William Katt

Biography: The son of actors Bill Williams and Barbara Hale, curly-haired leading man William Katt is fond of noting that he made his movie "debut" while residing in his mother's womb during filming of Lorna Doone (1951). After attending Orange Coast College, Katt pursued a career as a musician. He then made his formal acting bow in summer stock and small TV roles. Among Katt's film credits are the role of the high-school jock date of telekinetic wallflower Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1977), and one-half of the title role in Butch and Sundance, The Early Days (1979). From 1981 through 1983, Katt played the reluctant-superhero protagonist (originally named Ralph Hinkley, redubbed Ralph Hanley after the '81 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan) on TV's Greatest American Hero. Beginning in 1987, Katt played the recurring role of detective Paul Drake Jr. in the periodic Perry Mason TV movies, co-starring with his mother Barbara Hale, who resumed her "Della Street" characterization from theThe son of actors Bill Williams and Barbara Hale, curly-haired leading man William Katt is fond of noting that he made his movie "debut" while residing in his mother's womb during filming of Lorna Doone (1951). After attending Orange Coast College, Katt pursued a career as a musician. He then made his formal acting bow in summer stock and small TV roles. Among Katt's film credits are the role of the high-school jock date of telekinetic wallflower Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1977), and one-half of the title role in Butch and Sundance, The Early Days (1979). From 1981 through 1983, Katt played the reluctant-superhero protagonist (originally named Ralph Hinkley, redubbed Ralph Hanley after the '81 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan) on TV's Greatest American Hero. Beginning in 1987, Katt played the recurring role of detective Paul Drake Jr. in the periodic Perry Mason TV movies, co-starring with his mother Barbara Hale, who resumed her "Della Street" characterization from the original 1961-66 Mason run. Katt also worked on the scripts of several of these latter-day Masons. More recently, William Katt was a regular on the 1991 Farrah Fawcett-Ryan O'Neal TV sitcom Good Sports. Expand

William Katt's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 50
Highest Metascore: 86 Carrie
Lowest Metascore: 24 Jawbreaker
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Negative: 3 out of 7
7 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Pursuit Feb 18, 2022 Taye Biggs tbd
tbd Overrun Aug 17, 2021 Detective Ed Dobbs tbd
tbd The 2nd Sep 1, 2020 Bob Jeffers 4.0
tbd The Man from Earth: Holocene Oct 13, 2017 Art / Art tbd
tbd Sparks Mar 7, 2014 Executive Producer / Executive Producer / Executive Producer / Matanza / Matanza / Matanza 5.2
32 The Secret Lives of Dorks Sep 27, 2013 Mr. Gibson tbd
36 Circuit Apr 26, 2002 Gino tbd
71 Twin Falls Idaho Jul 30, 1999 Surgeon / Surgeon 8.0
24 Jawbreaker Feb 19, 1999 Mr. Purr / Mr. Purr tbd
44 House Feb 28, 1986 Roger Cobb 6.4
54 Big Wednesday May 26, 1978 Jack Barlow 7.6
86 Carrie Nov 16, 1976 Tommy Ross 8.1