William Ching
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Early years
Ching was born in St. Louis and raised in New Orleans. During World War II, he served in the Coast Guard.[3]
Career
Ching began his career as a professional singer, starring in a summer series at the Memphis Open Air Theater.[3] He appeared in musical comedies such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro (1947).[4] 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.[5] Ching declined to change his name at the time of his move to films, though it might give the mistaken impression that he was of Asian descent.[6]
He appeared in the Randolph Scott Western Tall Man Riding (1955). The same year, Ching was cast as Clint Allbright on CBS's Our Miss Brooks. In 1958, he played 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Death
In 1989, at age 75, Ching died of congestive heart failure. He is buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California.[1]
Partial filmography
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- The Mysterious Mr. M (1946, Serial) - Jim Farrell [Chs. 1-3]
- I'll Be Yours (1947) - Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
- The Michigan Kid (1947) - Steve Randolph Prescott
- Song of Scheherazade (1947) - Midshipman (uncredited)
- Buck Privates Come Home (1947) - 2nd Lieutenant, Mess Officer (uncredited)
- Something in the Wind (1947) - Joe (uncredited)
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) - Jim Simpson
- Life of St. Paul Series (1949) - Jailer
- D.O.A. (1950) - Halliday
- In a Lonely Place (1950) - Ted Barton
- The Showdown (1950) - Mike Shattay
- Surrender (1950) - John Beauregard Hale
- Belle Le Grand (1951) - Bill Shanks
- Oh! Susanna (1951) - Corporal Donlin
- The Sea Hornet (1951) - Sprowl
- The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) - Lt. Ted Cranshaw
- Bal Tabarin (1952) - Don Barlow
- Pat and Mike (1952) - Collier Weld
- Never Wave at a WAC (1953) - Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild
- Scared Stiff (1953) - Tony Warren
- The Moonlighter (1953) - Tom Anderson
- Give a Girl a Break (1953) - Anson Prichett
- The Magnificent Matador (1955) - Jody Wilton
- Tall Man Riding (1955) - Rex Willard
- Terror in the Haunted House (1958) - Mark Snell
- Escort West (1959) - Capt. Howard Poole
References
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- ↑ William Ching profile @ www.rottentomatoes.com; retrieved January 28, 2009
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- ↑ Brennan, Sandra, William Ching profile, AllMovie.com; retrieved January 28, 2009.
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External links
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- 1913 births
- 1989 deaths
- American male musical theatre actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Male Western (genre) film actors
- Male actors from St. Louis
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century American singers
- 20th-century American male singers