Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/21/1915
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
WillieWilliam 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). He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, but...
Known For
A Fire in the Sky
as Dale Turner
Alaska Passage
as Al Graham
The Flame and the Arrow
as Outlaw (uncredited)
Till the End of Time
as Perry Kincheloe
King Kong
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Jess Raidley aka Big Red
Back to Bataan
as (uncredited)
The Great Missouri Raid
as Jim Younger
Rio Lobo
as Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin
Pawnee
as Matt Delaney
The Giant Spider Invasion
as Dutch
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Bud Felton
The Alamo
as Tennessean (uncredited)
Scandalous John
as Sheriff Hart
Operation Haylift
as Bill Masters
Tickle Me
as Deputy Sturdivant
The Last Outpost
as Sgt. Tucker
A Woman's Secret
as Lee Crenshaw
The Stratton Story
as Eddie Dibson
Fighting Man of the Plains
as Marshall Johnny Tancred
Career Timeline
1979
1965
1960
1959
1958
1957
Slim Carter
as Frank Hanneman
Perry Mason
as Mike Preston
Perry Mason
as Floyd Grant
Perry Mason
as Charles Shaw
Perry Mason
as Burt Payne
M Squad
as Jerry Langdon
Pawnee
as Matt Delaney
Date with the Angels
Role unknown
The Storm Rider
as Sheriff Colton
The Halliday Brand
as Clay Halliday