Macon McCalman
Willis Macon McCalman was an American television, stage and big screen movie actor.
Acting career
Nicknamed "Sonny", McCalman helped form the Front Street Theatre in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army. Over the course of his acting career McCalman appeared in various film and TV guest roles, usually in supporting parts, both dramatic and comedic often as heavies and authoritarian figures. He got his acting start on Broadway appearing in productions of The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, An Enemy for the People, and a comedy, The Playboy Of the Western World.
His first Hollywood film role was in Deliverance. He had supporting parts in The Concorde... Airport '79, The Falcon and the Snowman, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Falling Down. He also appeared in the Roger Donaldson directed film Marie. He appeared in guest roles in television shows such as Cheers, Starsky and Hutch, Kojak, Lou Grant, Three's Company, Murder She Wrote as well as such miniseries and television movies as Roots and Captains and the Kings.
Death
McCalman retired from acting and returned to Memphis in 1997 after suffering a heart attack. He died in a Memphis hospital in 2005, one month shy of his 73rd birthday, from complications of a series of strokes.
Filmography
Film
Deliverance .... Deputy QueenLipstick .... Police PhotographerSlap Shot .... Soap Opera patient Smokey and the Bandit .... Mr. BComes a Horseman .... Virgil HovertonThe Concorde... Airport '79 .... Carl ParkerThe Last Word .... Welfare CaseworkerThe Incredible Shrinking Woman .... Dr. AtkinsDead & Buried .... BenCarbon Copy .... Tubby WederholtRollover .... Jerry FewsterTimerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann .... Dr. SamHonkytonk Man .... Dr. HinesFleshburn .... Earl DanaThe Falcon and the Snowman .... Larry RogersCold Feet .... Store OwnerDoc Hollywood .... Aubrey DraperFried Green Tomatoes .... Prosecutor PercyFalling Down .... Detective GrahamMurder Between Friends .... Janet’s LawyerThe Client .... BallatineA Walk in the Clouds .... ConductorRosewood .... Governor Hardee
Television
Starsky & Hutch .... Officer Bernie GlassmanKojak .... McKeeThe Jeffersons .... Roger TulleyCaptains and the Kings .... DolanThe Bob Newhart Show .... Dr. MalcolmMaude .... Mark Duncan / Wendall GlendaleCarter Country .... DrunkRoots .... PostonThe Pirate .... HutchinsonThree's Company .... Mr. PenroseHart to Hart .... Dr. Harry CapelloThe Waltons .... Deputy Sheriff / Deputy AbeThree's Company .... Roland Wood Lou Grant .... Dolph Masterson / KibbeeDiff'rent Strokes .... Dr. Kalsa / George EndicottCheers .... Darrell StabellThree's Company .... Roland WoodRemington Steele .... Uncle TimGloria .... Motel ManagerEmerald Point N.A.S. .... Harry BogardSt. Elsewhere .... Henry JudsonNewhart .... Paul FrazierThe Red-Light Sting .... JeffersHill Street Blues .... Mr. FitzgeraldKnight Rider .... Calvin HolmesFamily Ties .... Professor SpanosThe Deliberate Stranger .... Larsen's editorHunter TV seriesSilver Spoons .... StockwellDallas .... GormanMurder, She Wrote .... Nolan Hayes / Hotel Detective Fritz RiceDuet .... Mr. PaxtonPerfect Strangers .... Dr. ShukinGuns of Paradise .... Warren TurtleL.A. Law .... Judge Whitney BaldwinDesigning Women .... Paul WebsterFrankenstein: The College Years .... Dean March The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air .... Dr. Baylor Scattered Dreams .... VirgilThe Wonder Years .... Karl GustafsonLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman .... WillieGoode Behavior .... Mr. Kaufman