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The actor William Windom, who was also a tournament chess player, has died at the age of 88.

New York Times obituary here.

If this is him he had a rating of 1540.

[Event "Blindfold Simul"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "George Koltanowski"] [Black "William Windom"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4 Qxb4 5.Rb1 Qd6 6.d4 c6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bc4 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Rb3 O-O 11.Ba3 Qc7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Re1 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Qh5 b5 17.Bd3 g6 18.Qh6 Nc5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bb7 21.g4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.g5 Rf7 24.Rbe3 c5 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Rxe6 Qf8 27.Rxg6+ Rg7 28.Rxg7+ Qxg7 29.Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Rxb7 a6 32.h4 Rh8 33.Rb6+ Kh5 34.Rxa6 Kxh4 35.Rh6+ 1-0