William Ching
William Ching
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 comedy Pat and Mike. Ching began his career as a professional singer, appearing in musical comedies such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro (1947). His first film role was in 1946. He signed with Republic Pictures in 1947 and for the next dozen years acted mostly in westerns and dramas. His last major acting credit was in a 1959 episode of the television series 77 Sunset Strip. William Ching died of congestive heart failure in 1989 at the age of 75 and is buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Ching, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
32
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-10-02 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Acting

1959

Escort West as Capt. Howard Poole

1958

My World Dies Screaming as Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)

1957

Perry Mason as Glenn McKay

1957

Panic! as Not available

1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Not available

1955

Tall Man Riding as Rex Willard

1955

The Magnificent Matador as Jody Wilton

1953

Letter to Loretta as Bill Adams

1953

Scared Stiff as Tony Warren

1953

Give a Girl a Break as Anson Prichett

1953

Never Wave at a WAC as Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild

1953

The Moonlighter as Tom Anderson

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Not available

1952

Pat and Mike as Collier Weld

1952

Bal Tabarin as Don Barlow

1951

Racket Squad as Not available

1951

The Wild Blue Yonder as Lt. Ted Cranshaw

1951

The Sea Hornet as Sprowl

1951

Oh! Susanna as Cpl. Donlin

1951

Belle Le Grand as Bill Shanks

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Not available

1950

In a Lonely Place as Ted Barton

1950

The Showdown as Mike Shattay

1950

Surrender as John Beauregard Hale

1949

D.O.A. as Halliday

1947

Buck Privates Come Home as 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited)

1947

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Jim Simpson

1947

Song of Scheherazade as Midshipman

1947

Michigan Kid as Steve Randolph Prescott

NaN

Because I Love Him as david hughes

1946

The Mysterious Mr. M as Jim Farrell