973 | | Roy (uncredited) |
The Girls of Huntington House | 1973 | TV Movie | Harry, Sara's Father |
Gunsmoke | 1973 | TV Series | Tuck |
McMillan & Wife | 1972 | TV Series | Sheriff |
Bonanza | 1972 | TV Series | Mr. Kirby |
The Last Picture Show | 1971 | | Chester |
My Sweet Charlie | 1970 | TV Movie | Grady |
Blind Horizon | 2003 | | Deputy Shirl Cash |
South of Heaven, West of Hell | 2000 | | Sheriff Harris |
Walker, Texas Ranger | 1993-1999 | TV Series | C.D. Parker |
The Corndog Man | 1999 | | Ace Barker |
Up Close & Personal | 1996 | | Buford Sells |
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion | 1994 | | C.D. Parker |
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | 1994 | | Clay Stone |
Guarding Tess | 1994 | | Sheriff Janson (uncredited) |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | 1994 | | Riddle |
The Hudsucker Proxy | 1994 | | Zebulon Cardoza |
Tales from the Crypt | 1993 | TV Series | Mr. Petermeyer |
Men Don't Tell | 1993 | TV Movie | Riley |
Fire in the Sky | 1993 | | Blake Davis |
The Distinguished Gentleman | 1992 | | Zeke Bridges |
Of Mice and Men | 1992 | | The Boss |
Murder, She Wrote | 1992 | TV Series | Sheriff Pat McAllester |
Article 99 | 1992 | | Inspector General |
Northern Exposure | 1992 | TV Series | Gordon |
Woman with a Past | 1992 | TV Movie | Chairman |
Home Improvement | 1992 | TV Series | John Binford |
The Last Boy Scout | 1991 | | Sheldon Marcone |
Quantum Leap | 1991 | TV Series | Gene |
Sweet Poison | 1991 | TV Movie | Sheriff |
City Slickers | 1991 | | Clay Stone |
Career Opportunities | 1991 | | Roger Roy McClellan |
Pastime | 1990 | | Clyde Bigby |
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | 1990 | TV Movie | |
Matlock | 1990 | TV Series | Rev. Morley Phelps |
Sporting Chance | 1990 | TV Movie | Packy Dillon |
Capital News | 1990 | TV Series | |
The Young Riders | 1990 | TV Series | Erastus Hawkins |
Ann Jillian | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Duke Howard |
The Heist | 1989 | TV Movie | Stuckey |
Blind Fury | 1989 | | MacCready |
The Road Raiders | 1989 | TV Movie | Crankcase |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | 1989 | TV Series | Texas |
Brothers | 1989 | TV Series | Carter Jefferson Book |
Unconquered | 1989 | TV Movie | Bear Bryant |
L.A. Law | 1989 | TV Series | Robert Kenyon |
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story | 1988 | TV Movie | Ted Simonsen |
A Stoning in Fulham County | 1988 | TV Movie | Judge Manning |
Shooter | 1988 | TV Movie | Rizzo |
Splash, Too | 1988 | TV Movie | Karl Hooten |
Longarm | 1988 | TV Movie | |
Good Morning, Vietnam | 1987 | | Gen. Taylor |
Private Eye | 1987 | TV Series | Calvin |
Born in East L.A. | 1987 | | Border Patrol Sergeant |
Summer Heat | 1987 | | Strother |
La Bamba | 1987 | | Howard |
Our House | 1987 | TV Series | Farmer Bob Brewer |
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | 1987 | TV Movie | Dr. Pollard |
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | 1987 | TV Mini-Series | Tesch |
The A-Team | 1983-1986 | TV Series | Zack / Pete Stockton |
Mr. Sunshine | 1986 | TV Series | |
Dream West | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | President James Polk |
Remington Steele | 1986 | TV Series | Harrison Bumpers |
Badge of the Assassin | 1985 | TV Movie | Airport Guard |
Highway to Heaven | 1985 | TV Series | MacGill |
