Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p William Brooks "Bill" Ching (October 2, 1913 – July 1, 1989) was a United States 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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- William_Ching abstract "William Brooks "Bill" Ching (October 2, 1913 – July 1, 1989) was a United States 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.".