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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name= William "Bill" Fawcett Thompson
| name= William "Bill" Fawcett Thompson
(Universitiy professor-turned-actor: cast as Pete Wilkey on the television series, ''Fury'')
(Universitiy professor-turned-actor: cast as Pete Wilkey on the NBC television series, ''Fury'')
| birth_date=September 9, 1894
| birth_date=September 9, 1894
| birth_place=High Forest, Olmstead County<br>
| birth_place=High Forest, Olmstead County<br>
[[Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]]
[[Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=January 25, 1974
| death_date=January 25, 1974
}}
}}
'''William "Bill" Fawcett'' (born '''William Fawcett Thompson''') (September 8, 1894– January 25, 1974,)<ref name="William Fawcett - TV.com"{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/william-fawcett/person/34880/summary.html|title= William Fawcett|publisher=TV.com}}</ref> was a character [[actor]] in [[Hollywood]] B-[[film]]s and in [[television]]. His career extended from 1946 until the early 1970s. He is best remembered for his role as the cantankerous, rusty-voiced Pete Wilkey of the Broken Wheel Ranch on the [[NBC]] series, ''Fury,'' co-starring Peter Graves (1926-2010), [[Bobby Diamond]], and Roger Mobley (born 1949). He was one of the few actors to have earned a [[Ph.D.]] degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9951771/william-fawcett|title=William Fawcett|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
'''William "Bill" Fawcett''' (born '''William Fawcett Thompson''') (September 8, 1894– January 25, 1974,)<ref name="William Fawcett - TV.com"{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/william-fawcett/person/34880/summary.html|title= William Fawcett|publisher=TV.com}}</ref> was a character [[actor]] in [[Hollywood]] B-[[film]]s and in [[television]]. His career extended from 1946 until the early 1970s. He is best remembered for his role as the cantankerous, rusty-voiced Pete Wilkey of the Broken Wheel Ranch on the [[NBC]] series, ''Fury,'' co-starring Peter Graves (1926-2010), [[Bobby Diamond]], and Roger Mobley (born 1949). He was one of the few actors to have earned a [[Ph.D.]] degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9951771/william-fawcett|title=William Fawcett|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref>