William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale (born Robert William Ragsdale) is an American actor. He graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas studying religion and humanities. His parents gave him a graduation present in the form of tuition for the Drama Studio London’s American school at Berkeley, California. He's known for playing teenaged vampire slayer Charley Brewster in the horror vampire film Fright Night. He also garnered attention onstage in Neil Simon's plays, Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs, two of the three parts of Simon's trilogy, which ends with Broadway Bound. He starred in the romance comedy movie Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991). He featured for three years as Herman Brooks in the series Herman's Head, had a brief recurring role in the television series Judging Amy, and played television producer Rob Fields on the series Grosse Pointe, which lasted one season. He starred in the short-lived sitcom Brother's Keeper, and appeared on Ellen as the boyfriend of Ellen Morgan (played by Ellen DeGeneres) before her character revealed her homosexuality. He's had numerous guest roles on television throughout the years, including multi-episode stints on Less than Perfect, Necessary Roughness, Mistresses, Search Party, and Younger, as well as small feature movie roles. He played the role of Gary Hawkins in 12 episodes of the drama series Justified, during the series' first three seasons. In 2014, he played Chris Smith in the remake of the movie Left Behind.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Renfield as Older Priest
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · WeCrashed as Chris
- 2021 · The Equalizer as Kent, Comic Book Store Owner
- 2019 · NOS4A2 as Auctioneer
- 2018 · Alex Strangelove as Ron Truelove
- 2017 · A Very Merry Toy Store as Pete Griffin
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Rodney Pebbler
- 2016 · You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night as Himself
- 2016 · Search Party as Chuck
- 2016 · BrainDead as Hank
- 2015 · Blindspot as Russell Franklin
- 2015 · Younger as Jeffrey Jacobs
- 2014 · Left Behind as Chris Smith
- 2014 · black-ish as Dr. Chubb
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Carl Conway
- 2013 · Broken City as Mr. Davies
- 2012 · Elementary as Patrick Moore
- 2012 · Thunderstruck as Joe Newall
- 2012 · Perception as Dr. Julian Corvis
- 2012 · Touch as Travis Cooper
- 2010 · Shake It Up as Announcer
- 2010 · Justified as Gary Hawkins
- 2009 · White Collar as Jack Conroy
- 2008 · What Just Happened as Agent #1
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Murphy Traver
- 2007 · The Reaping as Sheriff Cade
- 2007 · LA Blues as Paul
- 2006 · Road House 2: Last Call as Sands Cooper
- 2006 · For One Night as Earl Randall
- 2006 · Big Momma's House 2 as Bob
- 2005 · The War at Home as
- 2005 · Romy and Michele: In the Beginning as Kevin
- 2005 · The Bad Girl's Guide as
- 2005 · Medium as
- 2004 · The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel as B. B. Boudreaux
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Scott McKinney
- 2003 · Miss Match as Russell Dixon
- 2003 · NCIS as Brett Creevy
- 2002 · Less than Perfect as Mitch Calgrove
- 2002 · Still Standing as
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Robert Newton
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Bob
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Anthony Parker
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Dr. Bill Ryan
- 2000 · Grosse Pointe as Rob Fields
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Charles Duff
- 1999 · Just a Little Harmless Sex as Brent
- 1998 · Brother's Keeper as Porter Waide
- 1995 · Hope and Gloria as Danny Saterfield
- 1994 · Ellen as Dan
- 1991 · Frankenstein: The College Years as Mark Chrisman
- 1991 · Herman's Head as Herman Brooks
- 1991 · Mannequin Two: On the Move as Jason Williamson / Prince William
- 1988 · Fright Night Part 2 as Charley Brewster
- 1985 · Smooth Talk as Jeff
- 1985 · Fright Night as Charley Brewster
- 1979 · Screams of a Winter Night as The Kid - Service Station Attendant