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William Ragsdale
Highest Rated: 83% Fright Night (1985)
Lowest Rated: 8% The Reaping (2007)
Birthday: Jan 19, 1961
Birthplace: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
This stage-trained young leading man of middle-budget genre films and TV sitcoms hails from El Dorado, Arkansas. William Ragsdale has been quite convincing as a nice small town boy fitfully adjusting to the complexities of big city life in Fox's cultish sitcom, "Herman's Head" (1991-94) and as the overprotective widower raising his young son who also takes in his disreputable football star sibling in ABC's family comedy "Brother's Keeper" (1998-99). The wholesome and boyishly handsome young actor had a solid New York theater background before turning to film and TV. Ragsdale appeared on stage in the leading role of Eugene in the Broadway production of Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" and continued the same role in the conclusion of Simon's autobiographical trilogy, "Broadway Bound," leading the show's national touring company.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81% | 69% | Alex Strangelove | Ron Truelove (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Very Merry Toy Store | Pete Griffin (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 27% | 70% | Thunderstruck | Joe Newall (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 8% | 49% | The Reaping | Sheriff Cade (Character) | $25.1M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | L.A. Blues | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | For One Night | Earl Randall (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 35% | 39% | The Last Time | Rogers (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Madam's Family: The Truth About Canal Street Brothel | B. B. Boudreaux (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Romy and Michele: In the Beginning | Kevin (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 20% | 57% | Just a Little Harmless Sex | Brent (Character) | $87.8K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins | Todd Farrit (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 13% | 40% | Mannequin: On the Move |
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$3.2M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Frankenstein: The College Years | Mark Chrisman (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 36% | 43% | Fright Night Part 2 | Charley Brewster (Character) | $2.4M | 1988 |
| 83% | 76% | Fright Night | Charley Brewster (Character) | - | 1985 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 80% | Blue Bloods | Dean Stafford (Guest Star) | 2020 2022 |
| 91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Carl Conway (Guest Star) | 2021 |
| 97% | 79% | Younger | Jeffrey (Guest Star) | 2019 |
| 54% | 59% | Instinct | Lockhart (Guest Star) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Peter Gunderson (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| 96% | 73% | Search Party | Chuck (Character) | 2016-2017 |
| 95% | 89% | Elementary | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 65% | 91% | BrainDead | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Mistresses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | Alan Peterson (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Brett Creevy (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 68% | 66% | Touch | Travis Cooper (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Shake It Up! | Announcer (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010-2012 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | The Mentalist | Murphy Traver (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 65% | 82% | Entourage | Frank Giovanello (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 72% | 88% | Desperate Housewives | Scott McKinney (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 24% | 80% | The War at Home | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still Standing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bad Girl's Guide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Less Than Perfect | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 92% | 90% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dr. Anthony Parker (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000-2003 |
| 47% | No Score Yet | Grosse Pointe | Rob Fields (Character) | 2000-2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brother's Keeper | Unknown (Character) | 1998-1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellen | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994-1995 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Gloria | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |