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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.

Known For

5.6

Capt. Howard Poole

Escort West

1959

5.8

Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)

My World Dies Screaming

1958

7.7

Glenn McKay

Perry Mason

1957

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Panic!

1957

5.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.6

Rex Willard

Tall Man Riding

1955

5.0

Jody Wilton

The Magnificent Matador

1955

5.3

Anson Prichett

Give a Girl a Break

1953

6.5

Bill Adams

Letter to Loretta

1953

5.7

Tom Anderson

The Moonlighter

1953

Credits

Escort West

as Capt. Howard Poole

1959

5.6

My World Dies Screaming

as Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)

1958

5.8

Perry Mason

as Glenn McKay

1957

7.7

Panic!

1957

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

Tall Man Riding

as Rex Willard

1955

5.6

The Magnificent Matador

as Jody Wilton

1955

5.0

Give a Girl a Break

as Anson Prichett

1953

5.3

Letter to Loretta

as Bill Adams

1953

6.5

The Moonlighter

as Tom Anderson

1953

5.7

Scared Stiff

as Tony Warren

1953

6.4

Never Wave at a WAC

as Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild

1953

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Four Star Playhouse

1952

6.7

Pat and Mike

as Collier Weld

1952

6.3

Bal Tabarin

as Don Barlow

1952

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The Wild Blue Yonder

as Lt. Ted Cranshaw

1951

6.0

The Sea Hornet

as Sprowl

1951

5.0

Racket Squad

1951

6.0

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

4.5

Oh! Susanna

as Cpl. Donlin

1951

5.0

Belle Le Grand

as Bill Shanks

1951

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Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.3

Surrender

as John Beauregard Hale

1950

4.4

The Showdown

as Mike Shattay

1950

5.2

In a Lonely Place

as Ted Barton

1950

7.6

D.O.A.

as Halliday

1949

6.9

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

as Jim Simpson

1947

6.1

Michigan Kid

as Steve Randolph Prescott

1947

6.0

Buck Privates Come Home

as 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited)

1947

6.3

Song of Scheherazade

as Midshipman

1947

5.8

The Mysterious Mr. M

as Jim Farrell

1946

3.8

Because I Love Him

as david hughes

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