William Lanteau

William Lanteau
William Lanteau in The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Born	William Lanctot November 12, 1922 St. Johnsbury, Vermont, US
Died	November 3, 1993 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, US
Years active	1954–1991
Known for	Character actor

William Lanteau (born William Lanctot) (November 12, 1922 – November 3, 1993) was an American character actor. Among his best known roles are Charlie the mail carrier in On Golden Pond[1] and mayor Chester Wanamaker[2] in Newhart.

Life and career

Lanteau was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. During WWII he was in the Army.[3] His first television appearance was in 1954 in an episode of Goodyear Television Playhouse. He appeared in over 80 television shows, among them The Donna Reed Show, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The Andy Griffith Show, Here's Lucy, Wonder Woman, No Soap, Radio, Centennial and Amen. He appeared in the first season of Barnaby Jones in an episode titled "To Denise, with Love and Murder" (April 22, 1973). 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), Cold Steel (1987), and Shadow of a Doubt (1991).Other notable appearances on television included The Twilight Zone , Dr. Kildare, Perry Mason, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Waltons, CHiPs, Trapper John, M.D., Diff'rent Strokes, Hart to Hart, Cagney & Lacey, Cheers, Murder, She Wrote, The Wonder Years, Newhart, Amen, and Coach

Death

He died of complications from heart surgery on November 3, 1993, at age 70.[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Li'l Abner	Available Jones
1960	The Facts of Life	Airline Clerk
1961	The Honeymoon Machine	Tommy Dane
1962	That Touch of Mink	Leonard	Uncredited
1964	Sex and the Single Girl	Sylvester
1967	Hotel	Mason
1976	From Noon till Three	Reverend Cabot
1981	On Golden Pond	Charlie Martin
1987	Cold Steel	Sam Modine

References

1. The Associated Press (6 November 1993). "William Lanteau, 70, Character-Role Actor". The New York Times. p. 1001054. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
2. VanDerWerff, Emily (2 December 2014). "How the second season of Newhart proves sitcoms need time to learn". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
3. "William Lanteau, 70, Character-Role Actor". New York Times via Associated Press. November 6, 1993. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
4. "W. Lanteau; Stage, Screen, TV Performer". Los Angeles Times. 5 November 1993. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

• 3. Demetria Fulton previewed William Lanteau's appearance in the first season of Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "To Denise, with Love and Murder" (April 22, 1973).

External links

• William Lanteau at IMDb
• William Lanteau at the Internet Broadway Database