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Bill Williams (I) (1915–1992)

Actor

A solid film and TV player bearing a strong, honest persona for most his career, this innocent-eyed, boyishly handsome blond "B" actor of the 40s and 50s was born in Brooklyn on May 21, 1915, and educated there at the Pratt Institute. A natural athlete, Bill Williams was a professional swimmer who broke... See full bio »

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Hermann Katt
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 77) in Burbank, California, USA
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1981 Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (TV movie)
Cowboy Bob
 
1981 Night of the Zombies
 
1979 240-Robert (TV series)
Harry Phillips
– Stuntman (1979) … Harry Phillips
 
1979 B.J. and the Bear (TV series)
Seth
– Odyssey of the Shady Truth (1979) … Seth
 
1978 A Fire in the Sky (TV movie)
Dale Turner
 
1974-1976 Police Woman (TV series)
Captain / Lt. Graumann
– Sarah Who? (1976) … Captain
– The End Game (1974) … Lt. Graumann
 
1976 69 Minutes
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
– The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
 
1976 Moon Over the Alley
Sherry
 
1959-1976 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Joe Carlson / Paul Forbes / The Sheriff / …
– The Flight of the Grey Wolf: Part 2 (1976) … The Sheriff
– The Flight of the Grey Wolf: Part 1 (1976) … The Sheriff
– Chester, Yesterday's Horse (1973) … Ben Kincaid
– Gallegher Goes West: Trial by Terror (1967) … Joe Carlson
– Gallegher Goes West: Tragedy on the Trail (1967) … Joe Carlson
See all 7 episodes »
 
1976 The Flight of the Grey Wolf (TV movie)
The Sheriff
 
1975 The Giant Spider Invasion
Dutch
 
1972-1975 Ironside (TV series)
Lt. Dacker / Sheriff Callahan
– The Rolling Y (1975) … Sheriff Callahan
– Nightmare Trip (1972) … Lt. Dacker
 
1968-1974 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Crawford / David Warren
– The Lost Man (1974) … Crawford
– The Runaways (1968) … David Warren
 
1973-1974 The Rookies (TV series)
Capt. Whitfield / Captain Johnson / Captain Whitfield
– Something Less Than a Man (1974) … Captain Johnson
– Get Ryker (1973) … Captain Whitfield
– Three Hours to Kill (1973) … Capt. Whitfield
 
1974 The Phantom of Hollywood (TV movie)
Fogel
 
1971-1974 Adam-12 (TV series)
Fred Wheeler / William Taylor
– Routine Patrol: The Drug Store Cowboys (1974) … Fred Wheeler
– Pick-up (1971) … William Taylor
 
1973 Emergency! (TV series)
Pete
– Body Language (1973) … Pete
 
1973 Dusty's Trail (TV series)
The Sheriff
– Then There Were Seven (1973) … The Sheriff
 
1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Burt Logan
– The Unicorn (1973) … Burt Logan
 
1973 Chester, Yesterday's Horse (TV movie)
Ben Kincaid
 
1973 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Red
– Talbot (1973) … Red
 
1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Willoughby
– Operation: Smokescreen (1972) … Willoughby
 
1971 Primus (TV series)
Ambassador Fremont
– Trial and Terror (1971) … Ambassador Fremont
 
1971 Scandalous John
Sheriff Hart
 
1970 Rio Lobo
Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin
 
1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Lynch
– To Carry the Sun in a Golden Cup (1970) … Lynch
 
1969 Insight (TV series)
Pop
– A Thousand Red Flowers (1969) … Pop
 
1964-1969 Lassie (TV series)
Jack / Jed Bingham / Vince Sutton
– The Return Home (1969) … Jack
– A Chance to Live (1969) … Jack
– Lassie and the Buffalo (1966) … Jed Bingham
– Climb the Mountain Slowly (1964) … Vince Sutton
 
1968 Buckskin
Frank Cody
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Caleb Trevor
– The Spanish Horse (1967) … Caleb Trevor
 
