Personal Info
Bill Bronder
William Bronder
Acting
Biography
William Bronder (June 12, 1930 – May 6, 2015) was an American film and television actor. He first served in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as well as the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Afterwards he turned to Hollywood in the 1960s to start a film career.
Between 1973 and 2000, William Bronder appeared in seven films, about 50 television episodes and eight TV movies. He often portrayed rough working-class men in character roles. Bronder remains perhaps best known for playing unfriendly junkyard owner Milo Pressman in Rob Reiner's film Stand by Me (1986), starring Wil Wheaton and River …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Return to Me
as Wally Jatczak
Tummy Trouble
as Sign Carrier
Stand by Me
as Milo Pressman
Wet Gold
as Jack, Coast Guard Capt.
Cannery Row
as Suzy's Trick
Yes, Giorgio
as Foreman
The Five of Me
as Massage Parlor Owner
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
as Frank
Stone
as Smitty
A Death in Canaan
as Judge Revere
TV Shows
The Wonder Years
as Mr. Glidden · 1 ep.
MacGyver
as Arne Lindquist · 1 ep.
1st & Ten
1 ep.
St. Elsewhere
as Mr. Grossman · 1 ep.
Hill Street Blues
as Rusco · 1 ep.
Knots Landing
as Mr. Walsh · 1 ep.
Kaz
1 ep.
CHiPs
as Workman · 1 ep.
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Bartender · 1 ep.
Bronk
as Dispatcher · 1 ep.