William Lanteau

William Lanteau (November 17, 1922 - November 3, 1993) was an American character actor. Among his best known roles are the mail carrier in On Golden Pond[1] and Chester, the mayor,[2] in Newhart.

Life and career

He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. His first television appearance was in 1954 in an episode of Goodyear Playhouse. He later appeared in over eighty different television shows, among them The Donna Reed Show, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,The Andy Griffith Show, Here's Lucy, No Soap, Radio, Centennial and Amen. He also appeared in the movies Li'l Abner (1959), The Honeymoon Machine (1961), Sex and the Single Girl (1964), Hotel (1967), From Noon till Three (1976), On Golden Pond (1981) and Cold Steel (1987).

References

  1. ↑ Obituary in The New York Times
  2. ↑ AV Club

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