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William Ragsdale

William Ragsdale

Known for: Acting

Born 19/01/1961
Place of birth El Dorado, Arkansas, USA

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.

Filmography

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Fire Marshal Julian Jenca

1990

NCIS Series ★ 7,6

NCIS

Brett Creevy

2003

The Mentalist Series ★ 8,4

The Mentalist

Murphy Traver

2008

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Series ★ 7,6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Dr. Bill Ryan

2000

The Blacklist Series ★ 7,6

The Blacklist

Carl Conway

2013

CSI: Miami Series ★ 7,7

CSI: Miami

Kenneth McGuire

2002

Desperate Housewives Series ★ 7,9

Desperate Housewives

Scott McKinney

2004

Curb Your Enthusiasm Series ★ 8,0

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Dr. Anthony Parker

2000

Elementary Series ★ 7,6

Elementary

Patrick Moore

2012

Crossing Jordan Series ★ 7,2

Crossing Jordan

Bob

2001

Without a Trace Series ★ 7,3

Without a Trace

Robert Newton

2002

Medium Series ★ 7,5

Medium

2005

Entourage Series ★ 7,4

Entourage

Frank Giovanello

2004

White Collar Series ★ 8,2

White Collar

Jack Conroy

2009

Blindspot Series ★ 7,4

Blindspot

Russell Franklin

2015

The Good Fight Series ★ 7,5

The Good Fight

Rodney Pebbler

2017

Judging Amy Series ★ 7,5

Judging Amy

Charles Duff

1999

Younger Series ★ 6,9

Younger

Jeffrey Jacobs

2015

Madam Secretary Series ★ 7,0

Madam Secretary

Peter Gunderson

2014

black-ish Series ★ 7,1

black-ish

Dr. Chubb

2014

Justified Series ★ 8,0

Justified

Gary Hawkins

2010

The Equalizer Series ★ 7,3

The Equalizer

Kent, Comic Book Store Owner

2021

Ellen Series ★ 6,1

Ellen

Dan

1994

Perception Series ★ 7,2

Perception

Dr. Julian Corvis

2012

Search Party Series ★ 6,9

Search Party

Chuck

2016

Shake It Up Series ★ 7,6

Shake It Up

Announcer

2010

Touch Series ★ 6,6

Touch

Travis Cooper

2012

Still Standing Series ★ 6,8

Still Standing

Dan Goldman

2002

Less than Perfect Series ★ 6,9

Less than Perfect

Mitch Calgrove

2002

Herman's Head Series ★ 6,8

Herman's Head

Herman Brooks

1991

WeCrashed Series ★ 7,3

WeCrashed

Chris

2022

NOS4A2 Series ★ 7,3

NOS4A2

Auctioneer

2019

The War at Home Series ★ 6,8

The War at Home

Doctor

2005

Miss Match Series ★ 6,6

Miss Match

Russell Dixon

2003

Hope and Gloria Series ★ 6,3

Hope and Gloria

Danny Saterfield

1995

Left Behind Film ★ 4,3

Left Behind

Chris Smith

2014

BrainDead Series ★ 7,2

BrainDead

Hank

2016

Renfield Film ★ 6,4

Renfield

Older Priest

2023

Brother's Keeper Series ★ 7,0

Brother's Keeper

Porter Waide

1998

Big Momma's House 2 Film ★ 5,8

Big Momma's House 2

Bob

2006

Grosse Pointe Series ★ 7,6

Grosse Pointe

Rob Fields

2000

Fright Night Film ★ 7,0

Fright Night

Charley Brewster

1985

Broken City Film ★ 6,0

Broken City

Mr. Davies

2013

The Reaping Film ★ 5,8

The Reaping

Sheriff Cade

2007

Fright Night Part 2 Film ★ 6,4

Fright Night Part 2

Charley Brewster

1988

Mannequin Two: On the Move Film ★ 5,8

Mannequin Two: On the Move

Jason Williamson / Prince William

1991

Thunderstruck Film ★ 6,2

Thunderstruck

Joe Newall

2012

Living Proof Film ★ 6,5

Living Proof

Andy Marks

2008

What Just Happened Film ★ 5,4

What Just Happened

Agent #1

2008

Alex Strangelove Film ★ 6,6

Alex Strangelove

Ron Truelove

2018

Series ★ 7,0

The Bad Girl's Guide

2005

Road House 2: Last Call Film ★ 5,3

Road House 2: Last Call

Sands Cooper

2006

LA Blues Film

LA Blues

Paul

2007

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning Film ★ 5,4

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning

Kevin

2005

Frankenstein: The College Years Film ★ 5,2

Frankenstein: The College Years

Mark Chrisman

1991

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins Film ★ 5,1

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

Todd Farrit

1995

Smooth Talk Film ★ 6,2

Smooth Talk

Jeff

1985

In Search of Darkness: Part III Film ★ 7,5

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Self

2022

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night Film ★ 6,8

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

Himself

2016

The Barn Part III Film

The Barn Part III

2026

A Very Merry Toy Store Film ★ 6,3

A Very Merry Toy Store

Pete Griffin

2017

Re-Election Film ★ 3,3

Re-Election

2025

The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel Film ★ 4,7

The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel

B. B. Boudreaux

2004

Just a Little Harmless Sex Film ★ 5,9

Just a Little Harmless Sex

Brent

1999

Screams of a Winter Night Film ★ 4,7

Screams of a Winter Night

The Kid - Service Station Attendant

1979

For One Night Film ★ 7,6

For One Night

Earl Randall

2006