William Ching

William Ching

1913-10-02 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 24 Credits

Biography

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 po...

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Escort West

Escort West

1959

as Capt. Howard Poole

5.6
Acting

Seeking a new place to call home, former Confederate soldier Ben Lassiter (Victor Mature) and his daughter meet Beth (Elaine Stewart), whose fiancé is...

My World Dies Screaming

My World Dies Screaming

1958

as Mark Snell (as Bill Ching)

5.8
Acting

A newlywed is terrified when her husband brings her to live in the old house that figures in her recurring nightmare.

Tall Man Riding

Tall Man Riding

1955

as Rex Willard

5.6
Acting

Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter,...

The Magnificent Matador

The Magnificent Matador

1955

as Jody Wilton

5.0
Acting

Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador, Luis Santos who h...

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break

1953

as Anson Prichett

5.3
Acting

When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknow...

The Moonlighter

The Moonlighter

1953

as Tom Anderson

5.7
Acting

Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't...

Scared Stiff

Scared Stiff

1953

as Tony Warren

6.4
Acting

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated isla...

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

as Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild

4.9
Acting

A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many d...

Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike

1952

as Collier Weld

6.3
Acting

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets fluste...

Bal Tabarin

Bal Tabarin

1952

as Don Barlow

Acting

Story of a girl who witnesses murder of notorious international jewel thief. Afraid that the gang will attack her, she flees to Paris.

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951

as Lt. Ted Cranshaw

6.0
Acting

Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful n...

The Sea Hornet

The Sea Hornet

1951

as Sprowl

5.0
Acting

"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later wh...

Oh! Susanna

Oh! Susanna

1951

as Cpl. Donlin

5.0
Acting

Unable to keep peace between frontier Indians and the US Cavalry, a heroic Captain risks court-martial to prevent bloodshed.

Belle Le Grand

Belle Le Grand

1951

as Bill Shanks

3.0
Acting

Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do w...

Surrender

Surrender

1950

as John Beauregard Hale

4.8
Acting

Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of b...

The Showdown

The Showdown

1950

as Mike Shattay

5.2
Acting

Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money...

In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

1950

as Ted Barton

7.6
Acting

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

D.O.A.

D.O.A.

1949

as Halliday

6.9
Acting

Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determi...

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947

as Jim Simpson

6.2
Acting

Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a not...

Michigan Kid

Michigan Kid

1947

as Steve Randolph Prescott

6.0
Acting

A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.

Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home

1947

as 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up runnin...

Song of Scheherazade

Song of Scheherazade

1947

as Midshipman

5.8
Acting

A beautiful cabaret dancer inspires composer Rimsky-Korsakov.

The Mysterious Mr. M

The Mysterious Mr. M

1946

as Jim Farrell

3.8
Acting

An evil scientist known as "Mr. M." uses a drug he has developed called "hypnotreme" to help steal submarine equipment. Federal agent Grant Farrell is...

Because I Love Him

Because I Love Him

N/A

as david hughes

Acting

A successful career woman sacrifices her own future to devote herself to her husband who only has one year to live.