Bill Williams

ActorCrew May 21 (died age 77) Brooklyn, New York, USA 1933–1981 (48 year career)

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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 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…

Known For

Film

King Kong

Theatre Usher (uncredited)

Film

The Alamo

Tennessean (uncredited)

Film

The Body Snatcher

Survis - Medical Student (uncredited)

Film

Rio Lobo

Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin

Film

The Flame and the Arrow

Outlaw (uncredited)

Film

The Hallelujah Trail

Lt. Brady (uncredited)

Film

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Bud Felton

Film

Back to Bataan

(uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (99)

Movies (66)

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

1981

as Cowboy Bob

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

as Self

A Fire in the Sky

1978

as Dale Turner

5.6

The Flight of the Grey Wolf

1976

as The Sheriff

6.0

69 Minutes

1976

The Giant Spider Invasion

as Dutch

125 Rooms of Comfort

Scandalous John

as Sheriff Hart

Rio Lobo

as Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin

Buckskin

as Frank Cody

A Letter to Nancy

as George Reed

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

as Lt. Brady (uncredited)

Tickle Me

as Deputy Sturdivant

Spaceflight IC-1

as Capt. Mead Ralston

3.0

Law of the Lawless

1964

as Silas Miller

6.1

Stampede at Bitter Creek

1962

as Paul Forbes

The Sergeant Was a Lady

1961

as Col. House

The Alamo

1960

as Tennessean (uncredited)

Oklahoma Territory

as Temple Houston

Hell to Eternity

as Leonard

The Scarface Mob

as Martin Flaherty

Alaska Passage

as Al Graham

A Dog's Best Friend

as Wesley 'Wes' Thurman

Legion of the Doomed

Space Master X-7

as John Hand

Pawnee

as Matt Delaney

The Halliday Brand

as Clay Halliday

The Storm Rider

as Sheriff Colton

Slim Carter

1957

as Frank Hanneman

The Broken Star

1956

as Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry

6.4

The Wild Dakotas

1956

as Jim Henry

Wiretapper

1955

as James Arthur Vaus, Jr.

Hell's Horizon

as Paul Jenkins

Apache Ambush

as James Kingston

The Outlaw's Daughter

1954

as Jess Raidley aka Big Red

Racing Blood

1954

as Tex

Torpedo Alley

1953

as Tom Graham

The Pace That Thrills

1952

as Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston

Rose of Cimarron

as George Newcomb

Son of Paleface

as Kirk

The Last Outpost

as Sgt. Tucker

Havana Rose

as Tex Thompson

The Great Missouri Raid

1951

as Jim Younger

6.6

Blue Blood

1951

as Bill Manning

Blue Grass of Kentucky

1950

as Lin McIvor

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

as Outlaw (uncredited)

The Cariboo Trail

as Mike Evans

Operation Haylift

as Bill Masters

California Passage

as Bob Martin

Rookie Fireman

as Joe Blake

The Clay Pigeon

as Jim Fletcher

The Stratton Story

as Eddie Dibson

A Woman's Secret

as Lee Crenshaw

Fighting Man of the Plains

1949

as Marshall Johnny Tancred

5.3

A Dangerous Profession

as Claude Brackett

A Likely Story

as Bill

Deadline at Dawn

as Alex Winkler

Till the End of Time

as Perry Kincheloe

Those Endearing Young Charms

1945

as Jerry

The Body Snatcher

1945

as Survis - Medical Student (uncredited)

7.0

Johnny Angel

1945

as Big Sailor (uncredited)

Back to Bataan

as (uncredited)

West of the Pecos

as Tex Evans

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

as Bud Felton

6.6

Murder in the Blue Room

1944

as Larry (as Bill MacWilliams)

5.0

King Kong

1933

as Theatre Usher (uncredited)

7.6

Television (33)

B. J. and the Bear

240-Robert

Police Woman

Emergency!

The Streets of San Francisco

The Rookies

Primus

Adam-12

as William Taylor

Ironside

Batman

as Multimillionaire

The F.B.I.

as David Warren

The Wild Wild West

Daniel Boone

as Caleb Trevor

The Investigators

Assignment: Underwater

1960

as Bill Greer

Rawhide

as Tom Bickle

Laramie

Men Into Space

77 Sunset Strip

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Martin Flaherty

Yancy Derringer

as Duke Winslow

Perry Mason

as Mike Preston

M Squad

as Jerry Langdon

Date with the Angels

The Millionaire

as Donald Abbott

Gunsmoke

as Red

Lassie

as Jed Bingham

General Electric Theater

1953

as Stewart Davidson

6.4

Music at the Meadowbrook

1953

Dragnet

1951

6.4

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

5.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Ed Sawyer

7.2

Adventures In Jazz

1949

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

The Hallelujah Trail

Stunts

The Alamo

Stunts