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William R. Moses
William R. Moses (William Remington Moses, born 1959, Los Angeles) is an American actor known for Cole Gioberti on Falcon Crest, Ken Malansky in the Perry Mason TV movies, Jack Davis in the Jane Doe films, and Jeff Webber on General Hospital.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale (Robert William Ragsdale, born 1961, El Dorado, Arkansas) is an American actor best known as Charley Brewster in Fright Night (1985) and Part 2 (1988), Herman Brooks on Herman's Head, Eugene Jerome on Broadway, and Gary Hawkins on Justified.
William Redfield (actor)
William Redfield, born William Henry Redfield, was an American actor best known as Dale Harding in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and for the memoir Letters from an Actor (1967).
William Russ
William Russ (William Hardy Russ IV, born 1950) is an American character actor from Portsmouth, Virginia, known as Alan Matthews on Boy Meets World, Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy, and for Pastime and American History X; distinct from the silent-film and Doctor Who William Russells.
William Russell (English actor)
William Russell (William Russell Enoch, 1924-2024), English actor who played Ian Chesterton, Doctor Who's first male companion (1963-65), also Sir Lancelot and Coronation Street's Ted Sullivan; held the Guinness record for longest gap between TV appearances.
William S. Hart
William S. Hart (William Surrey Hart, 1864-1946), American silent-film Western star, director, and producer; creator of the 'good badman' persona; star of Hell's Hinges (1916) and Tumbleweeds (1925); former stage actor and friend of Wyatt Earp.
William Sadler (actor)
William Thomas Sadler (born 1950, Buffalo, New York) is an American character actor known as the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted, Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, Colonel Stuart in Die Hard 2, and Sheriff Valenti in Roswell.
William Sanderson
William Sanderson (born 1944, Memphis) is an American character actor known as Larry on Newhart, J.F. Sebastian in Blade Runner, and E.B. Farnum in Deadwood; not the British actor of AI-generated profiles.
William Schallert
William Schallert (1922-2016), American character actor of nearly 70 years, played Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show, Nilz Baris in Star Trek's 'The Trouble with Tribbles,' and served as Screen Actors Guild president 1979-1981.
William Shatner
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931, Montreal) is a Canadian actor best known as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek (1966-69) and seven films, and as Emmy-winning Denny Crane on Boston Legal; in 2021 he became the oldest person in space.
William Simons
William Simons (Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, 1940–2019), Welsh actor; played PC Alf Ventress in all 18 series of ITV's Heartbeat (1992–2010, 355 episodes); also Crown Court, Cribb, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries.
William Talman (actor)
William Talman (1915–1968), American actor, played DA Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason (1957–1966) and the killer in The Hitch-Hiker (1953); he made the first Hollywood actor anti-smoking PSA before dying of lung cancer.
William Windom (actor)
William Windom (1923–2012), American character actor; Emmy winner for My World and Welcome to It (1970); Commodore Decker in Star Trek's Doomsday Machine; Dr. Seth Hazlitt on Murder, She Wrote.
William Zabka
William Zabka (William Michael Zabka), known as Billy Zabka, is an American actor best known as Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984) and Cobra Kai.
Willie Aames
Willie Aames (born 1960, Albert William Upton) is an American actor known as Tommy Bradford on Eight Is Enough, Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, and the Christian superhero Bibleman (1995–2003).
Willie Garson
Willie Garson (William Garson Paszamant, 1964-2021), American character actor; Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City and Mozzie on White Collar; died of pancreatic cancer at 57.
Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama, American actor born 1980 in Miami and raised in Venezuela, played Fez on That '70s Show (1998–2006) and Special Agent Nick Torres on NCIS since 2016; also voiced Handy Manny and Encanto's Agustín.
Wilson Bethel
Wilson Bethel (Stephen Wilson Bethel, born 1984) is an American actor known for Wade Kinsella on Hart of Dixie, Mark Callan on All Rise, and Bullseye/Benjamin Poindexter in Daredevil and Daredevil: Born Again.
Wilson Cruz
Wilson Cruz (born 1973, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and GLAAD national spokesperson; the first openly gay actor as an openly gay network-TV series regular, known for Rickie Vasquez in My So-Called Life and Dr. Hugh Culber on Star Trek: Discovery.
Windell Middlebrooks
Windell Middlebrooks (Windell Dwain Middlebrooks Jr.) was an American actor (1979–2015) from Fort Worth, Texas, known as the Miller High Life deliveryman and as Dr. Curtis Brumfield on Body of Proof, plus Kirby on The Suite Life on Deck.
Windsor Davies
Windsor Davies (1930–2019) was a British comic actor, London-born and raised in Nant-y-Moel, Wales. Star of It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–81) and Never the Twain (1981–91); his duet "Whispering Grass" hit number 1 in 1975.
Wings Hauser
Wings Hauser (Gerald Dwight Hauser, 1947–2025), American character actor and musician; father of Cole Hauser; famous as Ramrod in Vice Squad, Greg Foster on The Young and the Restless, and Independent Spirit nominee for Tough Guys Don't Dance.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder (Winona Laura Horowitz, born 1971) is an American actress of Beetlejuice, Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Girl, Interrupted, and Stranger Things, with Oscar nominations for The Age of Innocence and Little Women, a 2001 shoplifting conviction, and a comeback via Black Swan.
Winston Duke
Winston Duke (born 1986, Argyle, Tobago) is a Trinidadian-American actor, Yale MFA 2013, known as M'Baku in Black Panther and the MCU films, and for Us, Nine Days, Spenser Confidential, and The Fall Guy.
Winter Ave Zoli
Winter Ave Zoli, also credited Winter Uhlarik, is an American actress born 1980 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, raised in Prague, best known as Lyla Winston on Sons of Anarchy (2009–2014) and for Hellboy, The Pagan Queen, Bosch, and Father Stu.
Wolfgang Bodison
Wolfgang Bodison, American actor and Playhouse West acting teacher, made his debut as Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson in A Few Good Men (1992) with zero prior acting experience; Rob Reiner cast him while he worked as the film's location manager.
Wood Harris
Wood Harris (Sherwin David Harris, born 1969, Chicago) is an American actor known as Avon Barksdale on HBO's The Wire, Julius Campbell in Remember the Titans, Ace in Paid in Full, and Tony 'Little Duke' Burton in the Creed films.
Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson (born 1961) is an American actor, Emmy winner for Cheers (Woody Boyd) and True Detective star; three Oscar nominations (The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Messenger, Three Billboards), Hunger Games' Haymitch, activist and Maui resident.
Woody McClain
Woody McClain (Edward Woody McClain) is an American actor, producer, and former professional dancer from Charleston, South Carolina, known for playing Bobby Brown in The New Edition Story and Cane Tejada in Power Book II: Ghost.
Woody Strode
Woody Strode (Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode, 1914-1994), American football player and character actor. One of the first Black NFL players with the 1946 Los Angeles Rams; starred in Sergeant Rutledge, Spartacus, and John Ford Westerns.