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William S. Paley
William S. Paley (1901–1990), American broadcasting executive, bought United Independent Broadcasters in 1928 and built it into CBS, creating CBS News and leading television ratings for two decades.
William Sadler (actor)
William Thomas Sadler (born 1950, Buffalo, New York) is an American character actor known as the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted, Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, Colonel Stuart in Die Hard 2, and Sheriff Valenti in Roswell.
William Sanderson
William Sanderson (born 1944, Memphis) is an American character actor known as Larry on Newhart, J.F. Sebastian in Blade Runner, and E.B. Farnum in Deadwood; not the British actor of AI-generated profiles.
William Schallert
William Schallert (1922-2016), American character actor of nearly 70 years, played Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show, Nilz Baris in Star Trek's 'The Trouble with Tribbles,' and served as Screen Actors Guild president 1979-1981.
William Shatner
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931, Montreal) is a Canadian actor best known as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek (1966-69) and seven films, and as Emmy-winning Denny Crane on Boston Legal; in 2021 he became the oldest person in space.
William Simons
William Simons (Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, 1940–2019), Welsh actor; played PC Alf Ventress in all 18 series of ITV's Heartbeat (1992–2010, 355 episodes); also Crown Court, Cribb, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries.
William Smith (actor)
William Smith (1933–2021), American character actor, played Falconetti in Rich Man, Poor Man, Joe Riley in Laredo, and villains in Any Which Way You Can, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn; former Air Force NSA recruit.
William Stryker
William Stryker: Marvel Comics anti-mutant villain, also Reverend William Stryker, created by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson in X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (1982); he kills his mutant-born son, leads the Purifiers, and differs from the Brian Cox film colonel.
William Talman (actor)
William Talman (1915–1968), American actor, played DA Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason (1957–1966) and the killer in The Hitch-Hiker (1953); he made the first Hollywood actor anti-smoking PSA before dying of lung cancer.
William Windom (actor)
William Windom (1923–2012), American character actor; Emmy winner for My World and Welcome to It (1970); Commodore Decker in Star Trek's Doomsday Machine; Dr. Seth Hazlitt on Murder, She Wrote.
William Wyler
William Wyler (Willi Wyler, 1902-1981), Alsatian-born American film director, three-time Best Director Oscar winner (Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives, Ben-Hur) with a record 12 directing nominations, known for deep-focus style and Goldwyn collaborations.
William Zabka
William Zabka (William Michael Zabka), known as Billy Zabka, is an American actor best known as Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984) and Cobra Kai.
Williams Street
Williams Street (Williams Street Productions, formerly Ghost Planet Industries) is the Atlanta-based Warner Bros. subsidiary producing Adult Swim originals such as Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Rick and Morty from 1065 Williams St. NW.
Willie Aames
Willie Aames (born 1960, Albert William Upton) is an American actor known as Tommy Bradford on Eight Is Enough, Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, and the Christian superhero Bibleman (1995–2003).
Willie Garson
Willie Garson (William Garson Paszamant, 1964-2021), American character actor; Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City and Mozzie on White Collar; died of pancreatic cancer at 57.
Willie Revillame
Willie Revillame (Wilfredo Buendia Revillame, born 1961) is a Filipino TV host of Wowowee, Wowowin, and Wilyonaryo, CEO of WBR Entertainment, who lost an independent 2025 Senate bid with 12.24% of votes.
Willie Robertson
Willie Robertson (born 1972) is an American TV personality, author, and CEO of Duck Commander and founder of Buck Commander, star of A&E's Duck Dynasty (2012–2017) and its 2025 revival, The Revival.
Willow (1988 film)
Willow (1988) is an American high fantasy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Bob Dolman from George Lucas's story, starring Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood with Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley; first credible use of digital morphing by ILM, MGM-distributed, later a cult classic with a 2022 Disney+ series.
Willow (TV series)
Willow (2022) is a Disney+ live-action fantasy series by Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment, a sequel to the 1988 film, starring Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood; eight episodes ran November 2022 to January 2023 before cancellation and removal from streaming.
Willow Creek (film)
Willow Creek (2013) is a found-footage Bigfoot horror film written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, starring Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson as a couple retracing the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film site in Humboldt County, California, famous for its long single-take tent scene.
Willow Rosenberg
Willow Rosenberg, also called Dark Willow, is the witch character played by Alyson Hannigan in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003); her romance with Tara Maclay was primetime TV's first recurring lesbian couple, and her sexuality is debated as lesbian or bisexual.
Willow Shields
Willow Shields (born 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American actress known as Primrose Everdeen in all four Hunger Games films (2012–2015), a season 20 Dancing with the Stars youngest-ever contestant, and lead of Spinning Out and When Time Got Louder.
Willy Loman
Willy Loman is the tragic protagonist of Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman, a sixty-year-old salesman whose confused pursuit of success and being liked ends in suicide for a $20,000 insurance payment.
Willy Russell
Willy Russell (born 1947) is the English Liverpool playwright of Educating Rita (1980), Blood Brothers (1983), and Shirley Valentine (1986), each an Olivier Award winner; two became films, and he was Oscar-nominated for the Educating Rita screenplay.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Mel Stuart's musical fantasy starring Gene Wilder, adapted from Roald Dahl's 1964 novel, financed by Quaker Oats, shot in Munich, a box-office disappointment that became a classic.
Willy's Chocolate Experience
Willy's Chocolate Experience, also called the Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience, was a failed unlicensed Wonka-themed children's event held 24 February 2024 in Glasgow; its AI-generated ads promised an immersive £35 experience, police were called after it was canceled within hours, and 850 refunds were pledged.
Wilma Flintstone
Wilma Flintstone (Wilma Anna Flintstone, née Slaghoople) is the fictional wife of Fred Flintstone in Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones (1960–66), voiced originally by Jean Vander Pyl, mother of Pebbles, based on Alice Kramden of The Honeymooners.
Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama, American actor born 1980 in Miami and raised in Venezuela, played Fez on That '70s Show (1998–2006) and Special Agent Nick Torres on NCIS since 2016; also voiced Handy Manny and Encanto's Agustín.
Wilson (1944 film)
Wilson (1944) is Darryl F. Zanuck's Twentieth Century-Fox Technicolor biopic of Woodrow Wilson, directed by Henry King, starring Alexander Knox; it won 5 of 10 Oscars but flopped, earning $2 million on a $5.2 million budget.
Wilson Bethel
Wilson Bethel (Stephen Wilson Bethel, born 1984) is an American actor known for Wade Kinsella on Hart of Dixie, Mark Callan on All Rise, and Bullseye/Benjamin Poindexter in Daredevil and Daredevil: Born Again.