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Bill Williams
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Bill Williams
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Acting
Birthday
1915-05-21,Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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 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.

Filmography

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69 Minutes
1976-10-06

Son of Paleface

6.4

Son of Paleface
1952-07-14

Space Master X-7

4.962

Space Master X-7
1958-06-01

6.5

Rio Lobo
1970-04-01

6.2

The Halliday Brand
1957-01-01

Deadline at Dawn

6.222

Deadline at Dawn
1946-03-18

The Clay Pigeon

5.7

The Clay Pigeon
1949-03-03

The Stratton Story

6.653

The Stratton Story
1949-05-12

The Giant Spider Invasion

4.12

The Giant Spider Invasion
1975-10-16

6.016

Tickle Me
1965-06-30

A Dangerous Profession

5.7

A Dangerous Profession
1949-12-10

125 Rooms of Comfort

8

125 Rooms of Comfort
1974-11-07

The Sergeant Was a Lady

7

The Sergeant Was a Lady
1961-10-04

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

0

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05

A Woman's Secret

5.587

A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13

A Letter to Nancy

10

A Letter to Nancy
1965-01-14

Till the End of Time

6.4

Till the End of Time
1946-07-23

The Pace That Thrills

6

The Pace That Thrills
1952-03-01

Oklahoma Territory

7

Oklahoma Territory
1960-03-01

6.188

Pawnee
1957-09-07

The Last Outpost

6.1

The Last Outpost
1951-04-04

The Wild Dakotas

9

The Wild Dakotas
1956-02-28

5.55

Buckskin
1968-05-01

The Storm Rider

7

The Storm Rider
1957-03-01

Operation Haylift

5

Operation Haylift
1950-05-05

Fighting Man of the Plains

5.5

Fighting Man of the Plains
1949-11-16

The Cariboo Trail

6.435

The Cariboo Trail
1950-08-01

Rose of Cimarron

5.625

Rose of Cimarron
1952-01-28

10

Torpedo Alley
1953-12-25

6.346

Apache Ambush
1955-08-24

The Broken Star

6.929

The Broken Star
1956-04-01

4.917

Alaska Passage
1959-02-11

Spaceflight IC-1

4.5

Spaceflight IC-1
1965-08-01

West of the Pecos

4.444

West of the Pecos
1945-08-10

Blue Grass of Kentucky

7

Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950-01-22

Legion of the Doomed

9

Legion of the Doomed
1958-09-21

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

8

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
1981-02-19

5.5

Wiretapper
1955-08-10

8

Slim Carter
1957-11-01

Murder in the Blue Room

5.667

Murder in the Blue Room
1944-10-27

Those Endearing Young Charms

9

Those Endearing Young Charms
1945-06-19

Scandalous John

6.444

Scandalous John
1971-06-22

The Hallelujah Trail

6.1

The Hallelujah Trail
1965-06-23

The Outlaw's Daughter

8

The Outlaw's Daughter
1954-11-01

The Scarface Mob

7.25

The Scarface Mob
1959-04-19

4.833

A Likely Story
1947-04-18

The Great Missouri Raid

6.8

The Great Missouri Raid
1951-02-01

7.59

King Kong
1933-04-07

California Passage

6.5

California Passage
1950-12-15

Law of the Lawless

6.5

Law of the Lawless
1964-05-13

A Dog's Best Friend

6.25

A Dog's Best Friend
1959-12-20

Hell to Eternity

6.4

Hell to Eternity
1960-08-01

7

Havana Rose
1951-09-15

The Body Snatcher

6.98

The Body Snatcher
1945-05-25

6.082

Back to Bataan
1945-05-30

10

Blue Blood
1951-01-28

A Fire in the Sky

5.692

A Fire in the Sky
1978-11-26

5.667

Hell's Horizon
1955-12-31

The Flame and the Arrow

6.324

The Flame and the Arrow
1950-07-07

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

6.7

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944-11-15

The Flight of the Grey Wolf

7.5

The Flight of the Grey Wolf
1976-03-14

5.967

Johnny Angel
1945-10-25

7.1

The Alamo
1960-10-23

10

Racing Blood
1954-03-03

Stampede at Bitter Creek

0

Stampede at Bitter Creek
1962-11-16

7.5

Rookie Fireman
1950-09-08

77 Sunset Strip

7.1

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

B. J. and the Bear

5.667

B. J. and the Bear
1979-02-10

6.857

The Rookies
1972-09-11

5.64

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

7.3

Batman
1966-01-12

The Streets of San Francisco

7.01

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.75

240-Robert
1979-08-28

6.5

Dragnet
1951-12-16

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

7.912

Emergency!
1972-01-22

6.218

Lassie
1954-09-12

7.1

Adam-12
1968-09-21

6.855

Ironside
1967-03-28

The Wild Wild West

7.6

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.422

Police Woman
1974-09-13

7.03

Daniel Boone
1964-09-24

The Millionaire

5.75

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

Yancy Derringer

6.182

Yancy Derringer
1958-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

7.4

Men Into Space
1959-09-30

5.429

M Squad
1957-09-20

6.694

Laramie
1959-09-15

Date with the Angels

6.25

Date with the Angels
1957-05-10

Adventures In Jazz

0

Adventures In Jazz
1949-01-28

The Adventures of Kit Carson

6

The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951-08-11

Assignment: Underwater

0

Assignment: Underwater
1960-09-09

Music at the Meadowbrook

0

Music at the Meadowbrook
1953-05-23

6

Primus
1971-09-15

5.64

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

7.1

Adam-12
1968-09-21

The Millionaire

5.75

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.218

Lassie
1954-09-12

77 Sunset Strip

7.1

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

6.333

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

The Investigators

6

The Investigators
1961-10-05