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.
Fotos
Películas (67)
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
1981 · Cowboy Bob
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979 · Self
A Fire in the Sky
1978 · Dale Turner
69 Minutes
1976
The Flight of the Grey Wolf
1976 · The Sheriff
The Giant Spider Invasion
1975 · Dutch
125 Rooms of Comfort
1974
Scandalous John
1971 · Sheriff Hart
Rio Lobo
1970 · Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin
Buckskin
1968 · Frank Cody
Eight on the Lam
1967 · Cop at Roadblock (uncredited)
Spaceflight IC-1
1965 · Capt. Mead Ralston
Tickle Me
1965 · Deputy Sturdivant
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Lt. Brady (uncredited), Stunts
A Letter to Nancy
1965 · George Reed
Law of the Lawless
1964 · Silas Miller
Stampede at Bitter Creek
1962 · Paul Forbes
The Sergeant Was a Lady
1961 · Col. House
The Alamo
1960 · Stunts
Hell to Eternity
1960 · Leonard
Oklahoma Territory
1960 · Temple Houston
The Scarface Mob
1959 · Martin Flaherty
A Dog's Best Friend
1959 · Wesley 'Wes' Thurman
Alaska Passage
1959 · Al Graham
Legion of the Doomed
1958
Space Master X-7
1958 · John Hand
Slim Carter
1957 · Frank Hanneman
Pawnee
1957 · Matt Delaney
The Storm Rider
1957 · Sheriff Colton
The Halliday Brand
1957 · Clay Halliday
The Broken Star
1956 · Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry
The Wild Dakotas
1956 · Jim Henry
Hell's Horizon
1955 · Paul Jenkins
Apache Ambush
1955 · James Kingston
Wiretapper
1955 · James Arthur Vaus, Jr.
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954 · Jess Raidley aka Big Red
Racing Blood
1954 · Tex
Torpedo Alley
1953 · Tom Graham
Son of Paleface
1952 · Kirk
The Pace That Thrills
1952 · Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · George Newcomb
Havana Rose
1951 · Tex Thompson
The Last Outpost
1951 · Sgt. Tucker
The Great Missouri Raid
1951 · Jim Younger
Blue Blood
1951 · Bill Manning
California Passage
1950 · Bob Martin
Rookie Fireman
1950 · Joe Blake
The Cariboo Trail
1950 · Mike Evans
Operation Haylift
1950 · Bill Masters
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950 · Lin McIvor
A Dangerous Profession
1949 · Claude Brackett
Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 · Marshall Johnny Tancred
The Stratton Story
1949 · Eddie Dibson
The Clay Pigeon
1949 · Jim Fletcher
A Woman's Secret
1949 · Lee Crenshaw
A Likely Story
1947 · Bill
Till the End of Time
1946 · Perry Kincheloe
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Alex Winkler
Sing Your Way Home
1945 · Officer (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945 · Big Sailor (uncredited)
West of the Pecos
1945 · Tex Evans
Those Endearing Young Charms
1945 · Jerry
Back to Bataan
1945 · (uncredited)
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Survis - Medical Student (uncredited)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Bud Felton
Murder in the Blue Room
1944 · Larry (as Bill MacWilliams)
King Kong
1933 · Theatre Usher (uncredited)
Series (33)
240-Robert
1979
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Police Woman
1974
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Rookies
1972
Emergency!
1972 · Pete
Primus
1971
Adam-12
1968 · William Taylor, Fred Wheeler
Ironside
1967 · Lt. Dacker
Batman
1966 · Multimillionaire
The F.B.I.
1965 · David Warren, Crawford
The Wild Wild West
1965
Daniel Boone
1964 · Caleb Trevor
The Investigators
1961
Assignment: Underwater
1960 · Bill Greer
Men Into Space
1959
Laramie
1959
Rawhide
1959 · Tom Bickle
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Henry Cook
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Martin Flaherty
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Duke Winslow
Perry Mason
1957 · Mike Preston, Floyd Grant, Charles Shaw, Burt Payne
M Squad
1957 · Jerry Langdon
Date with the Angels
1957
Gunsmoke
1955 · Red
The Millionaire
1955 · Donald Abbott, Clint Halloran
Lassie
1954 · Jed Bingham
Music at the Meadowbrook
1953
General Electric Theater
1953 · Stewart Davidson
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Ed Sawyer
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Adventures In Jazz
1949