The Great Escape (book) a live drama adaptation as an episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse", starring E.G. Marshall, Everett Sloane, Horace Braham, and Kurt Katch. The live broadcast was praised for engineering an ingenious set design for the live broadcast, including creating the illusion of underground tunnels. In 1963, the Mirisch brothers worked with United Artists to adapt the book to produce the film "The Great Escape" starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough. The film itself was also an inspiration for the film "Chicken Run". In 1986, Ocean Software released the first "Great Escape" video game for the Commodore 64, ZX
William Bryant (actor) William Bryant (actor) William Bryant (born William Robert Klein January 31, 1924 – June 26, 2001), was an American actor. He is one of the more recognizable television character actors of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Detroit, Bryant was a character actor who appeared in films such as "King Dinosaur" (1955), "Escape from San Quentin" (1957), "Experiment in Terror" (1962), with Glenn Ford, "How to Murder Your Wife" and "The Great Race" with Jack Lemmon, "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" (1966), McQ" (1974), "Walking Tall Part II" (1975). He also played several roles in the classic