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William Ching is a Actor American born on 2 october 1913 at St. Louis (USA)
William Brooks "Bill" Ching (October 2, 1913 – July 1, 1989) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 20 films as well as a similar number of television appearances during the later 1940s and throughout the 1950s.
Ching may be best known for his supporting role in Rudolph Maté's 1950 film noir, D.O.A. 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. One of his best parts was as a semi-good guy/semi-villain in the Randolph Scott western Tall Man Riding (1955). In 1958 he played murderer Glenn McKay in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Corresponding Corpse." His last major acting credit was in a 1959 episode of the television series 77 Sunset Strip.
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Birth name William Brooks Ching
Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1913 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 1 july 1989 (at 75 years) at Tustin (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1913 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 1 july 1989 (at 75 years) at Tustin (USA)
Ching may be best known for his supporting role in Rudolph Maté's 1950 film noir, D.O.A. 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. One of his best parts was as a semi-good guy/semi-villain in the Randolph Scott western Tall Man Riding (1955). In 1958 he played murderer Glenn McKay in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Corresponding Corpse." His last major acting credit was in a 1959 episode of the television series 77 Sunset Strip.
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Escort West (1959)
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue, Noah Beery, Jr, Rex Ingram, Leo Gordon
Roles Capt. Howard Poole
Rating61%
Un ancien soldat de l'armée conférée voyage avec sa fille en direction de l'ouest. En chemin, il vient à la rescousse de deux femmes ayant survécu à une attaque des indiens.
The Magnificent Matador (1955)
, 1h34Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Richard Denning, Thomas Gomez, Lola Albright, William Ching
Roles Jody Wilton
Rating56%
Luis Santos, un célèbre toréador, est chargé d'initier au métier le jeune Rafael Reyes.
Tall Man Riding (1955)
, 1h23Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Peggie Castle, William Ching, Robert Barrat, John Dehner
Roles Rex Willard
Rating62%
Larry Madden est en quête de vengeance. Il veut évincer le propriétaire d'un ranch Tucker Ordway. Ce dernier l'aurait des années plus tôt humilié en public, et brisé la relation de Madden avec Corinna Ordway, sa fille.
The Moonlighter (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching, John Dierkes, Morris Ankrum
Roles Tom Anderson
Rating58%
Wes Anderson has been "moonlighting," rustling cattle. A lynch mob led by rancher Alex Prince hangs the wrong man. Wes escapes.
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
, 1h27Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, William Ching, Leif Erickson, Arleen Whelan
Roles Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild
Rating58%
A divorced socialite and daughter (Russell) of a United States senator (Douglas) asks her father to get her an officer's commission in the Women's Army Corps, so that she can be near her officer boyfriend.
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
, 1h24Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Marge Champion, Kurt Kasznar, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds, William Ching, Bob Fosse
Roles Anson Prichett
Rating62%
When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis (Gower Champion) suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney (Kurt Kasznar), champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy (Bob Fosse) is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle (Debbie Reynolds). Then producer Felix Jordan (Larry Keating) persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlane (Marge Champion), to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.
Scared Stiff (1953)
, 1h48Directed by George Marshall, Hal B. Wallis, Walter DeLeon, Herbert Baker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Transport films, Ghost films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Comedy horror films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott, Carmen Miranda, George Dolenz, Dorothy Malone
Roles Tony Warren
Rating62%
Mary Carroll (Lizabeth Scott) inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba, and, despite warnings and death threats, decides to sail to Havana and take possession of the reputedly haunted castle. She is joined by nightclub entertainer Larry Todd (Martin) who, believing he has killed a mobster, flees New York with a friend, Myron (Lewis). Once on the island the three enter the eerie castle and, after viewing the ghost of one of Mary's ancestors and fighting off a menacing zombie, find the key to the castle's treasure.
