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William Ching
Acting

William Ching
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-10-02,Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Ching, also credited as William Brooks, Bill Ching and William Brooks Ching (born 2 October 1913, St. Louis, Missouri - died 1 July 1989, Tustin, California) was a United States character actor who appeared in almost 20 films and on television during the later 1940s and throughout the 1950s. By the early 21st century Ching was most widely noted for his supporting role in Rudolph Maté's 1950 film noir drama D.O.A. as Halliday, who slips "luminous poison" into the drink of an accountant visiting San Francisco for the weekend, along with his role as the overbearing boyfriend of Katharine Hepburn's character in George Cukor's 1952 Tracy-Hepburn comedy Pat and Mike. Ching began his career as a professional singer, appearing in musical comedies such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro (1947). His first film role was in 1946. He signed with Republic Pictures in 1947 and for the next dozen years acted mostly in westerns and dramas. His last major acting credit was in a 1959 episode of the television series 77 Sunset Strip. William Ching died of congestive heart failure in 1989 at the age of 75 and is buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Ching, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.3

Pat and Mike
1952-06-13

6.4

Scared Stiff
1953-04-27

In a Lonely Place

7.593

In a Lonely Place
1950-05-17

6.9

D.O.A.
1949-12-23

My World Dies Screaming

5.8

My World Dies Screaming
1958-08-20

Tall Man Riding

5.6

Tall Man Riding
1955-06-18

Never Wave at a WAC

4.9

Never Wave at a WAC
1953-01-28

The Moonlighter

5.7

The Moonlighter
1953-09-19

Give a Girl a Break

5.2

Give a Girl a Break
1953-11-13

The Wild Blue Yonder

6

The Wild Blue Yonder
1951-12-05

3

Belle Le Grand
1951-01-27

5

Oh! Susanna
1951-03-01

The Magnificent Matador

5

The Magnificent Matador
1955-05-24

0

Bal Tabarin
1952-05-31

5.2

The Showdown
1950-08-15

The Mysterious Mr. M

3.8

The Mysterious Mr. M
1946-07-23

5

The Sea Hornet
1951-11-06

4.8

Surrender
1950-09-15

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

6.2

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947-10-08

5.6

Escort West
1959-01-23

Buck Privates Come Home

6.3

Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04

6

Michigan Kid
1947-08-11

Song of Scheherazade

5.8

Song of Scheherazade
1947-02-26

7.712

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

3.7

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956-09-07

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

4.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15

6

Racket Squad
1951-06-07

0

Panic!
1957-03-05

Letter to Loretta

6.2

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

Four Star Playhouse

6.125

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25