Image of William Ching

William Ching

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.


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Oct 2, 1913 In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
28
First Appeared:
In the movie The Mysterious Mr. M 1946-07-23
Latest Project:
Movie Escort West 1959-01-23
Known For
Poster of The Magnificent Matador
Poster of Bal Tabarin
Poster of The Sea Hornet
Poster of Oh! Susanna
Filmography
Movie Escort West Capt. Howard Poole 1959-01-23
Movie My World Dies Screaming Mark Snell (as Bill Ching) 1958-08-20
Series Panic! Unknown 1957-03-05
Series Perry Mason Unknown 1957-09-21
Series The Adventures of Jim Bowie Unknown 1956-09-07
Movie The Magnificent Matador Jody Wilton 1955-05-24
Movie Tall Man Riding Rex Willard 1955-06-18
Movie Never Wave at a WAC Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild 1953-01-28
Movie Scared Stiff Tony Warren 1953-04-27
Movie The Moonlighter Tom Anderson 1953-09-19
Series Letter to Loretta Unknown 1953-09-20
Movie Give a Girl a Break Anson Prichett 1953-11-13
Movie Bal Tabarin Don Barlow 1952-05-31
Movie Pat and Mike Collier Weld 1952-06-13
Movie Belle Le Grand Bill Shanks 1951-01-27
Movie Oh! Susanna Cpl. Donlin 1951-03-01
Series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Unknown 1951-04-15
Movie The Wild Blue Yonder Lt. Ted Cranshaw 1951-12-05
Movie The Sea Hornet Sprowl 1951-11-06
Series Racket Squad Unknown 1951-06-07
Movie In a Lonely Place Ted Barton 1950-05-17
Movie The Showdown Mike Shattay 1950-08-15
Series Lux Video Theatre Unknown 1950-10-02
Movie Surrender John Beauregard Hale 1950-09-15
Movie D.O.A. Halliday 1949-12-23
Movie Buck Privates Come Home 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited) 1947-04-04
Movie The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Jim Simpson 1947-10-08
Movie The Mysterious Mr. M Jim Farrell 1946-07-23