Personal Info
Birth date
1961-01-19 (64 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
Also known as
Bill Ragsdale
Robert William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale
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.
Filmography
NCIS
7.631
Overview:
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.The Blacklist
7.639
Overview:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.The Mentalist
8.361
Overview:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.638
Overview:
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.Elementary
7.6
Overview:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.Desperate Housewives
7.9
Overview:
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.Blindspot
7.382
Overview:
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.Without a Trace
7.3
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.013
Overview:
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.White Collar
8.249
Overview:
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.black-ish
7.179
Overview:
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.Medium
7.5
Overview:
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.The Good Fight
7.6
Overview:
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.Entourage
7.363
Overview:
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.Justified
7.973
Overview:
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.Judging Amy
7.5
Overview:
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.Crossing Jordan
7.2
Overview:
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.The Equalizer
7.3
Overview:
Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.Younger
6.815
Overview:
Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 and lands a job as an assistant at Empirical Press. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and her best friend Maggie share.Madam Secretary
7
Overview:
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.Perception
7.2
Overview:
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, but his eccentric view of the world and less-than-stellar social skills can often interfere with his work.Ellen
6.2
Overview:
Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The title role of Ellen Morgan, played by stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, was a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties. The series centered on Ellen's dealing with her quirky friends, her family and the problems of daily life. The series is notable for being the first one in which the main character came out as gay, which DeGeneres' character did in the 1997 episode "Puppy Episode". This event received a great deal of media exposure, ignited controversy, and prompted ABC to place a parental advisory at the beginning of each episode. The series' theme song, "So Called Friend" is by Scottish band Texas. A running gag was that each episode had a distinct opening credits sequence, resulting from Ellen's ongoing search for the perfect opening credits.WeCrashed
7.318
Overview:
Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40 billion. What happened?Shake It Up
7.6
Overview:
Best pals CeCe and Rocky dream of dancing stardom. And they seem on the verge of realizing that goal when they win places as backup dancers on the local TV show "Shake It Up, Chicago." While they get to show off their moves, they find out they need to keep putting their best feet forward to keep up with the rest of the crew on the show.Touch
6.597
Overview:
Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events.Search Party
6.756
Overview:
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.Renfield
6.471
Overview:
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.Big Momma's House 2
5.78
Overview:
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper-class kids in order to spy on their computer hacker father.Left Behind
4.268
Overview:
A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.Still Standing
6.822
Overview:
After 18 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Bill and Judy Miller still make each other laugh and try to keep their marriage intact, even when their family pulls them in different directions. Since Bill has a far more immature approach to marriage and raising their three children than Judy does, they work at striking a balance and remembering why they love each other, quirks and all.Acting
TBARe-Election as Unknown
2023Renfield as Older Priest
2022In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
2022WeCrashed (1 Episode) as Chris
2021The Equalizer (1 Episode) as Kent, Comic Book Store Owner
2019NOS4A2 (1 Episode) as Auctioneer
2018Alex Strangelove as Ron Truelove
2017A Very Merry Toy Store as Pete Griffin
2017The Good Fight (1 Episode) as Rodney Pebbler
2016You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night as Himself
2016Search Party (3 Episodes) as Chuck
2016BrainDead (1 Episode) as Hank
2015Blindspot (1 Episode) as Russell Franklin
2015Younger (2 Episodes) as Jeffrey Jacobs
2014Left Behind as Chris Smith
2014black-ish (1 Episode) as Dr. Chubb
2014Madam Secretary (1 Episode) as Peter Gunderson
2013The Blacklist (1 Episode) as Carl Conway
2013Broken City as Mr. Davies
2012Elementary (1 Episode) as Patrick Moore
2012Thunderstruck as Joe Newall
2012Perception (1 Episode) as Dr. Julian Corvis
2012Touch (1 Episode) as Travis Cooper
2010Shake It Up (1 Episode) as Announcer
2010Justified (12 Episodes) as Gary Hawkins
2009White Collar (1 Episode) as Jack Conroy
2008Living Proof as Andy Marks
2008What Just Happened as Agent #1
2008The Mentalist (1 Episode) as Murphy Traver
2007The Reaping as Sheriff Cade
2007LA Blues as Paul
2006Road House 2: Last Call as Sands Cooper
2006For One Night as Earl Randall
2006Big Momma's House 2 as Bob
2005The War at Home (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Romy and Michele: In the Beginning as Kevin
2005The Bad Girl's Guide (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Medium (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel as B. B. Boudreaux
2004Desperate Housewives (1 Episode) as Scott McKinney
2004Entourage (1 Episode) as Frank Giovanello
2003Miss Match (1 Episode) as Russell Dixon
2003NCIS (1 Episode) as Brett Creevy
2002Less than Perfect (4 Episodes) as Mitch Calgrove
2002Still Standing (1 Episode) as Dan Goldman
2002Without a Trace (1 Episode) as Robert Newton
2001Crossing Jordan (1 Episode) as Bob
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm (1 Episode) as Dr. Anthony Parker
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 Episode) as Dr. Bill Ryan
2000Grosse Pointe (17 Episodes) as Rob Fields
1999Judging Amy (5 Episodes) as Charles Duff
1999Just a Little Harmless Sex as Brent
1998Brother's Keeper (23 Episodes) as Porter Waide
1995National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins as Todd Farrit
1995Hope and Gloria (2 Episodes) as Danny Saterfield
1994Ellen (4 Episodes) as Dan
1991Frankenstein: The College Years as Mark Chrisman
1991Herman's Head (72 Episodes) as Herman Brooks
1991Mannequin Two: On the Move as Jason Williamson / Prince William
1988Fright Night Part 2 as Charley Brewster
1985Smooth Talk as Jeff
1985Fright Night as Charley Brewster
1979Screams of a Winter Night as The Kid - Service Station Attendant