H. M. Wynant

• Name — H.M. Wynant • Birth Name — Chaim Weiner • Born — 12 February 1927 • Birthplace — Detroit, Michigan, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1955–present • Spouse — Ethel Winant (m. 1951-1971) (divorced) (3 children) Paula Davis (m. 1993-present) (1 child)

Wynant was born in Detroit, Michigan to Bessie and Jacob Weiner from Zabłotów, Poland (present-day Zabolotiv, Ukraine). He made his feature film debut as a Native American in Samuel Fuller's Run of the Arrow (1957). The following year Wynant played Yellow Bull, a Sioux Indian, in the Walt Disney film Tonka. His film credits include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958); The Slender Thread (1965); Track of Thunder (1967); The Helicopter Spies (1968); Marlowe (1969); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); Hangar 18 (1980); Earthbound (1981); and Solar Crisis (1990). He played a villain who fought Elvis Presley in the 1963 film, It Happened at the World's Fair. Among his many television credits are appearances on shows such as Playhouse 90; Sugarfoot; Hawaiian Eye; Combat!; The Wild Wild West; Perry Mason (10 appearances); The Twilight Zone; Daniel Boone; Gunsmoke (8 appearances); Frontier Circus; Get Smart; Hawaii Five-O; The Big Valley; Hogan's Heroes; Bat Masterson; Mission: Impossible; Quincy, M.E.; and Dallas.

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 2 Episode 3: "De Mortuis") - Truck Driver (credited as Haim Winant) • Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Patron at Toots Shor's (uncredited) • Run of the Arrow (1957) - Crazy Wolf • Decision at Sundown (1957) - Spanish • Oregon Passage (1957) - Black Eagle • Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) - Corpsman Hendrix (uncredited) • Tonka (1958) - Yellow Bull • It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) - Vince Bradley • The Wheeler Dealers (1963) - Bo Bluedog (uncredited) • The Slender Thread (1965) - Doctor Morris • Get Smart (1967) (Season 2 Episode 27: "Pussycats Galore") - Frank Valentine • Track of Thunder (1967) - Maxwell Carstairs • The Search for the Evil One (1967) • Sail to Glory (1967) - Captain Dick Brown • The Helicopter Spies (1968) - The Aksoy Brothers (archive footage) • The Virginian (1968) (Season 7 Episode 5: "The Wind of Outrage") - Sturdevant • Marlowe (1969) - Sonny Steelgrave • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) - Hoskyns • The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, TV Movie) - Frank Driscoll • The Rockford Files (1975) (Season 2 Episode 2: "The Farnsworth Stratagem") - Danzi • The Last Tycoon (1976) - Man at Dailies (uncredited) • Grand Jury (1976) - Mr. Potter • Hangar 18 (1980) - Flight Director • Earthbound (1981) - Dave • Solar Crisis (1990) - IXL executive #1 • The Big Empty (1997) - J.W. McCreedy • Whigmaleerie (2005) - Hector MacDougall • Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007) - Dr. Applethorpe • The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2008) - General Scottmanson • Dark and Stormy Night (2009) - Dr. Van Von Vandervon • Yesterday Was a Lie (2009) - Art Patron • Footprints (2011) - Victor • Marafon (2013) - David • The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015) - 'Montague Shaw' as Andrew • Living Room Coffin (2018) - Terry