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William Katt
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American actor and musician (born 1951)
Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
William Theodore Katt (born February 16, 1951) is an American film and television actor, best known as the star of The Greatest American Hero. He is also known for playing Tommy Ross, the ill-fated prom date of Carrie White in the film version of Carrie and Paul Drake Jr. in the Perry Mason TV movies. His mother is Barabra Hale who played Della Street in the TV series Perry Mason.
Known for
- When We Get There — Bob2026
- Pursuit — Taye Biggs2022
- Overrun — Detective Ed Dobbs2021
- The Christmas High Note — Dennis2020
- The 2nd — Senator Bob Jeffers2020
- The Other Side of the Wind — Man in Bathroom Stall2018
- The Man from Earth: Holocene — Art2017
- Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House"2017
- Home Deadly Home: The Making of "House IV"2017
- More Acting 'Carrie' — Self2016
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Key facts
- Born
- William Theodore Katt , ( 1951-02-16 ) February 16, 1951 (age 75) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Other name
- Billy Katt
- Occupations
- Actor musician
- Years active
- 1970–present
- Spouses
- Deborah Kahane ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) Danielle Hirsch ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 )
- Parents
- Bill Williams (father) Barbara Hale (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Father
- Bill Williams
- Mother
- Barbara Hale
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Orange Coast College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- William Katt Photo Op Nightmare Weekend Richmond 2024 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- William Katt
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
William Theodore Katt (born February 16, 1951) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Ralph Hinkley/Hanley on the ABC television series The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983).
Katt first became known for playing Tommy Ross, the prom date of Carrie White in the original film version of Carrie (1976). He subsequently starred in films such as First Love (1977), Big Wednesday (1978) and Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979). Between 1985 and 1988, he starred in nine Perry Mason television films alongside his mother Barbara Hale, who reprised her role as Della Street from the television series Perry Mason.
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