- Acting films
- 18
- Acting avg
- 5.97
- Peak run
- 1972’78
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
William by the numbers
Average
5.97
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.12
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.85
rating spread
Career
24y
1963 to 1986
Total votes
4.64K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Worst
5.8
Any Which Way You Can
Newest first
Filmography
| 1986 |  Stewardess School | Attorney | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1980 |  Any Which Way You Can | Elmo | 5.8 | 393 |
| 1978 |  Every Which Way but Loose | Elmo, Sergeant-At-Arms Biker | 6.1 | 535 |
| 1976 |  The Outlaw Josey Wales | Sim Carstairs | 7.5 | 1,353 |
| 1974 |  Big Bad Mama | Crusade Preacher | 5.7 | 77 |
| 1974 |  Black Eye | Minister | · | 10 |
| 1973 |  High Plains Drifter | Barber | 7.3 | 1,402 |
| 1972 |  The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Bartender in Piercetown | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1970 |  Which Way to the Front? | Mr. Prescott (uncredited) | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1969 |  The Happy Ending | Minister | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1969 |  Paint Your Wagon | Horace Tabor | 6.3 | 291 |
| 1969 |  Hook, Line and Sinker | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 4.4 | 29 |
| 1968 |  Ice Station Zebra | Survivor | 6.4 | 200 |
| 1967 |  Games | Party Guest | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1967 |  The Big Mouth | Psychiatrist (uncredited) | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1967 |  It's a Bikini World | McSnigg | · | 11 |
| 1965 |  The War Lord | Volunteer Rejected by Chrysagon (uncredited) | 6.2 | 79 |
| 1963 |  The Wheeler Dealers | Paid Weeper (uncredited) | · | 23 |
Takes