William Ragsdale

William Ragsdale
Born	January 19, 1961 (1961-01-19) (age 48) El Dorado, Arkansas

William Ragsdale (born January 19, 1961, in El Dorado, Arkansas), also known as Bill Ragsdale^[1] or Will Ragsdale^[2], is an American actor.

After attending Hendrix College where he appeared in plays with Sling Blade actress and fellow Arkansan Natalie Canerday, he gained attention as the young hero of Fright Night and Fright Night II, a series of humorous vampire films co-starring Roddy McDowall. He also performed in theatre productions of Neil Simon plays Biloxi Blues^[3] and Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Ragsdale has had a sporadic career on prime-time television. He starred for three years in the Fox Network sitcom Herman's Head. He had a brief recurring role in Judging Amy as the obnoxious son of Richard Crenna's character. He played a TV producer on Grosse Pointe, which lasted one season. He was cast in the pilot for Charmed, but turned down the series to star in the short-lived sitcom Brother's Keeper. He appeared on Ellen as a boyfriend of the character Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres), before Morgan (and DeGeneres herself) came out of "the closet" as a lesbian. He played bit roles in numerous movies and television series, including a four-episode stint on Less Than Perfect.

Oddly enough, he lost movie roles in both Glory and Biloxi Blues to Matthew Broderick, but did work with Broderick in the 2009 film Wonderful World.

He plays Gary in the television series Lawman, which begins in 2010 on FX.^[4]

Personal life

In 1999, he married actress Andrea Ragsdale.^[5] They have one son.

References

External links

• William Ragsdale at the Internet Movie Database
• William Ragsdale fansite (English)

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