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William Prince(1913-1996)

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William Prince
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
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Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
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William was a character actor, whose popularity was due to hundreds of appearances in soap operas.

Going from stage to screen, William had an undistinguished movie career in the '40s which ran out of steam after about four years.

But in the '50s, he would find his calling on the small screen. On Young Dr. Malone (1958), he played the father for five years. He was also cast in Another World (1964), The Edge of Night (1956), Search for Tomorrow (1951) and A World Apart (1970). One noteworthy credit was that he was part of the continuing cast on the first hour-long television drama series, The Mask (1954).

By the '70s and '80s, he appeared in a number of television mini-series and television movies. On stage, he appeared in plays by Eugene O'Neill and Edward Albee.
BornJanuary 26, 1913
DiedOctober 8, 1996(83)
BornJanuary 26, 1913
DiedOctober 8, 1996(83)
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Bruce Davison and William Prince in Spies Like Us (1985)
José Ferrer and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
José Ferrer and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
José Ferrer, Ralph Clanton, Virginia Farmer, Francis Pierlot, Mala Powers, and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
José Ferrer, Virginia Farmer, Francis Pierlot, and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
José Ferrer and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
José Ferrer and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
José Ferrer and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
José Ferrer, Morris Carnovsky, and William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
William Prince in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
William Prince in Destination Tokyo (1943)
Cary Grant and William Prince in Destination Tokyo (1943)

Known for

Spies Like Us (1985)
Spies Like Us
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  • Mr. Keyes
  • 1985
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Stepford Wives
6.9
  • Ike Mazzard
  • 1975
Network (1976)
Network
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  • Edward George Ruddy
  • 1976
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac
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  • Christian
  • 1950

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  • Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
    Walker, Texas Ranger
  • Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, and Randy Quaid in The Paper (1994)
    The Paper
  • Lauren Bacall, Gregory Peck, and Cecilia Peck in The Portrait (1993)
    The Portrait
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
  • Ken Wahl in The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
    The Taking of Beverly Hills
  • Steel and Lace (1991)
    Steel and Lace
  • Bronson Pinchot and John Larroquette in Second Sight (1989)
    Second Sight
  • Pam Dawber and Brian Bonsall in Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989)
    Do You Know the Muffin Man?
  • Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
    Spontaneous Combustion
  • Monsters (1988)
    Monsters
  • War and Remembrance (1988)
    War and Remembrance
  • Burt Reynolds in B.L. Stryker (1989)
    B.L. Stryker
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
  • Chain Letter
  • Sam Elliott and Peter Weller in Shakedown (1988)
    Shakedown

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The Gauntlet
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Monsters: Mannikins Of Horror
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Personal details

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    • January 26, 1913
    • Nichols, New York, USA
    • October 8, 1996
    • Tarrytown, New York, USA(undisclosed)
    • Augusta DabneyMarch 27, 1965 - October 8, 1996 (his death)
  • Other works
    He played Christopher Isherwood in the original 1951 Broadway production of Isherwood's play, "I Am a Camera", the non-musical version of "Cabaret".

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  • Trivia
    He appeared in many adaptations of/and original plays on TV during the Golden Age of Television, including an adaptation of "Arsenic and Old Lace" in which he played Mortimer Brewster, the role that Cary Grant played in the 1944 film version. To many modern viewers, he is primarily known as a soap opera actor.

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