William Lance LeGault


 William Lance LeGault (May 2, 1935 – September 10, 2012),

He was a film and television actor, best known as the .44 Magnum wielding U.S. Army Colonel Roderick Decker in the 1980's series The A-Team. LeGault's first three feature films were Elvis Presley movies, Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) in which he was a stunt double for Elvis Presley, Kissin' Cousins (1964), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1969, he appeared as Iago in the UK stage version of Jack Good's Catch My Soul: Rock Othello, and played Iago again in the 1974 Metromedia film version of Catch My Soul. He starred in television series and in television movies and was known mainly for portraying military personnel, especially officers. His best known television role was in the 1980s series The A-Team as Colonel Roderick Decker—a United States Army colonel who tried to catch the fugitive Vietnam veterans. He played the role of Colonel Decker from 1983–86. He also had a recurring role in the other 1980s hit television series Magnum, P.I. as a United States Marine Corps colonel, Colonel "Buck" Greene. In 1980, he starred with Kenny Rogers in the television movie The Gambler. He also made a few appearances on the second season of Dynasty as gangster Ray Bonning. He guest-starred on yet another hit 1980s television series Dallas as Al Halliday in 1989. LeGault married in 1984, and had 4 children. He died from heart failure on Monday, September 10, 2012, at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 77. LeGault is buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills. 

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