Given the question: What type of details about william boyett can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: william boyett -lrb- january 3 , 1927 -- december 29 , 2004 -rrb- was an american actor best known for his work as the low-key but authoritative sergeant william ' mac ' macdonald on the police drama '' adam-12 '' . '' adam-12 '' executive producer jack webb selected him for the role after several performances in both iterations of webb 's '' dragnet '' -lrb- boyett can also be seen uncredited as a baliff in the 1954 movie version -rrb- . boyett stayed with the series for its entire 1968 -- 1975 run . boyett also co-starred with broderick crawford in 64 episodes of '' highway patrol '' as either officer johnson or sergeant williams . boyett appeared in a number of television programs , such as '' tales of the texas rangers '' , '' i spy '' , '' the man from u.n.c.l.e. '' -lrb- uncredited ; '' the secret sceptre affair '' from 1965 -rrb- , '' family affair '' , '' fantasy island '' , '' the rockford files '' , '' '' , '' the a-team '' and '' night court '' . he also acted in several motion pictures , such as '' the hidden '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- and '' the rocketeer '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- . boyett earned much praise for '' the hidden '' as a hospital patient named jonathan p. miller , possessed by an alien being with a taste for red ferraris and rock and roll music . boyett also played battalion chief mcconnike on the 1970s series '' emergency ! '' . he also appeared in a short film entitled '' last clear chance '' as patrolman hal jackson . boyett was born in akron , ohio and lived there until the 1940s when he moved with his family to los angeles , california . he won a shakespeare competition in high school which led to acting jobs in radio . he served in the navy during world war ii and afterward performed on the stage in both new york city and los angeles . boyett was often cast as a law-enforcement officer , and portrayed that role in such diverse series as '' gang busters '' , '' the man behind the badge '' , '' i led 3 lives '' , '' m squad '' , '' the detectives '' , '' sea hunt '' , '' batman '' and ''...
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