William Duell
William Duell was born on August 30, 1923 in Corinth, New York, USA as George William Duell. He was an actor, known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), 1776 (1972) and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988). He was married to Mary Barto. He died on December 22, 2011 in... Read full bio →
Featured Characters
Roles you can spot in Whatthemovie snapshots
The Out-of-Towners
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark as they are vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
Cradle Will Rock
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s U.S., focusing on a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
In & Out
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Palookaville
3 friends try to break into a jewelry store to get easy money and change their lives but end up in a pastry shop. Will they have better luck next time?
Funny Farm
Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
When her great aunt dies famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town to Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house a witches cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queens ample assets all hell busts out & breaks loose.
Ironweed
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
Seize the Day
Tommy Wilhelm is a good honest man who's fallen on hard times after losing his job, but what really gets to Tommy is seeing both his friends and family turning their backs on him one after the other. He tries to seize the day - in vain.
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
Police Squad!
Sight gags, puns and non-sequiturs ensue as Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad - a special section of the Police Force - solve various puzzling cases.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The successful film drama from director Milos Forman portrays the life inside a psychiatric ward where the line between the insane and the not insane is blurred. Based on the novel by the same name by Ken Kesey.
1776
The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of the most important documents in the History of the United States, the Declaration of Independence.
The Hustler
The Hustler is an film from 1961 from director Robert Rossen and based on a novel by Walter Tevis. Paul Newman stars as a talented pool player.