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person_profile-Bill Williams

Bill Williams Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bill Williams

Date of Birth:

May 21, 1915

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 21, 1992

Biography of

Bill Williams

    William Herman Katt (born Herman August Wilhelm Katt; May 15, 1915 – September 21, 1992), known as Bill Williams, was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early television series The Adventures of Kit Carson, which aired in syndication from 1951 to 1955. Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York to German immigrant parents. He attended the Pratt Institute, and became a professional swimmer, performing in underwater shows. He landed a walk-on role as a theater usher in King Kong (1933). He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, but was discharged before the end and became an actor. His credited debut was in The Blue Room in 1944, using the professional name Bill Williams. His first starring role was opposite Susan Hayward in Deadline at Dawn (1946).

    Williams appeared in ten films before he landed the lead role in television's The Adventures of Kit Carson, which ran for 105 episodes. When the series ended, Williams' star power faded. It was revived in 1957 when he co-starred with Betty White on television in Date with the Angels. Williams portrayed Federal agent Martin Flaherty in The Scarface Mob (1959), the pilot for ABC's The Untouchables. However, when the series was accepted, the role went to Jerry Paris. Williams turned down the lead in Sea Hunt in 1958, believing that an underwater show would not work on television. Lloyd Bridges accepted the part and turned it into a hit. Williams did star as a former Navy frogman in Assignment: Underwater, which ran for just one season. He played a variety of roles on Perry Mason, in which his wife Barbara Hale co-starred as Raymond Burr's secretary Della Street. In a 1962 episode, "The Case of the Crippled Cougar," he played defendant Mike Preston. In 1963, he was murder victim Floyd Grant in "The Case of the Bluffing Blast." In 1965 Williams played murderer Charles Shaw in "The Case of the Murderous Mermaid," and was murderer Burt Payne in "The Case of the 12th Wildcat". Williams appeared with his son in a final season episode of Ironside, bringing him together again with Raymond Burr. He also made numerous guest appearances on television and worked in low-budget science fiction films until his retirement.

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Bill Williams

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Filmography of

Bill Williams

Found 59 Movies in total

... 1981

A Fire in the Sky

Dale Turner ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1976

The Flight of the Grey Wolf

The Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1975

... 1974

Scandalous John

Sheriff Hart ( Actor )

... 1971

Rio Lobo

Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin ( Actor )

... 1970

Buckskin

Frank Cody ( Actor )

... 1968

Spaceflight IC-1

Capt. Mead Ralston ( Actor )

... 1965

Tickle Me

Deputy Sturdivant ( Actor )

... 1965

The Hallelujah Trail

Lt. Brady (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1965

A Letter to Nancy

George Reed ( Actor )

... 1965

Law of the Lawless

Silas Miller ( Actor )

... 1964

The Sergeant Was a Lady

Col. House ( Actor )

... 1961

Hell to Eternity

Leonard ( Actor )

... 1960

Oklahoma Territory

Temple Houston ( Actor )

... 1960

A Dog's Best Friend

Wesley 'Wes' Thurman ( Actor )

... 1959

The Scarface Mob

Martin Flaherty ( Actor )

... 1959

Alaska Passage

Al Graham ( Actor )

... 1959

Space Master X-7

John Hand ( Actor )

... 1958

Slim Carter

Frank Hanneman ( Actor )

... 1957

Pawnee

Matt Delaney ( Actor )

... 1957

The Storm Rider

Sheriff Colton ( Actor )

... 1957

The Halliday Brand

Clay Halliday ( Actor )

... 1957

The Broken Star

Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry ( Actor )

... 1956

The Wild Dakotas

Jim Henry ( Actor )

... 1956

Hell's Horizon

Paul Jenkins ( Actor )

... 1955

Apache Ambush

James Kingston ( Actor )

... 1955

Wiretapper

James Arthur Vaus, Jr. ( Actor )

... 1955

The Outlaw's Daughter

Jess Raidley aka Big Red ( Actor )

... 1954

Torpedo Alley

Tom Graham ( Actor )

... 1953

Son of Paleface

Kirk ( Actor )

... 1952

The Pace That Thrills

Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston ( Actor )

... 1952

Rose of Cimarron

George Newcomb ( Actor )

... 1952

Havana Rose

Tex Thompson ( Actor )

... 1951

The Last Outpost

Sgt. Tucker ( Actor )

... 1951

The Great Missouri Raid

Jim Younger ( Actor )

... 1951

Blue Blood

Bill Manning ( Actor )

... 1951

California Passage

Bob Martin ( Actor )

... 1950

The Cariboo Trail

Mike Evans ( Actor )

... 1950

The Flame and the Arrow

Outlaw (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Operation Haylift

Bill Masters ( Actor )

... 1950

Blue Grass of Kentucky

Lin McIvor ( Actor )

... 1950

A Dangerous Profession

Claude Brackett ( Actor )

... 1949

Fighting Man of the Plains

Marshall Johnny Tancred ( Actor )

... 1949

The Stratton Story

Eddie Dibson ( Actor )

... 1949

The Clay Pigeon

Jim Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1949

A Woman's Secret

Lee Crenshaw ( Actor )

... 1949

A Likely Story

Bill ( Actor )

... 1947

Till the End of Time

Perry Kincheloe ( Actor )

... 1946

Deadline at Dawn

Alex Winkler ( Actor )

... 1946

West of the Pecos

Tex Evans ( Actor )

... 1945

... 1945

Back to Bataan

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Body Snatcher

Survis, Medical Student ( Actor )

... 1945

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Bud Felton ( Actor )

... 1944

Murder in the Blue Room

Larry (as Bill MacWilliams) ( Actor )

... 1944

King Kong

Theatre Usher (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933