William Ching

William Ching

Known for

Acting

Born

October 2, 1913

Birthplace

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

July 1, 1989 (aged 75)

Biography

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 com...

Best known work

In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place
1950
D.O.A.
D.O.A.
1949
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
1957
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike
1952
Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff
1953
Buck Privates Come Home
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
Tall Man Riding
Tall Man Riding
1955
Give a Girl a Break
Give a Girl a Break
1953
Never Wave at a WAC
Never Wave at a WAC
1953

Filmography

  1. 1959

    Escort West

    as Capt. Howard Poole

  2. 1958

    My World Dies Screaming

    as Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)

  3. 1957

    Perry MasonTV

    as Glenn McKay (1 episode)

  4. 1957

  5. 1956

  6. 1956

    The Last Stop

    as Joseph

  7. 1955

    Tall Man Riding

    as Rex Willard

  8. 1955

  9. 1953

    Give a Girl a Break

    as Anson Prichett

  10. 1953

    Letter to LorettaTV

    as Bill Adams (1 episode)

  11. 1953

    The Moonlighter

    as Tom Anderson

  12. 1953

    Scared Stiff

    as Tony Warren

  13. 1953

    Never Wave at a WAC

    as Sky Fairchild

  14. 1952

  15. 1952

    Pat and Mike

    as Collier Weld

  16. 1952

    Bal Tabarin

    as Don Barlow

  17. 1951

    The Wild Blue Yonder

    as Lt. Ted Cranshaw

  18. 1951

  19. 1951

  20. 1951

  21. 1951

    Oh! Susanna

    as Cpl. Donlin

  22. 1951

    Belle Le Grand

    as Bill Shanks

  23. 1950

  24. 1950

    Surrender

    as John Beauregard Hale

  25. 1950

    The Showdown

    as Mike Shattay

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