H. M. Wynant (born Chaim Weiner; 1926 or 1927)[2] is an American film and television actor.

H.M. Wynant
Born
Chaim Weiner[1]

1926 or 1927 (age 97–98)
OccupationActor
Years active1955–present

Biography

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Wynant was born in Detroit, Michigan to Bessie and Jacob Weiner from Zabłotów, Poland (present-day Zabolotiv, Ukraine).[1] He made his feature film debut as a Native American in Samuel Fuller's Run of the Arrow (1957). The following year, in Walt Disney film Tonka, Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian.

His film credits include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958); The Slender Thread (1965); Track of Thunder (1967); The Helicopter Spies (1968); Marlowe (1969); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); Hangar 18 (1980); Earthbound (1981); and Solar Crisis (1990). He played a villain who fought Elvis Presley in the 1963 film, It Happened at the World's Fair.

Among his many television credits are appearances on shows such as Playhouse 90, Sugarfoot, Hawaiian Eye, Combat!, The Wild Wild West, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Frontier Circus, Get Smart, Hawaii Five-O, The Big Valley, Hogan's Heroes, Bat Masterson, Mission: Impossible, Quincy, M.E., and Dallas.

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Soul of blessed memory". The Detroit Jewish News. 2017-09-21. p. 60.
  2. ^ "TV-Movie Actor Uses Initials". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. North America Newspaper Alliance. April 25, 1957. p. 39. Retrieved July 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  
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