William Fawcett Thompson (September 8, 1894 – January 25, 1974) was an American character actor who appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes.

He played Cubby Crouch in the 1955 George Montgomery film Seminole Uprising and was cast as a card player in the 1961 John Wayne movie The Comancheros.

In 1955, Fawcett was cast in the role of Pete Wilkey, the raspy-voiced combination housekeeper and ranch hand on the western television series Fury.

In the first episode, "Joey Finds a Friend", Pete says the captured wild stallion was filled with fire and fury, thus giving the horse his name.

He appeared on "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (Season 2 Episode 19: "The Monster") as a gold prospector who escapes a rampaging elephant, trained for crime by Martin Landau's character Khorba.