Radio, Print & Voice Work

Radio Work(starting in 1947): Bill appeared in various radio programs once he returned from the war.

My True Story(1955): Bill appeared on this radio serial that borrowed from real-life stories of people with struggles…mostly among married couples. The show was produced by ABC.

KPFK &KPFA Public radio(1960s-1970s): Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Bill appeared on many programs that appeared on the public radio stations in California. He appeared mostly on a segment for children called “Time For Rhyme.”

ABC TV Interview (1965): Bill was interviewed about the upcoming third season of “The Farmer’s Daughter.” He was in a restaurant at the time. Cathleen Nesbitt was also interviewed. This was not for television but rather for radio news.

Bobbie Wygant Interview (1969): Bobbie Wygant was a well respected entertainment reporter for a tv station in Texas. She interviewed every star imaginable. She interviewed Bill in what looks like a public park. He was promoting his upcoming tv series “My World and Welcome To It.”

Airborne In Nottingham: The Impact Of An Elite American Parachute Regiment On An English City In World War II(1974): A book by David J. Pike about the 508th. Bill was interviewed and recalled, rather comically, how a Major tried to give Bill’s unit a pep talk before D-Day and ended up doing more damage.

University Almanac (November 27 – December 10, 1977): Bill gave an audio interview at the University of Georgia about his Thurber show.

Party Line(April 1982): Bill was a guest on this radio show airing on channel WEAQ in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He was talking about his one-man show with host Peter Murphy.

D.L. Stewart Show(October 1982): Bill was a guest on this radio show for station WHIO in Dayton, Ohio.

Final Cut(1983): A detective noir book by Pamela Chais. It’s about the inner workings of Hollywood and when an agent is murdered, a former kiddie star-turned-detective is called in to investigate. Bill was mentioned in the book as being a B-star sitting by the pool.

National Cremation Society: Print Ads(1986): Bill was featured in print ads for the company. His final wish was that he be cremated and his ashes be buried under a memorial stone shaped like a rook, with a specially engraved marker, at the Windom Family Plot in D.C. The ashes are still with Bill’s widow.

The Star Trek Interview Book(1988): A book by Allan Asherman. He interviewed Bill extensively about his appearance on the show and his career.

Nightcrawlers: Stories From the Blue World(1989): Audio book. Bill read the stories, “Night Calls the Green Falcon,” “Night Crawlers” and “Yellow Jacket Summer.”

The Devil’s Tale(1992): A book by Zig Boroughs that tells the stories of the 508th regiment, 82nd airborne division. He interviewed Bill about his time in the Netherlands.

The “Murder, She Wrote” Cookbook(1997): Chock-full of recipes from the cast and crew. Bill contributed William Windom’s Last Meal…..Caviar & Grits with champagne. Just a few ingredients, albeit expensive ingredients needed. A compendium cookbook may soon be released (with some added recipes) by a “Murder, She Wrote” & “Columbo” fan.

The California Artist Radio Theatre: A Bradbury Binary. Radio show

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Bloody Bloody Banks of Fall River. Radio show. The plot is described as: “While Lizzie was grinding her mother’s ax, her killer waited with his own.”

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Blackbeard’s 14th Wife, Why She Was No Good For Him. Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Billie Bonnie: Bloodletter. Radio show. The story about Billy the Kid. Bill was the narrator.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Radio Show. The story focuses on the final days of the president.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Any Friend of Nicholas Nicholby’s Is a Friend of Mine. Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Call of the Yukon. Radio Show. The adventures of young Jack London. Bill played the roles of Cassius, a prospector, and the stable keeper.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Candida. Radio show. A marital fidelity tale by George Bernard Shaw. Bill played Mr. Burgess with a great cockney accent. Coincidentally, this play was the plot of an episode of “The Farmer’s Daughter” called Young and in Love.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Christmas in Spiddal. Radio Show. Bill played Santa Claus.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Christmas with CART. Radio show. Bill worked with actress Lois Nettleton who appeared with him in the “Gunsmoke” episode Nina’s Revenge and the film “Echoes of Summer.”

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner. Radio show. The tale of the first woman tried for murder in America.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Final Day of General Ketchum and How He Died. Radio Show. A southern murder mystery.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Francisco Pizzaro: His Heart on a Golden Knife. Radio show. A murder mystery involving the explorer and his search for gold.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Hamilton & Burr. Radio show. The story explores what happens when the two duelists have a talk the night before the event. Bill played the roles of John Baker Church and Pickering.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: An Ideal Husband. Radio Show. The goings-on at a dinner party in Victorian England. Bill played the roles of The Vicomte and Phipps.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: If a Body Needs a Body Just Call Burke & Hare. Radio Show. A murder mystery involving two detectives.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Inca of Perusalem. Radio Show. It’s the story of a mighty ruler who is so powerful he cannot have a true relationship.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Joy to the world. Radio Show. A holiday celebration with some of the world’s favorite literary characters like King Arthur, Scrooge and Feziwig and the Happy Prince. Bill played Santa.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Letters and Other Beguiling Things. Radio Show. A collection of written letters by famous authors. Bill played T.H. White, Teddy Roosevelt and Christopher Morley.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Little Women Book I. Radio Show. Bill played Grandfather Lawrence.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Little Women Book II. Radio Show. Bill played Grandfather Lawrence.

