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William Kiernan (I) (1908–1973)

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in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 65) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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1973 The Way We Were
 
1972 The Wrath of God
 
1972 The Cowboys
 
1971 Kotch
 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion
 
1970 Rio Lobo (as William R. Kiernan)
 
1970 WUSA
 
1970 Move (as William R. Kiernan)
 
1969 The April Fools
 
1968 Funny Girl
 
1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
 
1966 The Sand Pebbles
 
1966 This Property Is Condemned
 
1965 Synanon
 
1965 How to Murder Your Wife
 
1964 Ensign Pulver (as William R.Kiernan)
 
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree
 
1963 13 Frightened Girls!
 
1963 The Man from the Diners' Club
 
1963 Diamond Head
 
1963 The Plot Thickens (TV movie)
 
1962 Five Finger Exercise
 
1960-1962 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
– Dennis' Documentary Film (1962)
– Mr. Wilson's Uncle (1962)
– Where There's a Will (1962)
– Silence Is Golden (1962)
– The Fifteen-Foot Christmas Tree (1961)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1962 Walk on the Wild Side
 
1958-1961 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
– Mary's Little Lambs (1961)
– The Mustache (1961)
– Mary's Driving Lesson (1961)
– The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1961)
– Jeff, the Treasurer (1961)
See all 28 episodes »
 
1961 Cry for Happy
 
1960 Pepe
 
1960 Song Without End
 
1959 The Last Angry Man
 
1959 Gidget
 
1959 The Fat Man: The Thirty-Two Friends of Gina Lardelli (TV movie)
 
1954-1958 Father Knows Best (TV series)
– Margaret Wins a Car (1958)
– Betty, the Pioneer Woman (1958)
– Voice from the Past (1958)
– The Trial (1958)
– The Rivals (1958)
See all 48 episodes »
 
1958 The Last Hurrah
 
1958 Me and the Colonel
 
1958 Cowboy
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
– The Nightingale (1958)
 
1956-1957 Circus Boy (TV series)
– Uncle Cyrus (1957)
– Major Buffington (1957)
– Return of Casey Perkins (1957)
– Alex the Great (1957)
– Bimbo Jr. (1957)
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1956-1957 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
– Rusty's Strategy (1957)
– The Last Navajo (1957)
– A Look of Eagles (1957)
– Rusty's Reward (1957)
– The Courtship of Marshal Higgins (1957)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1957 Casey Jones (TV series)
– Prison Train (1957)
– The Gunslinger (1957)
– Death Rides the Tender (1957)
– Spurline to Danger (1957)
– Night Mail (1957)
 
1957 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series)
– Trail Herd (1957)
– A Texas Million (1957)
 
1957 Pal Joey
 
1957 The Brothers Rico
 
1957 Operation Mad Ball
 
1957 Jeanne Eagels
 
1957 3:10 to Yuma
 
1954-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
– Cross Hairs (1957)
– Miller's Millions (1957)
– The Gentle Deceiver (1957)
– Strange Disappearance (1957)
– Exclusive (1957)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat
 
1957 The Garment Jungle
 
1957 The Shadow on the Window
 
1957 Nightfall
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– So Soon to Die (1957)
 
1956 Full of Life
 
1956 Reprisal!
 
1956 You Can't Run Away from It
 
1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac
 
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story
 
1956 The Harder They Fall
 
1955 My Sister Eileen
 
1955 Three for the Show
 
1954 Phffft
 
1954 Human Desire
 
1954 It Should Happen to You
 
1953 The Big Heat
 
1953 Let's Do It Again
 
1953 The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
 
1953 Salome
 
1952 The Four Poster
 
1952 Affair in Trinidad
 
1952 The Marrying Kind
 
1952 Scandal Sheet
 
1951 Death of a Salesman
 
1951 The Son of Dr. Jekyll
 
1951 The Family Secret
 
1951 Chain of Circumstance
 
1950 Born Yesterday
 
1950 Harriet Craig
 
1950 The Petty Girl
 
1950 In a Lonely Place
 
1949 Tell It to the Judge
 
1949 Mary Ryan, Detective
 
1949 Jolson Sings Again
 
1949 Anna Lucasta
 
1949 The Undercover Man
 
1949 Riders of the Whistling Pines
 
1949 Knock on Any Door
 
1948 Leather Gloves
 
1948 The Return of October
 
1948 The Loves of Carmen
 
1947 Blondie's Anniversary
 
1947 It Had to Be You
 
1947 Down to Earth
 
1947 Sport of Kings
 
1947 Philo Vance's Gamble
 
1947 Blind Spot
 
1946 Lone Star Moonlight
 
1946 The Jolson Story
 
1946 So Dark the Night
 
1946 Just Before Dawn
 
1944 The Black Parachute
 
1944 Jam Session
 
1943 What a Woman!
 
1943 The Deerslayer
 
1943/I Sahara
 
1943 Victory Through Air Power (documentary) (interior decoration)
 
1943 Two Señoritas from Chicago
 
1943 Murder in Times Square
 
1943 City Without Men
 
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1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye (set director)
 
1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie (interior decorator)
 
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1970 The McMasters
Bartender
 
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William R. Kiernan | William R.Kiernan
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