- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilbur James Campbell Jr.
- Nickname
- Bill
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- William Campbell was born on October 30, 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The High and the Mighty (1954), Star Trek (1966) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). He was married to Tereza Pavlovic, Barbara Bricker and Judith Campbell Exner. He died on April 28, 2011 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
- SpousesTereza Pavlovic(March 31, 1963 - April 28, 2011) (his death)Barbara Bricker(July 29, 1960 - 1961) (annulled)Judith Campbell Exner(October 26, 1952 - April 2, 1958) (divorced)
- RelativesR. Wright Campbell(Sibling)
- Enlisted in the United States Navy and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He served on a minesweeper, and was in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki less than a month after both were destroyed by atomic bombs.
- Was best man at James Doohan's 1974 marriage to Wende Doohan.
- On Star Trek (1966), he played the all-powerful alien Trelane in the episode The Squire of Gothos (1967), and Klingon captain Koloth in The Trouble with Tribbles (1967), both of which aired in 1967. He reprised the role of Trelane for Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993), returned as Koloth for the episode Blood Oath (1994), and was a regular at Star Trek conventions and cruises.
- Was the first actor ever to sing with Elvis Presley in a motion picture (Love Me Tender (1956)).
- During and following his acting career, he worked with the Motion Picture & Television Fund, and at one point was its administrator and chief fundraiser. He died at age 87 on April 28, 2011 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
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