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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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Filmography (Movies)
Escort West
Character:Capt. Howard Poole
Release Date:23/01/1959
My World Dies Screaming
Character:Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)
Release Date:20/08/1958
Tall Man Riding
Character:Rex Willard
Release Date:18/06/1955
The Magnificent Matador
Character:Jody Wilton
Release Date:24/05/1955
Give a Girl a Break
Character:Anson Prichett
Release Date:13/11/1953
The Moonlighter
Character:Tom Anderson
Release Date:19/09/1953
Scared Stiff
Character:Tony Warren
Release Date:27/04/1953
Never Wave at a WAC
Character:Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild
Release Date:28/01/1953
Pat and Mike
Character:Collier Weld
Release Date:13/06/1952
Bal Tabarin
Character:Don Barlow
Release Date:31/05/1952
The Wild Blue Yonder
Character:Lt. Ted Cranshaw
Release Date:05/12/1951
The Sea Hornet
Character:Sprowl
Release Date:06/11/1951
Oh! Susanna
Character:Cpl. Donlin
Release Date:01/03/1951
Belle Le Grand
Character:Bill Shanks
Release Date:27/01/1951
Surrender
Character:John Beauregard Hale
Release Date:15/09/1950
The Showdown
Character:Mike Shattay
Release Date:15/08/1950
In a Lonely Place
Character:Ted Barton
Release Date:17/05/1950
D.O.A.
Character:Halliday
Release Date:23/12/1949
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Character:Jim Simpson
Release Date:08/10/1947
Michigan Kid
Character:Steve Randolph Prescott
Release Date:11/08/1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Character:2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited)
Release Date:04/04/1947
Song of Scheherazade
Character:Midshipman
Release Date:26/02/1947
The Mysterious Mr. M
Character:Jim Farrell
Release Date:23/07/1946
Television Appearances
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