Hail to the Chief | 1985 | TV Series | Texab #2 |
Airwolf | 1985 | TV Series | Chester Hansen |
The Atlanta Child Murders | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Jerry Armstrong |
W*A*L*T*E*R | 1984 | TV Short | Sergeant Sowell |
After MASH | 1984 | TV Series | Harry |
Tucker's Witch | 1983 | TV Series | Sheriff Trout |
Gun Shy | 1983 | TV Series | Mr. Bender |
Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story | 1983 | TV Movie | Dr. Graham |
The Dukes of Hazzard | 1983 | TV Series | Hanson |
Independence Day | 1983 | | Andy Parker |
Cutter to Houston | 1983 | TV Series | Mayor Warren Jarvis |
Missing Children: A Mother's Story | 1982 | TV Movie | Lander Hughes |
The Blue and the Gray | 1982 | TV Mini-Series | Cavalry General on Balloon Field |
The Children Nobody Wanted | 1981 | TV Movie | McNaulty |
CHiPs | 1981 | TV Series | Jake |
Coward of the County | 1981 | TV Movie | Car-Wash |
First Monday in October | 1981 | | Nebraska Attorney |
Harry's War | 1981 | | Major Andrews |
Dallas | 1981 | TV Series | Senator Pascomb |
The Howling | 1981 | | Charlie Barton |
WKRP in Cincinnati | 1980 | TV Series | Smilin' Al |
The Georgia Peaches | 1980 | TV Movie | Jarvis Wheeler |
Brubaker | 1980 | | Dr. Fenster |
When the Whistle Blows | 1980 | TV Series | Bulldog |
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler | 1980 | TV Movie | Conductor |
Hart to Hart | 1980 | TV Series | Wilbur Pierson |
Young Maverick | 1979 | TV Series | |
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | 1979 | | Captain Prewitt |
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | 1979 | | Pop Bauer |
Norma Rae | 1979 | | Leroy Mason |
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | 1979 | TV Movie | Doctor |
Backstairs at the White House | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Charles Cramer |
How the West Was Won | 1979 | TV Series | Judge Carter |
The Critical List | 1978 | TV Movie | Charlie |
Just Me and You | 1978 | TV Movie | Gas Station Owner |
Cindy | 1978 | TV Movie | Sergeant |
Alice | 1976-1978 | TV Series | Floyd / Policeman / Morgan |
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie | 1978 | TV Movie | Judge |
The Boys in Company C | 1978 | | Sergeant Curry |
Man from Atlantis | 1977 | TV Series | Artemus Washburn |
Lou Grant | 1977 | TV Series | Hotel Manager |
Greased Lightning | 1977 | | Billy Joe Byrnes |
The Rockford Files | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Palm Springs Tan Tony / Claude Orzeck / B.J. |
Fighting Mad | 1976 | | Senator Hingle |
Petrocelli | 1976 | TV Series | Artie Jacobs |
Three for the Road | 1975 | TV Series | |
Switch | 1975 | TV Series | Verly Terrace |
The Waltons | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Mr. Denton / B.C. Graddy |
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | 1975 | | Principal |
Aloha, Bobby and Rose | 1975 | | Uncle Charlie |
Black Bart | 1975 | TV Movie | Fern Malaga |
Cannon | 1975 | TV Series | Det. Sgt. Sonny Wills |
Mary Tyler Moore | 1974 | TV Series | Hal |
Where Have All the People Gone | 1974 | TV Movie | Jim Clancy |
The Texas Wheelers | 1974 | TV Series | Sheriff |
Big Bad Mama | 1974 | | Uncle Barney |
Chinatown | 1974 | | Councilman |
Evel Knievel | 1974 | TV Movie | Jack Decataur |
Apple's Way | 1974 | TV Series | Farmer |
Sunshine | 1973 | TV Movie | Bartender |
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