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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 19, 1961
Place of Birth
El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As
- Bill Ragsdale
- Robert William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale
0.6 Popularity
Biography
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
6.5
Older Priest
Renfield
2023
7.5
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
7.3
Chris
WeCrashed
2022
7.4
Kent, Comic Book Store Owner
The Equalizer
2021
7.3
Auctioneer
NOS4A2
2019
6.6
Ron Truelove
Alex Strangelove
2018
6.2
Pete Griffin
A Very Merry Toy Store
2017
7.6
Rodney Pebbler
The Good Fight
2017
6.8
Himself
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
6.8
Chuck
Search Party
2016
Credits
Renfield
as Older Priest
2023
6.5
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
7.5
WeCrashed
as Chris
2022
7.3
The Equalizer
as Kent, Comic Book Store Owner
2021
7.4
NOS4A2
as Auctioneer
2019
7.3
Alex Strangelove
as Ron Truelove
2018
6.6
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Pete Griffin
2017
6.2
The Good Fight
as Rodney Pebbler
2017
7.6
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016
6.8
Search Party
as Chuck
2016
6.8
BrainDead
as Hank
2016
7.2
Blindspot
as Russell Franklin
2015
7.4
Younger
as Jeffrey Jacobs
2015
6.8
Left Behind
as Chris Smith
2014
4.3
black-ish
as Dr. Chubb
2014
7.2
The Blacklist
as Carl Conway
2013
7.6
Broken City
as Mr. Davies
2013
5.9
Elementary
as Patrick Moore
2012
7.6
Thunderstruck
as Joe Newall
2012
6.1
Perception
as Dr. Julian Corvis
2012
7.2
Touch
as Travis Cooper
2012
6.6
Shake It Up
as Announcer
2010
7.6
Justified
as Gary Hawkins
2010
8.0
White Collar
as Jack Conroy
2009
8.2
What Just Happened
as Agent #1
2008
5.4
The Mentalist
as Murphy Traver
2008
8.4
The Reaping
as Sheriff Cade
2007
5.7
LA Blues
as Paul
2007
0.0
Road House 2: Last Call
as Sands Cooper
2006
5.4
For One Night
as Earl Randall
2006
7.7
Big Momma's House 2
as Bob
2006
5.8
The War at Home
2005
6.9
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
as Kevin
2005
5.4
🎬
The Bad Girl's Guide
2005
0.0
Medium
2005
7.5
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
as B. B. Boudreaux
2004
4.7
Desperate Housewives
as Scott McKinney
2004
7.9
Miss Match
as Russell Dixon
2003
6.4
NCIS
as Brett Creevy
2003
7.6
Less than Perfect
as Mitch Calgrove
2002
6.9
Still Standing
as Dan Goldman
2002
6.9
Without a Trace
as Robert Newton
2002
7.2
Crossing Jordan
as Bob
2001
7.2
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Dr. Anthony Parker
2000
8.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Bill Ryan
2000
7.6
Grosse Pointe
as Rob Fields
2000
7.8
Judging Amy
as Charles Duff
1999
7.5
Just a Little Harmless Sex
as Brent
1999
5.2
Brother's Keeper
as Porter Waide
1998
0.0
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
as Todd Farrit
1995
5.1
Hope and Gloria
as Danny Saterfield
1995
5.0
Ellen
as Dan
1994
6.2
Frankenstein: The College Years
as Mark Chrisman
1991
4.9
Herman's Head
as Herman Brooks
1991
6.6
Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Jason Williamson / Prince William
1991
5.7
Fright Night Part 2
as Charley Brewster
1988
6.3
Smooth Talk
as Jeff
1985
6.2
Fright Night
as Charley Brewster
1985
7.0
Screams of a Winter Night
as The Kid - Service Station Attendant
1979
4.7