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Known credits:
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Birthday:
1913-10-02
Place of birth:
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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William Ching

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting

1959 Escort West Actor Capt. Howard Poole 58
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1958 My World Dies Screaming Actor Mark Snell (as Bill Ching) 58
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1955 Tall Man Riding Actor Rex Willard 58
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1955 The Magnificent Matador Actor Jody Wilton 59
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1953 Give a Girl a Break Actor Anson Prichett 58
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1953 The Moonlighter Actor Tom Anderson 59
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1953 Scared Stiff Actor Tony Warren 59
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1953 Never Wave at a WAC Actor Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild 58
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1952 Pat and Mike Actor Collier Weld 59
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1952 Bal Tabarin Actor Don Barlow N/A
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1951 The Wild Blue Yonder Actor Lt. Ted Cranshaw 59
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1951 The Sea Hornet Actor Sprowl 58
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1951 Oh! Susanna Actor Cpl. Donlin 58
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1951 Belle Le Grand Actor Bill Shanks 58
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1950 Surrender Actor John Beauregard Hale 58
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1950 The Showdown Actor Mike Shattay 58
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1950 In a Lonely Place Actor Ted Barton 68
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1949 D.O.A. Actor Halliday 61
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1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Actor Jim Simpson 58
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1947 Michigan Kid Actor Steve Randolph Prescott 58
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1947 Buck Privates Come Home Actor 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited) 59
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1947 Song of Scheherazade Actor Midshipman 58
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1946 The Mysterious Mr. M Actor Jim Farrell 58
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