About William Redfield William Redfield, born January 26, 1927 in New York City, was an American actor and author who appeared in numerous theatrical, film, radio, and television roles.

Born in New York City, Redfield appeared in the original 1938 Broadway production of Our Town. Additional theatre credits include A Man for All Seasons, Hamlet, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, and Dude. He also danced the starring role of Mercury in Cole Porter's "Out of This World," and had the distinction of having an Off Broadway theatre named in his honor. Redfield's film credits included Such Good Friends, Fantastic Voyage, A New Leaf, For Pete's Sake, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. On television, Redfield played the title role in the DuMont series Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop (1953), and appeared in The Philco Television Playhouse, Lux Video Theatre, The United States Steel Hour, Studio One, As the World Turns, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Naked City, Maude, and The Bob Newhart Show. He is best known as Floyd, the younger brother of Felix Unger (played by Tony Randall), on The Odd Couple.

He appeared as the corrupt reporter pursuing a curio shop owner who could predict what people needed in the future on the 1951 episode of DuMont's Science Fiction Playhouse, a/k/a Tales Of Tomorrow titled I Have What You Need.

In his book "Letters from an Actor", Redfield published a colorful and personal recollection of his work in the renowned 1964 international stage production of Hamlet, starring Richard Burton and directed by Sir John Gielgud. The scope of his book went beyond mere backstage gossip, drawing on Redfield's rich body of experience in the theatre, and his concise thoughts on the arts of stage and film performance.

Redfield's best known appearance was in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It was during the filming of the Oscar-winning movie that Redfield was diagnosed with leukemia. He died on August 17, 1976 at age 49, less than a year after the film was released.

  


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