William Redfield

Biography

William Redfield was a talented American actor and author born in New York City to a music conductor father and a chorus girl mother with Ziegfeld Follies connections. He began acting at age 9 in Broadway productions like Swing Your Lady (1936) and Our Town (1938), later joining the Actors Studio. His notable film roles include Sam Kreutzer in "Death Wish" (1974) and Dale Harding in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975).