The California Artists Radio Theatre:The Man With Bogart’s Face. Radio Show. A Private eye, Sam Marlowe, has surgery to look and sound just like Bogart. Hilarity ensues in this parody of old-school detective noir. Bill played Mustafa Hakim.

The California Artists Radio Theatre:A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Radio Show. Bill played Bottom, the comic relief of the play. He often gets his head transformed into a donkey by Puck.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: My Client Curley. Radio Show. Curley is a caterpillar that entertains people by dancing to “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby.” Soon Curley and his owner Stinky find an agent and become the hottest ticket in Hollywood. Suddenly all the newspapers and entertainers want Curley to make an appearance. Bill played several roles: Boston Globe, The Defender, The New Yorker Man and The Shipper.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Mysteries in the Air. Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The October Country. Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Oh, Shaw. Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Old Six Toes. Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre:One Perfect Rose. Radio Show. The story of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and her relationship with her political father, her love and marriage to Joseph Kennedy Sr. and the strong spiritual influence she had on her children.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Oscar in Limbo. Radio Show. The story of famed Victorian writer Oscar Wilde. His life is turned upside down when he is arrested for a relationship he engaged in. Once released he finds his reputation and life in Limbo.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Peter Pan and Wendy. Radio Show. Bill played the roles of Mr. Smee and The Never Bird.

The California Artists Radio Theatre:The Playboy of the Western World. Radio Show. The story of J.M. Synge and how he spends time learning the ancient Irish language and customs on the island of Arran. Bill played old Mahon.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Plot to Overthrow Christmas. Radio Show. The forces of good vs evil in an attempt to save the beloved holiday. Bill played Santa Claus.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Reno. Radio Show. The story of a blind horse an the man who believes in him. Bill played Mr. Dinglehoffer and the stranger. Mr. Dinglehoffer wants his farm hand, Reno, to shoot the horse but Reno refuses. Actor Alan Young played Reno. He and Bill had worked together on an episode of “Murder, She Wrote” called Keep the Home Fries Burning.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Seagull. Radio Show. The first of Checkov’s masterpieces. Bill played Dr. Yevgeny Dorn.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Seven Layer Arsenic Cake of Madame LeFarge. Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: She Stoops to Conquer. Radio Show. A case of mistaken identity. A young woman named Kate is told her suitor from London is coming to the country to visit. Her jealous step-brother meets the beau at a pub and directs him to the step-father’s home. The beau just thinks it’s a run-down inn. Kate agrees to go along with the deceit and pretend she’s someone else. Bill played the father Sir Charles Marlowe and also Slang.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Sherlock Holmes. Radio Show: Bill played Dr. Watson.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Strange Affliction. Radio Show. The story of a disease that doesn’t make people sick. Bill played Harry, the Healer and the hematologist.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: A Stroll with Poets. Radio Show. A play featuring the works of some of the literary world’s best poets.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: The Three Actors. Radio Show. A program of three, one-man plays. Bill did Thurber.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Walt Whitman: Sweet Bird of Freedom. Radio Show. The story of young Whitman and his first love.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Where She Stops, Nobody Knows. Radio Show. This followed the adventures of a young heroine and her many travels. The “she” was actress Shelly Long(“Cheers”) and Bill played the “he.”

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Widow McGee and the Three Gypsies. Radio Show. A story of three gypsies and the consequences of when they tempt fate. Bill played one of the gypsies.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Young Loving Son, Nero: Radio Show.

The California Artists Radio Theatre:Alice in Wonderland(1994). Radio Show. Bill played the Cheshire Cat and Tweedle Dee to Parley Baer’s Tweedle Dum. Bill and Parley worked together on two episodes of “The Farmer’s Daughter” called Katy’s Castle and Moe Hill and the Mountains. They also worked on an episode of “The Virginian” called Halfway Back From Hell.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Ray Bradbury 75th(1995). Radio Show. Bill along with other actors and actresses lent their voices to various Bradbury works during a celebration for him.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Heartbreak Hotel(1998). Radio Show. Bill appeared in this George Bernard Shaw classic.

The Poetry of Walt Whitman (1997): Bill along with several other actors read various pieces of Whitman’s work. Audio cassette.

California Fault: Searching For the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas(1998). Bill narrated the audio book.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Hollywood is a State of Mind(1998). Bill played John Ford in the play.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Four Last Songs(1999). Radio Show. A story about four women Holocaust survivors living in Beverly Hills. They recall their memories of wartime Vienna.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Ray Bradbury 80th(2000). Radio Show. The actors gathered to pay homage to the writer on his birthday.

The California Artists Radio Theatre: Yankee Doodle Dandies(2001). Radio Show. A star studded re-telling of American history. Bill played Christopher Columbus with an exaggerated Italian accent. Coincidentally, Christopher Columbus was the plot of an episode of “The Farmer’s Daughter.

