William Brotherton grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and hopped freight trains for fun as a youth. Always adventurous, and satisfying a childhood dream of his, he became a railroad brakeman, conductor and trainmaster for the Burlington Northern Railway in North Dakota, and worked freight trains throughout the Midwest, ending up as a trainmaster in Denver. His book, "Burlington Northern Adventures: Railroading in the Days of the Caboose", tells about those days, and can be found at Amazon.com. He's worked as a respiratory therapist, driven tractor-trailers, worked as an oilfield roughneck, operated sewage treatment plants, and taught environmental law at Texas Christian University, among many other things. In 1994, he became a licensed attorney in Texas, and his many courtroom appearances, and frequent speaking opportunities, led him to pursue acting. _Heavens Fall (2005)_ is his first movie appearance.
