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Buckskin

as Frank Cody

1968
Tickle Me

as Deputy Sturdivant

1965
Spaceflight IC-1

as Capt. Mead Ralston

1965
Hell to Eternity

as Leonard

1960
Oklahoma Territory

as Temple Houston

1960
The Scarface Mob

as Martin Flaherty

1959
Alaska Passage

as Al Graham

1959
Space Master X-7

as John Hand

1958
The Halliday Brand

as Clay Halliday

1957
Pawnee

as Matt Delaney

1957
The Wild Dakotas

as Jim Henry

1956
The Broken Star

as Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry

1956
The Outlaw's Daughter

as Jess Raidley aka Big Red

1954
Rose of Cimarron

as George Newcomb

1952
Torpedo Alley

as Tom Graham

1953
The Pace That Thrills

as Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston

1952
The Last Outpost

as Sgt. Tucker

1951
The Cariboo Trail

as Mike Evans

1950
The Clay Pigeon

as Jim Fletcher

1949
The Stratton Story

as Eddie Dibson

1949
A Dangerous Profession

as Claude Brackett

1949
A Woman's Secret

as Lee Crenshaw

1949
Fighting Man of the Plains

as Marshall Johnny Tancred

1949
Deadline at Dawn

as Alex Winkler

1946
Till the End of Time

as Perry Kincheloe

1946
West of the Pecos

as Tex Evans

1945
Bill Williams Bill Williams

Birthday

1915-05-21

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

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[1] 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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