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.
Filmography
My World Dies Screaming
as Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)
My World Dies Screaming
as Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)
The Last Stop
as Joseph
The Last Stop
as Joseph
Tall Man Riding
as Rex Willard
Tall Man Riding
as Rex Willard
The Magnificent Matador
as Jody Wilton
The Magnificent Matador
as Jody Wilton
Give a Girl a Break
as Anson Prichett
Give a Girl a Break
as Anson Prichett
The Moonlighter
as Tom Anderson
The Moonlighter
as Tom Anderson
Scared Stiff
as Tony Warren
Scared Stiff
as Tony Warren
Never Wave at a WAC
as Sky Fairchild
Never Wave at a WAC
as Sky Fairchild
Pat and Mike
as Collier Weld
Pat and Mike
as Collier Weld
Bal Tabarin
as Don Barlow
Bal Tabarin
as Don Barlow
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Lt. Ted Cranshaw
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Lt. Ted Cranshaw
The Sea Hornet
as Sprowl
The Sea Hornet
as Sprowl
Oh! Susanna
as Cpl. Donlin
Oh! Susanna
as Cpl. Donlin
Belle Le Grand
as Bill Shanks
Belle Le Grand
as Bill Shanks
Surrender
as John Beauregard Hale
Surrender
as John Beauregard Hale
The Showdown
as Mike Shattay
The Showdown
as Mike Shattay
In a Lonely Place
as Ted Barton
In a Lonely Place
as Ted Barton
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Jim Simpson
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Jim Simpson
Buck Privates Come Home
as 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
as 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited)
Song of Scheherazade
as Midshipman
Song of Scheherazade
as Midshipman
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Jim Farrell
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Jim Farrell