Bill Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-05-21 (77 years old)

Deathday

1992-09-21

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Bill Williams

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...

Acting

1952

1958

Space Master X-7

as John Hand

1970

Rio Lobo

as Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin

1957

The Halliday Brand

as Clay Halliday

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Alex Winkler

1949

The Clay Pigeon

as Jim Fletcher

1949

The Stratton Story

as Eddie Dibson

1965

Tickle Me

as Deputy Sturdivant

1949

A Dangerous Profession

as Claude Brackett

1961

1949

A Woman's Secret

as Lee Crenshaw

1965

A Letter to Nancy

as George Reed

1946

Till the End of Time

as Perry Kincheloe

1952

The Pace That Thrills

as Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston

1960

Oklahoma Territory

as Temple Houston

1957

Pawnee

as Matt Delaney

1951

The Last Outpost

as Sgt. Tucker

1956

The Wild Dakotas

as Jim Henry

1968

Buckskin

as Frank Cody

1957

The Storm Rider

as Sheriff Colton

1950

Operation Haylift

as Bill Masters

1949

Fighting Man of the Plains

as Marshall Johnny Tancred

1950

The Cariboo Trail

as Mike Evans

1952

Rose of Cimarron

as George Newcomb

1953

Torpedo Alley

as Tom Graham

1955

Apache Ambush

as James Kingston

1956

The Broken Star

as Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry

1959

Alaska Passage

as Al Graham

1965

Spaceflight IC-1

as Capt. Mead Ralston

1945

West of the Pecos

as Tex Evans

1950

1955

Wiretapper

as James Arthur Vaus, Jr.

1957

Slim Carter

as Frank Hanneman

1944

Murder in the Blue Room

as Larry (as Bill MacWilliams)

1971

Scandalous John

as Sheriff Hart

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

as Lt. Brady (uncredited)

1954

The Outlaw's Daughter

as Jess Raidley aka Big Red

1959

The Scarface Mob

as Martin Flaherty

1947

1951

1933

King Kong

as Theatre Usher (uncredited)

1950

California Passage

as Bob Martin

1964

Law of the Lawless

as Silas Miller

1959

A Dog's Best Friend

as Wesley 'Wes' Thurman

1960

1951

Havana Rose

as Tex Thompson

1945

The Body Snatcher

as Survis, Medical Student

1945

Back to Bataan

as (uncredited)

1951

Blue Blood

as Bill Manning

1978

A Fire in the Sky

as Dale Turner

1955

Hell's Horizon

as Paul Jenkins

1950

The Flame and the Arrow

as Outlaw (uncredited)

1944

1976

1945

Johnny Angel

as Big Sailor (uncredited)

Production

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