William Samples

Career timeline

1. 1952 · Born

   Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

2. 1980 · Screen debut

   Powder Heads (Movie)

3. 2001 · Breakthrough

   Smallville (TV)

4. 2023 · Latest release

   Wilderness (TV)

5. 2024 · Died

   January 2, 2024

Career in numbers

7 1980s

14 1990s

18 2000s

9 2010s

2 2020s

• Drama24
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy13
• Animation9
• Comedy9
• Family9
• Action & Adventure8

Highest-rated title Supernatural 2005 8.3 Most popular title The Flash 2014 7.7

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside William Samples in our catalogue.

David Jackson

4 titles together

Skyler Gisondo

2 titles together

Steve Miner

2 titles together

Mark Verheiden

2 titles together

Stephen J. Cannell

2 titles together

Jensen Ackles

2 titles together

Amanda Tapping

2 titles together

1. 2023 Wilderness as Bingo Caller 6.8 TV
2. 2020 To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You as Bert 6.8 Movie
3. 2018 Once Upon a Prince as Sir Edward Tilbury 6.5 Movie
4. 2016 The BFG as Palace Staff #2 (aka Footman) 6.3 Movie
5. 2014 The Flash as Mr. Vandervoort 7.7 TV
6. 2014 The Clockwork Girl as Additional Voices (voice) Movie
7. 2013 Witches of East End as Art Lover 7.3 TV
8. 2011 The Big Year as British Tourist 6.0 Movie
9. 2010 The Side Show Christmas Movie
10. 2010 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Professor Flintheart (voice) 8.2 TV
11. 2010 Hop the Twig as Narrator (voice) Movie
12. 2009 Santa Buddies as James the Butler 5.9 Movie
13. 2008 Snow Buddies as Butler 6.1 Movie
14. 2006 The Fair Haired Child as Anton 5.8 Movie
15. 2006 Psych as Dr. Morey 7.9 TV
16. 2005 Masters of Horror as Anton 7.2 TV
17. 2005 Supernatural as Minister 8.3 TV
18. 2005 Hiro as Insect Smuggler Movie
19. 2004 Legend of Earthsea as Doctor Hand 5.8 TV
20. 2004 Battlestar Galactica as Captain Jules Tarney 8.2 TV
21. 2003 Lucky 7 as Kyron 5.9 Movie
22. 2003 First to Die as Paul Broughton Movie
23. 2003 Ben Hur as Roman Solider (voice) Movie
24. 2002 The Twilight Zone as Mr. Jennings 7.2 TV
25. 2002 Johnson County War as Arthur Movie
26. 2002 Kelly Dream Club as Royal Walla (voice) Movie
27. 2002 Movie Toons: Treasure Island as Captain Smollett (voice) Movie
28. 2001 Smallville as Harry Hardwick 8.2 TV
29. 2000 Andromeda as King of Prolon 7.1 TV
30. 1999 Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century as Chief Inspector Greyson (voice) TV
31. 1997 Extreme Dinosaurs TV
32. 1996 The Sentinel as Jeffrey Collins 7.2 TV
33. 1996 Happy Gilmore as Starter #2 (AT&T) 6.7 Movie
34. 1995 Action Man as (voice) TV
35. 1994 Ernest Goes to School as Mr. Peyton 4.1 Movie
36. 1993 Heritage Minutes: Sir Sandford Fleming as Fleming Movie
37. 1993 Heritage Minutes: Nitro as Additional Cast Movie
38. 1993 The Sea Wolf as Charles Furuseth 6.2 Movie
39. 1992 Highlander: The Series as Bruce 7.4 TV
40. 1991 Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Mr. Schuller Movie
41. 1991 Showdown at Williams Creek Movie
42. 1991 Palace Guard TV
43. 1991 Heritage Minutes as Sandford Fleming TV
44. 1989 Booker as Waiter 5.2 TV
45. 1989 Bordertown as Commissioner Alexander Stewart TV
46. 1988 Watchers as Motel Clerk 5.2 Movie
47. 1987 21 Jump Street as English Teacher 7.3 TV
48. 1985 MacGyver as Headmaster Blake 7.7 TV
49. 1982 By Design Movie
50. 1980 Powder Heads as Phillip Buster Movie

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