---
name: "William Traylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-traylor-124602"
fi1m_id: "william-traylor-124602"
imdb_id: "nm0871501"
tmdb_id: 124602
wikidata_id: "Q3569002"
roles: []
born: "8 October 1930"
died: "23 September 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:10:27.356212+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."
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# William Traylor

## Identity

William Traylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-traylor-124602
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-traylor-124602
- **IMDb ID:** nm0871501
- **TMDB ID:** 124602
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3569002
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Traylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124602

Actor. Born 8 October 1930 in Kirksville, Missouri, USA. Died 23 September 1989.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 October 1930, Kirksville, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 23 September 1989
- **Also known as:** Bill Traylor, William Hurley Traylor 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Traylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124602

## Biography

William Traylor was an American actor who appeared in film, stage and television. Born William Hurley Traylor Jr. on 8 October 1930 in Kirksville, Missouri, he died on 23 September 1989 in Los Angeles, California.

He trained at the Actors Studio and began his career on Broadway in the 1950s, with later roles including Steve Baker in the 1966 Lincoln Center revival of *Show Boat*. In Los Angeles he worked extensively in television series such as *Kung Fu* and *Bracken's World*, and in films including *The Boston Strangler* (1968), *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (1984) and *Fletch* (1985), in which he played Ted Underhill.

With his wife, the actress and teacher Peggy Feury, he co-founded The Loft Studio, an acting school whose students included Sean Penn, Anjelica Huston and Nicolas Cage. He was the father of actresses Susan Traylor and Stephanie Feury.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fletch* (1985), Fi1m 71, as Ted Underhill — [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *Dead Bang* (1989), as Elton Tremmel
- *Fletch Lives* (1989), as Mr. Underhill
- *Beverly Hills Madam* (1986), as Taylor
- *Fletch* (1985), as Ted Underhill — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)
- *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (1984), as General Catburd
- *The Man with Two Brains* (1983), as Inspector
- *Keeping On* (1983), as Peter Jefferson
- *The Rainmaker* (1982), as Sheriff Thomas
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Peter Jefferson
- *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), as Sackett
- *The Long Riders* (1980), as The Pinkertons
- *S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert* (1980), as Lacey
- *The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened* (1977), as Coach
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, Actor
- *Fear on Trial* (1975), Actor
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor
- *Smile* (1975), as Ray Brandy
- *One of Our Own* (1975), as Bill Hinshaw
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Wilson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Harry O* (1974), series, Actor
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Pete Ellerbee
- *The Execution of Private Slovik* (1974), as Rossiter
- *The Legend of Hillbilly John* (1974), as Rev. Millen
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Maulpede
- *Banyon* (1972), series, Actor
- *Cisco Pike* (1972), as Jack
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Man and the City* (1971), series, Actor
- *Incident in San Francisco* (1971), Actor
- *Colossus: The Forbin Project* (1970), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Bracken's World* (1969), series, as Assistant Director
- *The Boston Strangler* (1968), as Arnie Carr
- *The Outcasts* (1968), series, Actor
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as James Brown
- *Windflowers* (1968), as FBI Agent
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Lester Hunter
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Tom Stoneman
- *Flipper* (1964), series, Actor
- *Diary of a Bachelor* (1964), as Skip
- *Destination Space* (1959), as Space Ship Crew
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Melvin Shaw
- *West Point* (1956), series, Actor
- *The Last Frontier* (1955), as Soldier (uncredited)
- *Screen Director's Playhouse* (1955), series, as Peter Jr., age 22
- *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, Actor
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor

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