William Prince

William LeRoy Prince^[1] (January 26, 1913 - October 8, 1996) was an American actor who appeared in numerous soap operas and made dozens of guest appearances on primetime series.

Biography

Prince was born in Nichols, New York, the son of Myrtle (née Osborne), a nurse, and Gorman Prince, who worked in sales.^[1]

After a mostly undistinguished movie career in the late 1940s, Prince moved to television in the 1950s and began making numerous appearances on anthology drama series such as Studio One, Philco Television Playhouse, and Armstrong Circle Theatre. He also had roles on several soap operas, including Young Dr. Malone, Another World, As the World Turns, The Edge of Night, and A World Apart, often appearing with his actress wife Augusta Dabney. Two of his most notable film roles were as Christian de Neuvillette in the 1950 Cyrano de Bergerac, and as network president Edward Ruddy in Paddy Chayefsky's Network. He also had a role as the character 'Keyes' in the 1985 comedy "Spies Like Us" which starred Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase.

During the 1970s, 1980s, and into the early-1990s, Prince made guest appearances on dozens of primetime series. In 1980, he and Cyrano star Jose Ferrer both appeared in the made-for-television film Gideon's Trumpet. Ferrer played Justice Abe Fortas, and Prince was seen as one of the other Supreme Court Justices.

Prince died in Tarrytown, New York.

References

External links

• William Prince at the Internet Movie Database