1967 Dragnet 1967 (TV series)
Sgt. Bill Riddle
– The Big Frustration (1967) … Sgt. Bill Riddle
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
Multimillionaire
– Batman Makes the Scenes (1966) … Multimillionaire
– Fine Finny Fiends (1966) … Multimillionaire
 
1965 Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space
Capt. Mead Ralston
 
1962-1965 Perry Mason (TV series)
Burt Payne / Charles Shaw / Floyd Grant / …
– The Case of the 12th Wildcat (1965) … Burt Payne
– The Case of the Murderous Mermaid (1965) … Charles Shaw
– The Case of the Bluffing Blast (1963) … Floyd Grant
– The Case of the Crippled Cougar (1962) … Mike Preston
 
1965 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Marshal Kirby
– Night of the Casual Killer (1965) … Marshal Kirby
 
1965 Tickle Me
Deputy Sturdivant
 
1965 A Letter to Nancy
George Reed
 
1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Tom Bickle
– The Lost Herd (1964) … Tom Bickle
 
1964 Law of the Lawless
Silas Miller
 
1963 The Littlest Hobo (TV series)
Dan Dawson
– Ninety Dollars for Mary (1963) … Dan Dawson
 
1962-1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Henry Cook / Steve Moran
– Flight 307 (1963) … Henry Cook
– The Snow Job Caper (1962) … Steve Moran
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Walter Parker
– Goodbye Children (1962) … Walter Parker
 
1962 Lawman (TV series)
Jim Bushrod
– Get Out of Town (1962) … Jim Bushrod
 
1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Norman Ayres
– Location Shooting (1962) … Norman Ayres
 
1961 The Investigators (TV series)
– New Sound for the Blues (1961)
 
1961 The Sergeant Was a Lady
Col. House
 
1960-1961 Assignment: Underwater (TV series)
Bill Greer
– The Deadly Game (1961) … Bill Greer
– Partners in Death (1961) … Bill Greer
– No Escape (1961) … Bill Greer
– Ordeal at Forty Fathoms (1961) … Bill Greer
– Rescue at Diamond Shoal (1961) … Bill Greer
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1960 Hell to Eternity
Leonard
 
1960 Oklahoma Territory
Temple Houston
 
1959 A Dog's Best Friend
Wesley 'Wes' Thurman
 
1959 Laramie (TV series)
Charlie Root
– Man of God (1959) … Charlie Root
 
1959 Men Into Space (TV series)
Dr. Stacy Croydon
– Asteroid (1959) … Dr. Stacy Croydon
 
1959 Bachelor Father (TV series)
Rock Randall
– East Meets West (1959) … Rock Randall
 
1956-1959 The Millionaire (TV series)
Clint Halloran / Donald Abbott
– Millionaire Martha Halloran (1959) … Clint Halloran
– The Kathy Munson Story (1956) … Donald Abbott
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Martin Flaherty
– The Untouchables: Part 2 (1959) … Martin Flaherty
– The Untouchables: Part 1 (1959) … Martin Flaherty
 
1959 The Scarface Mob (TV movie)
Martin Flaherty
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Stewart Davidson
– The Flying Wife (1959) … Stewart Davidson
 
1959 Alaska Passage
Al Graham
 
1959 The Untouchables (TV series)
Martin Flaherty
– Pilot (1959) … Martin Flaherty
 
1958 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Duke Winslow
– Ticket to Natchez (1958) … Duke Winslow
 
1958 Legion of the Doomed
Lt. Smith
 
1958 Space Master X-7
John Hand
 
1958 M Squad (TV series)
Jerry Langdon
– Girl Lost (1958) … Jerry Langdon
 
1957-1958 Date with the Angels (TV series)
Gus Angel
– What an Opportunity (1958) … Gus Angel
– Francis Goes to School (1958) … Gus Angel
– Double Trouble (1958) … Gus Angel
– The Train (1958) … Gus Angel
– Wheeler at the Cabin (1958) … Gus Angel
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1957 Slim Carter
Frank Hanneman
 
