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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 21, 1915
Died
September 21, 1992
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Willie
- William Herman Katt
Bill Williams
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Cowboy Bob
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
1981
5.5
240-Robert
1979
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Self
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
5.5
B. J. and the Bear
1979
5.5
Dale Turner
A Fire in the Sky
1978
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69 Minutes
1976
6.0
The Sheriff
The Flight of the Grey Wolf
1976
4.1
Dutch
The Giant Spider Invasion
1975
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125 Rooms of Comfort
1974
6.2
Police Woman
1974
Credits
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
as Cowboy Bob
1981
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240-Robert
1979
5.5
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
1979
0.0
B. J. and the Bear
1979
5.5
A Fire in the Sky
as Dale Turner
1978
5.5
69 Minutes
1976
0.0
The Flight of the Grey Wolf
as The Sheriff
1976
6.0
The Giant Spider Invasion
as Dutch
1975
4.1
125 Rooms of Comfort
1974
0.0
Police Woman
1974
6.2
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Primus
1971
5.0
Scandalous John
as Sheriff Hart
1971
6.1
Rio Lobo
as Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin
1970
6.5
Adam-12
as William Taylor
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Fred Wheeler
1968
7.0
Buckskin
as Frank Cody
1968
5.4
Ironside
1967
6.8
Batman
as Multimillionaire
1966
7.3
The F.B.I.
as David Warren
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Crawford
1965
5.4
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.6
Spaceflight IC-1
as Capt. Mead Ralston
1965
3.0
Tickle Me
as Deputy Sturdivant
1965
5.9
The Hallelujah Trail
as Lt. Brady (uncredited)
1965
6.1
A Letter to Nancy
as George Reed
1965
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Daniel Boone
as Caleb Trevor
1964
7.0
Law of the Lawless
as Silas Miller
1964
6.1
The Investigators
1961
5.0
The Sergeant Was a Lady
as Col. House
1961
0.0
The Alamo
as Tennessean (uncredited)
1960
7.1
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Assignment: Underwater
as Bill Greer
1960
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Hell to Eternity
as Leonard
1960
6.3
Oklahoma Territory
as Temple Houston
1960
6.7
A Dog's Best Friend
as Wesley 'Wes' Thurman
1959
6.0
Men Into Space
1959
7.0
Laramie
1959
6.6
The Scarface Mob
as Martin Flaherty
1959
7.1
Alaska Passage
as Al Graham
1959
4.1
Rawhide
as Tom Bickle
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Henry Cook
1958
6.7
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Martin Flaherty
1958
5.8
Yancy Derringer
as Duke Winslow
1958
6.0
Legion of the Doomed
1958
0.0
Space Master X-7
as John Hand
1958
4.5
Slim Carter
as Frank Hanneman
1957
0.0
Perry Mason
as Mike Preston
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Floyd Grant
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Charles Shaw
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Burt Payne
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Jerry Langdon
1957
5.2
Pawnee
as Matt Delaney
1957
6.3
Date with the Angels
1957
6.0
The Storm Rider
as Sheriff Colton
1957
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The Halliday Brand
as Clay Halliday
1957
6.1
The Broken Star
as Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry
1956
6.4
The Wild Dakotas
as Jim Henry
1956
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Hell's Horizon
as Paul Jenkins
1955
5.0
Gunsmoke
as Red
1955
6.6
Apache Ambush
as James Kingston
1955
6.0
Wiretapper
as James Arthur Vaus, Jr.
1955
5.1
The Millionaire
as Donald Abbott
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Clint Halloran
1955
5.0
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Jess Raidley aka Big Red
1954
0.0
Lassie
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Jed Bingham
1954
6.1
Torpedo Alley
as Tom Graham
1953
0.0
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Music at the Meadowbrook
1953
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General Electric Theater
as Stewart Davidson
1953
6.4
Son of Paleface
as Kirk
1952
6.3
The Pace That Thrills
as Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston
1952
5.3
Rose of Cimarron
as George Newcomb
1952
5.3
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ed Sawyer
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Havana Rose
as Tex Thompson
1951
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The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
The Last Outpost
as Sgt. Tucker
1951
5.5
The Great Missouri Raid
as Jim Younger
1951
6.6
Blue Blood
as Bill Manning
1951
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California Passage
as Bob Martin
1950
4.0
The Cariboo Trail
as Mike Evans
1950
6.4
The Flame and the Arrow
as Outlaw (uncredited)
1950
6.2
Operation Haylift
as Bill Masters
1950
3.0
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as Lin McIvor
1950
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A Dangerous Profession
as Claude Brackett
1949
5.6
Fighting Man of the Plains
as Marshall Johnny Tancred
1949
5.3
The Stratton Story
as Eddie Dibson
1949
6.6
The Clay Pigeon
as Jim Fletcher
1949
5.5
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Adventures In Jazz
1949
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A Woman's Secret
as Lee Crenshaw
1949
5.6
A Likely Story
as Bill
1947
4.2
Till the End of Time
as Perry Kincheloe
1946
6.4
Deadline at Dawn
as Alex Winkler
1946
6.2
Johnny Angel
as Big Sailor (uncredited)
1945
5.9
West of the Pecos
as Tex Evans
1945
3.8
Those Endearing Young Charms
as Jerry
1945
0.0
Back to Bataan
as (uncredited)
1945
6.0
The Body Snatcher
as Survis - Medical Student (uncredited)
1945
7.0
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Bud Felton
1944
6.6
Murder in the Blue Room
as Larry (as Bill MacWilliams)
1944
5.0
King Kong
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
1933
7.6