Bill Williams

Personal Info

Birthday

May 21, 1915

Day of Death

1992-09-21

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Willie

William Herman Katt

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).

Known For

Perry Mason

Batman

Lassie

Adam-12

Rawhide

Daniel Boone

Gunsmoke

The F.B.I.

Filmography

1981
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
as Cowboy Bob
1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
1978
A Fire in the Sky
as Dale Turner
1976
The Flight of the Grey Wolf
as The Sheriff
1975
The Giant Spider Invasion
as Dutch
1971
Scandalous John
as Sheriff Hart
1970
Rio Lobo
as Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin
1968
Buckskin
as Frank Cody
1965
Spaceflight IC-1
as Capt. Mead Ralston
Tickle Me
as Deputy Sturdivant
The Hallelujah Trail
as Lt. Brady (uncredited)
A Letter to Nancy
as George Reed
1964
Law of the Lawless
as Silas Miller
1961
The Sergeant Was a Lady
as Col. House
1960
Hell to Eternity
as Leonard
Oklahoma Territory
as Temple Houston
1959
A Dog's Best Friend
as Wesley 'Wes' Thurman
The Scarface Mob
as Martin Flaherty
Alaska Passage
as Al Graham
1958
Space Master X-7
as John Hand
1957
Slim Carter
as Frank Hanneman
Pawnee
as Matt Delaney
The Storm Rider
as Sheriff Colton
The Halliday Brand
as Clay Halliday
1956
The Broken Star
as Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry
The Wild Dakotas
as Jim Henry
1955
Hell's Horizon
as Paul Jenkins
Apache Ambush
as James Kingston
Wiretapper
as James Arthur Vaus, Jr.
1954
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Jess Raidley aka Big Red
1953
Torpedo Alley
as Tom Graham
1952
Son of Paleface
as Kirk
The Pace That Thrills
as Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston
Rose of Cimarron
as George Newcomb
1951
Havana Rose
as Tex Thompson
The Last Outpost
as Sgt. Tucker
The Great Missouri Raid
as Jim Younger
Blue Blood
as Bill Manning
1950
California Passage
as Bob Martin
The Cariboo Trail
as Mike Evans
The Flame and the Arrow
as Outlaw (uncredited)
Operation Haylift
as Bill Masters
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as Lin McIvor
1949
A Dangerous Profession
as Claude Brackett
Fighting Man of the Plains
as Marshall Johnny Tancred
The Stratton Story
as Eddie Dibson
The Clay Pigeon
as Jim Fletcher
A Woman's Secret
as Lee Crenshaw
1947
A Likely Story
as Bill
1946
Till the End of Time
as Perry Kincheloe
Deadline at Dawn
as Alex Winkler
1945
Johnny Angel
as Big Sailor (uncredited)
West of the Pecos
as Tex Evans
Those Endearing Young Charms
as Jerry
Back to Bataan
as (uncredited)
The Body Snatcher
as Survis, Medical Student
1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Bud Felton
Murder in the Blue Room
as Larry (as Bill MacWilliams)
1933
King Kong
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)