Sudden Mischief: A Spenser Series(1999). Audio Book. Based on the character famously portrayed in the “Spencer, For Hire” tv series. He’s a Boston based P.I. Bill narrated the novel, doing all the voices. This is probably the first time audiences hear Bill drop several “F” bombs in a performance. What’s great about these books is Bill’s voice has an almost honey quality to it. His voice mellowed quite a bit with age and works perfectly for audio books.

Jacob’s Hand: A Fable. Audio book. A ranch hand learns he has the unusual gift of healing. Bill is one of the narrators and Burt Reynolds is the character Jacob.

The Greatest Mysteries of All Time Volume 5. Audio Book.

Great Moments in History. Audio Book.

The Little Regiment and Other Great Civil War Stories. Audio Book

American West in Fiction, Volume 3. Audio Book.

Ghost Story. Audio Book. This is based on the 1979 book by Peter Straub. A film was also made with Hollywood legends Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks,jr. and John Houseman. Bill does all of the voices.

The Phantom of Manhattan. Audio Book. What DID happen to Christina and the Phantom, as discussed between Frederick Forsyth and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Titanic Disaster Hearings. The Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate Investigation. Audio Book.

Hi Lo to Hollywood: A Max Evans Reader. Audio Book. Various pieces from the writer about his love for the American West.

Hell on the Draw: The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman. Audio Book.

Sam Gunn Unlimited. Audio Book. A story of a fictional space cowboy. Bill was one of the narrators.

Abuse of Power(1997). Audio Book. A reconstruction of the Nixon tapes.

The Collected Stories by Paul Theroux(1998): Audio Book. Bill reads the story “Memories of a Curfew,” which takes place in Africa.

The Pistoleer: A Novel of John Wesley Hardin: Audio Book.

Light’s End Short Stories. Audio Book about Light’s End, a quaint New England town that’s anything but.

Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour(1999): A book by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson with contributions from actor John Astin. Bill discussed his most favorite TV role in “They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar.”

Maps in a Mirror (1999): This audio book was a compiliation of short stories by author Orson Scott Card. It features the story “The Best Day” read by Bill.

The Farmer’s Daughter Remembered: The Biography of Actress Inger Stevens(2000). This book was written by a former private investigator named William Patterson. He interviewed Bill quite extensively about his relationship with Inger when they worked together on “The Farmer’s Daughter.”

The Best of Fantasy 2001: Audio Book. Bill read the stories, “Grass” and “Legerdemain.”

Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice(2002). Audio Book. Described as an epic voyage and erotic fable. Bill is one of the narrators.

A Tale of Two Cases: Right of Publicity Vs. The First Amendment(2003): A scholarly article Bill co-wrote with Dr. Sharlene L. McEvoy. It was published in the journal “Communications and the Law.”

RTX: Red Rock(2003): A video game for Play Station involving action on the red planet. Bill did the voice of a character named Augustus Wheeler, the grandfather of the main character.

Armies of Exigo(2004): A game created by Microsoft Windows. The idea was to build empires with various materials as well as research spells and upgrades. Bill voiced the character of an elder gnome aboard an Ark. He said several different lines when you clicked on him and utilized a pirate accent.

The Bennetts: An Acting Family(2004): A book by Brian Kellow. Bill talked about his experience touring with Joan Bennett when they worked in the play, “Bell, Book and Candle.”

SAG and AFTRA: The Case for Merger of the Entertainment Unions(2004): This article was published in “The University of Miami Law School Institutional Repository.” Bill was the co-author with Dr. Sharlene L. McEvoy. They later worked together on his autobiography.

The Improvisation Playbook(2006): A book by Tristan MacAvery. Bill provided a testimonial about the book.

I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead(2007): A book by Charles Tranberg, chronicling the life of the stage and screen actress. He sent questions to Bill (who worked with her on the tv movie “Marriage: Year One”) and the response was featured in this book.

Dimensions: Behind The Twilight Zone(2007): A book by Stewart Stanyard about the hit series. Bill was interviewed about his two appearances.

Journeyman Actor(2009): This is Bill’s autobiography that he wrote with Sharlene L. McEvoy.

All American, All The Way(2010): A book by Phil Nordyke about the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II. Nordyke interviewed Bill about his experiences fighting in the Netherlands.

The 508th Connection(2013): Another book by Zig Boroughs. He mentions Bill helping a wounded lieutenant during a mission in Europe.

Meet The Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy’s Other Couple(2014): A book by Rob Edelman and Audrey Kupferberg. Bill mentioned working with Vivian Vance on “The Lucy Show.”

The Washingtons: A Family History Volume 6 (Part 1)(2014): A book by Justin Glenn, it focuses on prominent politicians and traces their family tree. Bill and his family are featured in the book.

Tales From the Cult Film Trenches: Interviews with 36 Actors From Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema(2014): A book by Louis Paul. He interviewed Bill about some of his most famous roles.

Classic Stories of the American West (2016). Audio Book. Bill read one of the stories called “The Outcasts of Poker Flats.” The story was written by western genre author Bret Harte. The same story was also featured on another audio book called “The Outcasts of Poker Flats.” This audio book features other stories besides Poker Flats and it came out in 2006.