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William O'Connell

Actor

William O'Connell

Born August 20, 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, USADied January 25, 202424 films

William O'Connell was born on August 20, 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, USA as William L. O'Connell Jr. He is an actor, known for Paint Your Wagon (1969), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Way... Way Out (1966).

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The Outlaw Josey Wales posterFirst watchThe Outlaw Josey Wales19767.5as Sim CarstairsAfter avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave…View film

Essential films

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High Plains Drifter poster7.3High Plains Drifter1973Every Which Way but Loose poster6.1Every Which Way but Loose1978Paint Your Wagon poster6.3Paint Your Wagon1969Any Which Way You Can poster5.8Any Which Way You Can1980Ice Station Zebra poster6.4Ice Station Zebra1968The War Lord poster6.2The War Lord1965The Culpepper Cattle Co. poster6.4The Culpepper Cattle Co.1972Big Bad Mama poster5.7Big Bad Mama1974

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 1991The HauntedFather Kearney
  2. 1986Stewardess SchoolAttorney
  3. 1980Any Which Way You CanElmo
  4. 1978Every Which Way but LooseElmo, Sergeant-At-Arms Biker
  5. 1976The Outlaw Josey WalesSim Carstairs
  6. 1975The Dead Don't DiePriest
  7. 1974Big Bad MamaCrusade Preacher
  8. 1974Black EyeMinister
  9. 1973High Plains DrifterBarber
  10. 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co.Bartender in Piercetown
  11. 1971Scandalous JohnStore Clerk
  12. 1970Which Way to the Front?Mr. Prescott (uncredited)
  13. 1969The Happy EndingMinister
  14. 1969Paint Your WagonHorace Tabor
  15. 1969Hook, Line and SinkerHotel Clerk (uncredited)
  16. 1968Ice Station ZebraSurvivor
  17. 1967GamesParty Guest
  18. 1967The Big MouthPsychiatrist (uncredited)
  19. 1967It's a Bikini WorldMcSnigg
  20. 1967IronsideCurator (uncredited)
  21. 1965The War LordVolunteer Rejected by Chrysagon (uncredited)
  22. 1963The Wheeler DealersPaid Weeper (uncredited)
  23. 196120,000 EyesAppraiser
  24. 1961Swingin' AlongBartender