Brian McNamara

New York-born actor Brian McNamara played the role of William Chapman in the fifth season episode .
McNamara made his Hollywood acting debut in (1984, featuring fellow Star Trek performers Carole Davis, Googy Gress, and Steven Weber. This was followed with multiple appearances on and , all occurring in 1986. During his time on St. Elsewhere, he worked with William Daniels, Chad Allen, Jeff Allin, Ed Begley, Jr., Norman Lloyd, Deborah May, France Nuyen, Jennifer Savidge, William Schallert, Alfre Woodard, and Jane Wyatt, while on Hill Street Blues, he appeared with James B. Sikking and Barbara Bosson. Also in 1986, McNamara was seen in a supporting role in , featuring Barbara J. Tarbuck.
In 1988, he had a supporting role in . The following year, he was in with Denise Crosby and Next Generation guest actor Ed Lauter. TV credits during the 1980s included the movies On Fire (1987, with John de Lancie and Bill Erwin), (1987, with Eric Menyuk, Sierra Pecheur, Kenneth Tigar, and Concetta Tomei), Earth Star Voyager (1988, co-starring Duncan Regehr), Police Story: Monster Manor (1988, with Erich Anderson, Lori Petty, Clayton Rohner, and Scott Burkholder) and guest appearances on Family Ties (on which he worked with Brian Bonsall and Meg Wyllie) and (starring Corbin Bernsen). In 1988, McNamara earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in , which co-starred Raphael Sbarge and James Sloyan. And, in 1989, he, Molly Hagan, and Gregory Itzin were regulars on the short-lived sitcom The Nutt House.
After a supporting role in (1990, with Roy Brocksmith), the majority of his credits during the 1990s are comprised of TV work. This include appearances on (appearing along with Richard Beymer, Theodore Bikel, Len Cariou, Paul Carr, and William Windom), , (with Jason Alexander and Richard Herd), Mad About You (in an episode also guest starring Next Generation star Gates McFadden), (starring Jerry O'Connell and John Rhys-Davies), the new (starring Malcolm McDowell and Mädchen Amick), and . He could also be seen in such TV movies as Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992, with Ronny Cox, Paul Dooley, and Michael McGrady), and Without Warning (1994, with Ron Canada, John de Lancie, Marnie McPhail, and Alan Scarfe). He was also a regular on (with Liz Vassey) and (with Larry Cedar and Jordan Lund).
He later appeared with Vanessa Williams in the 2000 TV movie A Diva's Christmas Carol and with Marjean Holden in the 2001 science-fiction telefilm Code Red. He has also been seen on (starring Paul Guilfoyle), , (along with K Callan, Steven Culp, and Jennifer Savidge and series regular Scott Lawrence), and multiple episodes of 
He subsequently appeared in a family movie called The Tillamook Treasure, co-starring Brian Thompson (2006). He also directed and starred in Lost Signal (2006).
Later, he starred as Major General Michael Holden on 's series, Army Wives.
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