Michael Leonard Ontkean (born January 24, 1946) is a Canadian retired actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ontkean relocated to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire on a hockey scholarship before pursuing a career in acting in the early 1970s. He initially ... came to prominence portraying Officer Willie Gillis on the crime drama series The Rookies from 1972 to 1974, followed by lead roles in the hockey sports comedy film Slap Shot (1977) and the romantic comedy Willie & Phil (1980). In 1982, he had a starring role opposite Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson in the drama Making Love, in which he portrayed a married man who comes to terms with his homosexuality. Ontkean continued to appear in films, such as Clara's Heart (1988) and Postcards from the Edge (1990) before being cast as Sheriff Harry S. Truman on David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991), the role for which he is best known.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
Episodes: 45
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
Twin Peaks
as Harry S. Truman
Episodes: 30
First Aired: Apr 08, 1990
Family Album
as Ward Thayer
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 23, 1994
In a Child's Name
as Kenneth Taylor
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 17, 1991
Tales of the Unexpected
as Tommy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 1979
The Hitchhiker
as Gordon Brooks
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 01, 1983
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Charles McCamber
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 26, 1995
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Field
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 26, 1995
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Cochea
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 03, 1957
The Partridge Family
as Lester Braddock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1970
Great Performances
as Lucius Harney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 28, 1996
North Shore
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 14, 2004
Ironside
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
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