---
name: "William Edwin Self"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-self"
fi1m_id: "william-self"
imdb_id: "nm0783116"
tmdb_id: 49929
wikidata_id: "Q8008495"
roles: []
born: "21 June 1921"
died: "15 November 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T05:19:04.600237+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# William Edwin Self

## Identity

William Edwin Self

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-self
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-self
- **IMDb ID:** nm0783116
- **TMDB ID:** 49929
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8008495
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edwin_Self, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49929

Actor. Born 21 June 1921 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Died 15 November 2010.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 June 1921, Dayton, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 15 November 2010
- **Also known as:** William Self, William E. Self, Bill Self
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 88 (1), 1950s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edwin_Self, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49929

## Biography

William Edwin Self (21 June 1921 – 15 November 2010) was an American actor and later television and film producer. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Chicago in 1943 with a degree in political science and began acting in films in 1945.

Between 1945 and 1952 he appeared in more than thirty films, often in uncredited or small roles. Notable credits include Pvt. Gawky Henderson in *Story of G.I. Joe* (1945), Sutter in *Red River* (1948), Cpl. Barnes in *The Thing from Another World* (1951), and Boatman in *The Big Sky* (1952). He also appeared in *Sands of Iwo Jima* (1950) and *Pat and Mike* (1952).

In 1952 Self left acting to work in television production. He produced episodes of *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* and later held executive positions at CBS and 20th Century Fox Television, overseeing series including *Batman*, *Peyton Place* and *M*A*S*H*. He also produced the feature films *The Shootist* (1976) and *From Noon Till Three* (1976).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Big Sky* (1952), Fi1m 73, as Boatman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Red River* (1948), Fi1m 88, as Sutter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Skylark* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Sarah, Plain and Tall* (1991), Executive Producer
- *The Tenth Man* (1988), Executive Producer
- *From Noon Till Three* (1976), Producer
- *The Shootist* (1976), Producer
- *State Fair* (1976), Executive Producer
- *Jan & Dean: On the Run* (1966), Production Manager
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank* (1957), Producer
- *Frank Sinatra Show* (1957), series, Producer
- *The Unlighted Road* (1955), Producer
- *The General's Boots* (1954), Producer
- *The Big Sky* (1952), as Boatman — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)
- *Pat and Mike* (1952), as Pat Pemberton's Caddy
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Producer
- *The Thing from Another World* (1951), as Corporal Barnes
- *Three Secrets* (1950), as Sergeant (uncredited)
- *A Ticket to Tomahawk* (1950), Actor
- *Sands of Iwo Jima* (1950), as Pvt. L.D. Fowler Jr.
- *Adam's Rib* (1949), as Benjamin Klausner - Jury Foreman (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/adams-rib.md)
- *I Was a Male War Bride* (1949), as Sergeant (uncredited), Sergeant with War Bride (uncredited)
- *Red River* (1948), as Sutter (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)
- *A Foreign Affair* (1948), as G.I. (uncredited)
- *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), as Max - a Reporter (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md)
- *Marshal of Cripple Creek* (1947), as Dick Lambert
- *Kilroy Was Here* (1947), as Murdock
- *A Likely Story* (1947), as Intern (uncredited)
- *Story of G.I. Joe* (1945), as "Gawky" Henderson

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