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H. M. Wynant

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H.M. Wynant
Born
Chaim Weiner[1]

(1927-02-12) February 12, 1927 (age 99)
OccupationActor
Years active1955–present
Spouse(s)Ethel Winant (m. 1951-1971) (divorced) (3 children)[2]
Paula Davis (m. 1993-present) (1 child)[3]

H. M. Wynant (born Chaim Weiner; 1926 or 1927)[4] is an American film and television actor.

Life and career

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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 Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian, in the Walt Disney film Tonka.

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 (10 appearances); The Twilight Zone; Daniel Boone; Gunsmoke (8 appearances); Frontier Circus; Get Smart; Hawaii Five-O; The Big Valley; Hogan's Heroes; Bat Masterson; Mission: Impossible; Quincy, M.E.; and Dallas.[5]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Soul of blessed memory". The Detroit Jewish News. 2017-09-21. p. 60.
  2. ↑ Lavietes, Stuart (December 14, 2003). "Ethel Winant, 81, Pioneering Woman In TV Production" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ "The Fugitive: The TV Series (1963-1967) | Happy 95th BirthdayL - appeared in 1 The Fugitive episode:".
  4. ↑ "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. Open access icon
  5. ↑ "H.M. Wynant". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
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