Bill Williams

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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1915-05-21

Died: 1992-09-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	King Kong	Theatre Usher (uncredited)	76
2	1944	Murder in the Blue Room	Larry (as Bill MacWilliams)	50
3	1944	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	Bud Felton	66
4	1945	The Body Snatcher	Survis, Medical Student	70
5	1945	Back to Bataan	(uncredited)	61
6	1945	Those Endearing Young Charms	Jerry	0
7	1945	West of the Pecos	Tex Evans	41
8	1945	Johnny Angel	Big Sailor (uncredited)	59
9	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Alex Winkler	63
10	1946	Till the End of Time	Perry Kincheloe	67
11	1947	A Likely Story	Bill	42
12	1949	A Woman's Secret	Lee Crenshaw	56
13	1949	The Clay Pigeon	Jim Fletcher	55
14	1949	The Stratton Story	Eddie Dibson	65
15	1949	Fighting Man of the Plains	Marshall Johnny Tancred	53
16	1949	A Dangerous Profession	Claude Brackett	56
17	1950	Blue Grass of Kentucky	Lin McIvor	0
18	1950	Operation Haylift	Bill Masters	30
19	1950	The Flame and the Arrow	Outlaw (uncredited)	62
20	1950	The Cariboo Trail	Mike Evans	64
21	1950	California Passage	Bob Martin	40
22	1951	Blue Blood	Bill Manning	0
23	1951	The Great Missouri Raid	Jim Younger	66
24	1951	The Last Outpost	Sgt. Tucker	55
25	1951	Havana Rose	Tex Thompson	0
26	1952	Rose of Cimarron	George Newcomb	50
27	1952	The Pace That Thrills	Richard L. 'Dusty' Weston	53
28	1952	Son of Paleface	Kirk	63
29	1953	Torpedo Alley	Tom Graham	0
30	1954	The Outlaw's Daughter	Jess Raidley aka Big Red	0
31	1955	Wiretapper	James Arthur Vaus, Jr.	51
32	1955	Apache Ambush	James Kingston	56
33	1955	Hell's Horizon	Paul Jenkins	50
34	1956	The Wild Dakotas	Jim Henry	0
35	1956	The Broken Star	Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry	64
36	1957	The Halliday Brand	Clay Halliday	61
37	1957	The Storm Rider	Sheriff Colton	0
38	1957	Pawnee	Matt Delaney	63
39	1957	Slim Carter	Frank Hanneman	0
40	1958	Space Master X-7	John Hand	46
41	1958	Legion of the Doomed		0
42	1959	Alaska Passage	Al Graham	49
43	1959	The Scarface Mob	Martin Flaherty	71
44	1959	A Dog's Best Friend	Wesley 'Wes' Thurman	60
45	1960	Oklahoma Territory	Temple Houston	67
46	1960	Hell to Eternity	Leonard	66
47	1961	The Sergeant Was a Lady	Col. House	0
48	1964	Law of the Lawless	Silas Miller	61
49	1965	A Letter to Nancy	George Reed	0
50	1965	The Hallelujah Trail	Lt. Brady (uncredited)	60
51	1965	Tickle Me	Deputy Sturdivant	59
52	1965	Spaceflight IC-1	Capt. Mead Ralston	30
53	1968	Buckskin	Frank Cody	53
54	1970	Rio Lobo	Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin	64
55	1971	Scandalous John	Sheriff Hart	61
56	1974	125 Rooms of Comfort		0
57	1975	The Giant Spider Invasion	Dutch	39
58	1976	The Flight of the Grey Wolf	The Sheriff	60
59	1976	69 Minutes		0
60	1978	A Fire in the Sky	Dale Turner	55
61	1979	When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion	Self	0
62	1981	Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood	Cowboy Bob	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Adventures In Jazz		0
2	1951	The Adventures of Kit Carson		53
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Ed Sawyer	73
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
5	1951	Dragnet		64
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Stewart Davidson	63
7	1953	Music at the Meadowbrook		0
8	1954	Lassie		61
9	1954	Lassie	Jed Bingham	61
10	1955	The Millionaire	Donald Abbott	50
11	1955	The Millionaire	Clint Halloran	50
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Red	66
13	1957	Date with the Angels		60
14	1957	M Squad	Jerry Langdon	52
15	1957	Perry Mason	Mike Preston	77
16	1957	Perry Mason	Floyd Grant	77
17	1957	Perry Mason	Charles Shaw	77
18	1957	Perry Mason	Burt Payne	77
19	1958	Yancy Derringer	Duke Winslow	56
20	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
21	1959	Rawhide	Tom Bickle	72
22	1959	Laramie		64
23	1959	Men Into Space		70
24	1960	Assignment: Underwater	Bill Greer	0
25	1964	Daniel Boone	Caleb Trevor	69
26	1965	The Wild Wild West		75
27	1965	The F.B.I.	David Warren	55
28	1965	The F.B.I.	Crawford	55
29	1966	Batman	Multimillionaire	73
30	1967	Ironside		68
31	1968	Adam-12	William Taylor	70
32	1968	Adam-12	Fred Wheeler	70
33	1971	Primus		50
34	1972	Emergency!		78
35	1972	The Rookies		68
36	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
37	1974	Police Woman		63
38	1979	B. J. and the Bear		55
39	1979	240-Robert		55

Bill Williams

Film

Television