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name: "Warren J. Kemmerling"
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born: "4 January 1924"
died: "3 January 2005"
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updated: "2026-09-16T10:29:09.817568+00:00"
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# Warren J. Kemmerling

Actor. Born 4 January 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 3 January 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 January 1924, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 3 January 2005
- **Also known as:** Warren Kemmerling

## Biography

Warren J. Kemmerling (also credited as Warren Kemmerling) was an American film, stage and television actor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he attended Saint Louis University and served in the United States Marine Corps before beginning his professional career.

He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Me and Juliet* and appeared in other stage productions including *Pipe Dream* and *Ankles Aweigh*. After moving to Hollywood, he worked extensively as a supporting player in television series such as *Gunsmoke*, *Bonanza*, *The Twilight Zone* and *The A-Team*, and in films including *Family Plot* (1976) and *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977), in which he played Major "Wild Bill" Walsh.

Kemmerling also portrayed President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1978 miniseries *King*. He served for many years on the Screen Actors Guild board of directors and received a posthumous tribute at the SAG Awards following his death in Los Angeles in 2005.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977), Fi1m 85, as Wild Bill — [page](https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind.md)

## Also known for

- *The A-Team* (1983), Gen. Ludlam
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Jud Godwin
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), Husband
- *Family Plot* (1976), Hank Granderson
- *Bonanza* (1959), Jim Hartley, Asa Flanders, Frank Slater, Sheriff Garth
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Dr. Maurice Webster
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Ted
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Raff

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