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person_profile-William Ching

William Ching Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

William Ching

Date of Birth:

Oct 02, 1913

Country of birth:

U.S.

Died:

Jul 01, 1989

Biography of

William Ching

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    William Ching, also credited as William Brooks, Bill Ching and William Brooks Ching (born 2 October 1913, St. Louis, Missouri - died 1 July 1989, Tustin, California) was a United States character actor who appeared in almost 20 films and on television during the later 1940s and throughout the 1950s. By the early 21st century Ching was most widely noted for his supporting role in Rudolph Maté's 1950 film noir drama D.O.A. as Halliday, who slips "luminous poison" into the drink of an accountant visiting San Francisco for the weekend, along with his role as the overbearing boyfriend of Katharine Hepburn's character in George Cukor's 1952 Tracy-Hepburn comedy Pat and Mike.

    Ching began his career as a professional singer, appearing in musical comedies such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro (1947). His first film role was in 1946. He signed with Republic Pictures in 1947 and for the next dozen years acted mostly in westerns and dramas. His last major acting credit was in a 1959 episode of the television series 77 Sunset Strip.

    William Ching died of congestive heart failure in 1989 at the age of 75 and is buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California.

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Filmography of

William Ching

Found 23 Movies in total

Escort West

Capt. Howard Poole ( Actor )

... 1959

My World Dies Screaming

Mark Snell (as Bill Ching) ( Actor )

... 1958

Tall Man Riding

Rex Willard ( Actor )

... 1955

The Magnificent Matador

Jody Wilton ( Actor )

... 1955

Give a Girl a Break

Anson Prichett ( Actor )

... 1953

The Moonlighter

Tom Anderson ( Actor )

... 1953

Scared Stiff

Tony Warren ( Actor )

... 1953

Never Wave at a WAC

Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild ( Actor )

... 1953

Pat and Mike

Collier Weld ( Actor )

... 1952

Bal Tabarin

Don Barlow ( Actor )

... 1952

The Wild Blue Yonder

Lt. Ted Cranshaw ( Actor )

... 1951

The Sea Hornet

Sprowl ( Actor )

... 1951

Oh! Susanna

Cpl. Donlin ( Actor )

... 1951

Belle Le Grand

Bill Shanks ( Actor )

... 1951

Surrender

John Beauregard Hale ( Actor )

... 1950

The Showdown

Mike Shattay ( Actor )

... 1950

In a Lonely Place

Ted Barton ( Actor )

... 1950

D.O.A.

Halliday ( Actor )

... 1949

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Jim Simpson ( Actor )

... 1947

Michigan Kid

Steve Randolph Prescott ( Actor )

... 1947

Buck Privates Come Home

2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Song of Scheherazade

Midshipman ( Actor )

... 1947

The Mysterious Mr. M

Jim Farrell ( Actor )

... 1946