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Title: William Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 01:47:04 AM
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 01:47:04 AM
I saw that William Windom passed awy. He was a versatile actor.
But I will best remember him in the role of Commodore Matt Decker, in the "The Doomsday Machine" episode of the originalStar Trek.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_%28Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_%28Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series%29)
I have the series set on DVD and re-watched the episode from Season Two. The graphics look dated today, but the plot and dialogue are as compelling today, as they were in 1967.
But I will best remember him in the role of Commodore Matt Decker, in the "The Doomsday Machine" episode of the originalStar Trek.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_%28Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_%28Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series%29)
I have the series set on DVD and re-watched the episode from Season Two. The graphics look dated today, but the plot and dialogue are as compelling today, as they were in 1967.
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Arch on August 21, 2012, 01:53:15 AM
Post by: Arch on August 21, 2012, 01:53:15 AM
That was my first thought, the Star Trek connection. A lot of people are famous for their one appearance on the original show, of course. But when I was a teenager, I used to bore my parents with stuff like "Oh, look, it's Joe Blow! He played the Xillian storekeeper, Rasho Trang, in "Outcast Fate" on Star Trek! Third season, I think..."
You'd think that their only worthwhile role was on that show...
You'd think that their only worthwhile role was on that show...
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Arch on August 21, 2012, 01:57:12 AM
Post by: Arch on August 21, 2012, 01:57:12 AM
He was also in that show My World and Welcome to It, which was running when I was six or seven. It was over my head, adult fare, and that always frustrated me for some reason. I've always wanted to see that show as an adult. I don't suppose it's on DVD.
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 02:22:57 AM
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 02:22:57 AM
Quote from: Arch on August 21, 2012, 01:57:12 AM
He was also in that show My World and Welcome to It, which was running when I was six or seven. It was over my head, adult fare, and that always frustrated me for some reason. I've always wanted to see that show as an adult. I don't suppose it's on DVD.
That was the James Thurber adaptation, as I recall.
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: AbraCadabra on August 21, 2012, 02:33:36 AM
Post by: AbraCadabra on August 21, 2012, 02:33:36 AM
What a sexy good looking dude he was --- and goodness, how he'd changed with age!
Axélle
PS: all the good looking guys are gay - or dead, eish!
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Axélle
PS: all the good looking guys are gay - or dead, eish!
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Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 02:58:09 AM
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 02:58:09 AM
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startrek.com%2Flegacy_media%2Fimages%2F200303%2Ftos-035-commodore-matthew-deck%2F320x240.jpg&hash=e6692173f50deacbd7aa9099d8d3df13d71c7db7)
As Commodore Matt Decker
As Commodore Matt Decker
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:01:48 AM
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:01:48 AM
Quote from: Arch on August 21, 2012, 01:57:12 AM
He was also in that show My World and Welcome to It, which was running when I was six or seven. It was over my head, adult fare, and that always frustrated me for some reason. I've always wanted to see that show as an adult. I don't suppose it's on DVD.
It has been ...
http://www.amazon.com/My-World-Welcome-William-Windom/dp/B0015QUZ4E (http://www.amazon.com/My-World-Welcome-William-Windom/dp/B0015QUZ4E)
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: AbraCadabra on August 21, 2012, 03:02:33 AM
Post by: AbraCadabra on August 21, 2012, 03:02:33 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 02:58:09 AM
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As Commodore Matt Decker
And what a dish!!! Then...
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Arch on August 21, 2012, 03:23:17 AM
Post by: Arch on August 21, 2012, 03:23:17 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:01:48 AM
It has been ...
Not yet, it seems. Still waiting to be released. And I'd have to buy it myself anyway, since I don't think my video store would stock it, and I don't do Netflix.
I think the animation was a primary attraction for me, actually. I didn't know who Thurber was, but I remember the cool way they integrated animation into the show. And the opening credit sequence sticks in my mind even now. I don't remember the specifics, but it was very distinctive. I guess that's Thurber for you.
Windom lived to be 88. Not bad. And of course he lost his looks; few people escape that. We all deteriorate in the end.
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:29:38 AM
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:29:38 AM
Quote from: Arch on August 21, 2012, 03:23:17 AM
Not yet, it seems. Still waiting to be released. And I'd have to buy it myself anyway, since I don't think my video store would stock it, and I don't do Netflix.
I think the animation was a primary attraction for me, actually. I didn't know who Thurber was, but I remember the cool way they integrated animation into the show. And the opening credit sequence sticks in my mind even now. I don't remember the specifics, but it was very distinctive. I guess that's Thurber for you.
Windom lived to be 88. Not bad. And of course he lost his looks; few people escape that. We all deteriorate in the end.
Sorry Arch, it looked to me like it was out of print, but I did not read closely.
Windom's scruffy beard stayed about the same.
I won't deteriorate. I eat lots of food with preservatives. ;)
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:31:48 AM
Post by: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:31:48 AM
Quote from: Axélle on August 21, 2012, 03:02:33 AM
And what a dish!!! Then...
Axelle, calm down! You're going to have an...
Oh. Oooh. Oooooh. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
Title: Re: Wiiliam Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: AbraCadabra on August 21, 2012, 06:14:31 AM
Post by: AbraCadabra on August 21, 2012, 06:14:31 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on August 21, 2012, 03:31:48 AM
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Oh. Oooh. Oooooh. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
Yeeeeeesss, THIS! >:-)
He he,
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Title: Re: William Windom, R.I.P.
Post by: Lyric on August 21, 2012, 09:59:59 AM
Post by: Lyric on August 21, 2012, 09:59:59 AM
It's funny people here remember Windom mostly for that Star Trek episode, because the guy did a lot of other things. My favorite William Windom work was a short-live series in the '70s called "My World and Welcome To It". It was a sitcom based on the cartoons of great cartoonist James Thurber. Animated versions of Thurber cartoons were often worked into the show.
http://youtu.be/D1P9-BtHj60 (http://youtu.be/D1P9-BtHj60)
http://youtu.be/D1P9-BtHj60 (http://youtu.be/D1P9-BtHj60)