Veteran character lead of theater, film and TV since the 1950s who has long excelled at playing harried businessmen, discontented suburbanites, and other middle-class guys under pressure. In his maturity, Windom has become comfortably ensconced in roles as venerable authority figures--fathers, judges, clergymen and other professionals. 60s sitcom cultists may remember his Emmy-winning portrayal of John Monroe, an anxiety-ridden cartoonist who shifted back-and-forth between the real world and the animated realm of his sketchpad, on "My World... and Welcome to It" (NBC, 1969-70). This charming