1957 Pawnee
Matt Delaney
 
1957 The Storm Rider
Sheriff Pete Colton
 
1955-1957 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Bill Twining / Dr. Alan Cathcart / Dr. Arnold Bryan / …
– Killer Tree (1957) … Paul Cameron
– Jupitron (1956) … Dr. John Barlow
– The Mind Machine (1956) … Dr. Alan Cathcart
– Project 44 (1956) … Dr. Arnold Bryan
– The Hastings Secret (1955) … Bill Twining
 
1957 The Halliday Brand
Clay Halliday
 
1956 The Broken Star
Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry
 
1955-1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Ed Sawyer
– Angels in the Sky (1956)
– Well of Anger (1955) … Ed Sawyer
 
1956 The Wild Dakotas
Jim Henry
 
1956 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Andy Gubbins
– Miracle Jones (1956) … Andy Gubbins
 
1955 Hell's Horizon
Paul Jenkins
 
1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Kit Carson
– Deadeye vs. the Lone Ranger (1955) … Kit Carson
 
1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
Rick Thompson
– Young Couples Only (1955) … Rick Thompson
 
1955 Apache Ambush
James Kingston
 
1955 Wiretapper
Jim Vaus Jr.
 
1951-1955 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV series)
Kit Carson / Christopher 'Kit' Carson
– Incident at Wagontire (1955) … Kit Carson
– Mission to Alkali (1955) … Kit Carson
– The Phantom Uprising (1955) … Kit Carson
– Devil's Remuda (1955) … Kit Carson
– Overland Stage (1954) … Kit Carson
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1955 Young Couples Only (TV short)
Rick
 
1954 Outlaw's Daughter
Jess Raidley aka Big Red
 
1954 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Pug (1954)
 
1954 Racing Blood
Tex
 
1952 Torpedo Alley
Lt. Tom Graham
 
1952 Son of Paleface
Kirk
 
1952 The Pace That Thrills
Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston
 
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
Trooper (uncredited)
 
1952 Rose of Cimarron
George Newcomb
 
1951 Havana Rose
Tex Thompson
 
1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)
– Make Your Bed (1951)
 
1951 The Last Outpost
Sgt. Tucker
 
1951 The Great Missouri Raid
Jim Younger
 
1951 Blue Blood
Bill Manning
 
1950 California Passage
Bob Martin
 
1950 Rookie Fireman
Joe Blake
 
1950 The Cariboo Trail
Mike Evans
 
1950 Operation Haylift
Bill Masters
 
1950 Blue Grass of Kentucky
Lin McIvor
 
1949 A Dangerous Profession
Claude Brackett
 
1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
Johnny Tancred
 
1949 The Clay Pigeon
Jim Fletcher
 
1949 The Stratton Story
Eddie Dibson
 
1949 A Woman's Secret
Lee Crenshaw
 
1949 Adventures in Jazz (TV series)
Host
 
1947 A Likely Story
Bill Baker
 
1946 Till the End of Time
Perry Kincheloe
 
1946 Deadline at Dawn
Alex Winkley
 
1945 Sing Your Way Home
Officer (uncredited)
 
1945 Johnny Angel
Big Sailor (uncredited)
 
1945 West of the Pecos
Tex Evans
 
1945 Back to Bataan (uncredited)
 
1945 The Body Snatcher
Survis - Medical Student (uncredited)
 
1945 Those Endearing Young Charms
Jerry
 
1945 Zombies on Broadway
Sailor/Smuggler (uncredited)
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Bud Felton
 
1944 He Forgot to Remember (short)
Mac, the Policeman (uncredited)
 
1944 Murder in the Blue Room
Larry (as Bill MacWilliams)
 
1933 King Kong
New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1960 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 1960 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1960) … Himself
 
1953 Music at the Meadowbrook (TV series)
Himself - Host
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 Starlit Time (TV series)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 

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Alternate Names:

Bill MacWilliams

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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He turned down the lead in the adventure series Sea Hunt, which eventually went to Lloyd Bridges, because he didn't think an underwater show would work well on TV. After the show became a hit with Bridges, Bill decided to try a water-themed series of his own, but it was short-lived. See more »

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Star Sign:

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