Pat and Mike (1952)
, 1h35Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, William Ching, Aldo Ray, Jim Backus, George Mathews
Roles Collier Weld
Rating68%
Pat Pemberton (Katharine Hepburn) is a brilliant athlete who loses her confidence whenever her charming but undermining fiancé Collier (William Ching) is around. Ladies golf and tennis championships are within her reach, however she gets flustered by his presence at the contests. He wants her to give up her goal and marry him, but Pat does not give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan (Spencer Tracy), a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer (Aldo Ray), and a growing mutual attraction.
Belle Le Grand (1951)
, 1h35Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Carroll, Vera Ralston, William Ching, Hope Emerson, Grant Withers, John Qualen
Roles Bill Shanks
Rating60%
Un propriétaire de mines d'or dans le Montana hésite entre deux sœurs, une chanteuse classique et une tenancière d'une maison de jeu, Belle Le Grand, tout juste sortie de prison après avoir été emprisonnée à la place de son mari.
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
, 1h38Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil Harris, Walter Brennan, William Ching
Roles Lt. Ted Cranshaw
Rating60%
In 1943, Capt. Harold "Cal" Calvert (Wendell Corey) is sent on a course at Smoky Hill, Kansas, to learn to fly a new bomber, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. His instructor is his cousin, Major Tom West (Forrest Tucker), an officer who the other pilots think has shirked his duties by claiming engine trouble on the raid over the Ploesti oil fields. Cal stands up for Tom when a crewman taunts his cousin in front of Helen (Vera Ralston), a nurse that Tom has been seeing.
D.O.A. (1950)
, 1h23Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Carol Hughes, Luther Adler, Neville Brand, Frank Cady
Roles Halliday
Rating71%
The film begins with what a BBC reviewer called "perhaps one of cinema's most innovative opening sequences." The scene is a long, behind-the-back tracking sequence featuring Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walking through the hallway of a police station to report his own murder. Oddly, the police almost seem to have been expecting him and already know who he is.
In a Lonely Place (1950)
, 1h34Directed by Nicholas Ray, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Feminist films, Films about domestic violence, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Jeff Donnell, Art Smith
Roles Ted Barton
Rating78%
Dixon "Dix" Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is a down-on-his-luck Hollywood screenwriter who has not had a hit "since before the war." While driving to meet his agent, Mel Lippman (Art Smith), at a nightclub, Dix's explosive temper is revealed at a stoplight along the way in a confrontation with another motorist that almost becomes violent.
The Showdown (1950)
Directed by Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wild Bill Elliott, Walter Brennan, Marie Windsor, Harry Morgan, Rhys Williams, Jim Davis
Roles Mike Shattay
Rating66%
Surrender (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Maria Palmer
Roles John Beauregard Hale
Rating60%
Après avoir laissé son mari Henry Vaan emprisonné à Houston, la belle Violet Barton, elle-même recherchée par la police de San Antonio, s'installe dans la ville frontière de La Mirada avec sa sœur Janet. Alors que Janet ouvre une boutique, Violet fait du charme à un joueur de blackjack pour qu'il vole de l'argent à son patron, Greg De Laney, afin de pouvoir lui acheter un bracelet. Lorsque Greg arrive chez elle pour récupérer ce bracelet, Violet flirte avec lui.
Song of Scheherazade (1947)
, 1h45Directed by Walter Reisch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Eve Arden, Brian Donlevy, Terry Kilburn, William Ching
Roles Midshipman
Rating63%
Rimsky-Korsakov, a midshipman in the Imperial Russian Navy, secretly yearns to be a composer, but naval regulations prevent him from doing so. He uses a stopover in Tangiers to work on his next composition, Scheherazade (which is actually a symphonic suite but in the film is a ballet), with the tacit support of his captain. There he meets Cara de Talavera and her mother, and romantic events and complications ensue. He has to leave to return home to Russia, where his ballet is staged, but Cara unexpectedly turns up as one of the dancers, and they are reunited.