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William Ragsdale
El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
The Barn Part III
Movie
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2026
Love in Storytown
Movie Mayor Jeff
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2025
Re-Election
Movie
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2023
Renfield
Movie Older Priest
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2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Movie Self
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2022
WeCrashed
TV show Chris
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2021
The Equalizer
TV show Kent, Comic Book Store Owner
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2019
NOS4A2
TV show Auctioneer
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2018
Alex Strangelove
Movie Ron Truelove
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2017
A Very Merry Toy Store
Movie Pete Griffin
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2017
The Good Fight
TV show Rodney Pebbler
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2016
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
Movie Himself
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2016
Search Party
TV show Chuck
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2016
BrainDead
TV show Hank
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2015
Blindspot
TV show Russell Franklin
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2015
Younger
TV show Jeffrey Jacobs
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2014
Left Behind
Movie Chris Smith
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2014
black-ish
TV show Dr. Chubb
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2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Peter Gunderson
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2013
The Blacklist
TV show Carl Conway
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2013
Broken City
Movie Mr. Davies
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2012
Elementary
TV show Patrick Moore
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2012
Thunderstruck
Movie Joe Newall
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2012
Perception
TV show Dr. Julian Corvis
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2012
Touch
TV show Travis Cooper
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2010
Shake It Up
TV show Announcer
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2010
Justified
TV show Gary Hawkins
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2009
White Collar
TV show Jack Conroy
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2008
Living Proof
Movie Andy Marks
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2008
What Just Happened
Movie Agent #1
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2008
The Mentalist
TV show Murphy Traver
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2007
The Reaping
Movie Sheriff Cade
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2007
LA Blues
Movie Paul
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2006
Road House 2: Last Call
Movie Sands Cooper
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2006
For One Night
Movie Earl Randall
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2006
Big Momma's House 2
Movie Bob
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2005
The War at Home
TV show Doctor
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2005
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
Movie Kevin
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2005
The Bad Girl's Guide
TV show
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2005
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