Bill Williams

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AKA: William Herman Katt, William H Katt
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 05/15/1916
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death Date: 09/21/1992

biography

Blond stalwart of film and TV. Williams' all-American good looks usually led to him being cast in good-guy leads or second leads, sometimes opposite wife Barbara Hale. RKO groomed the boyish actor for stardom in the immediate postwar period, but despite the popular and critical success of "Till the End of Time" (1946), a story of returning WWII veterans, Williams was soon playing in modestly budgeted action pictures and crime dramas. He was best known for the title role of the syndicated 1950s TV series, "The Adventures of Kit Carson", in which the frontier scout was teamed up with Mexican Continued

Credits

Sheriff Pat Cronin
Deputy Sturdivant
Sheriff Hart
Frank Cody

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Started in vaudeville, touring with the Stuart Morgan dancers
 
Acted in stock
 
Served in WWII with the US Army Air Forces
 
Became a contract player with RKO; stayed there for nine years
1944 
Film acting debut in "Murder in the Blue Room", a musical mystery movie
Continued

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