William Ragsdale
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The Barn Part III
2026
Re-Election
2025
Renfield
2023
WeCrashed
2022
The Equalizer
2021
NOS4A2
2019
Alex Strangelove
2018
A Very Merry Toy Store
2017
The Good Fight
2017
Search Party
2016
BrainDead
2016
Blindspot
2015
Younger
2015
Left Behind
2014
black-ish
2014
Madam Secretary
2014
The Blacklist
2013
Broken City
2013
Elementary
2012
Thunderstruck
2012
Perception
2012
Touch
2012
Shake It Up
2010
Justified
2010
White Collar
2009
Living Proof
2008
What Just Happened
2008
The Mentalist
2008
The Reaping
2007
LA Blues
2007
Road House 2: Last Call
2006
For One Night
2006
Big Momma's House 2
2006
The War at Home
2005
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
2005
The Bad Girl's Guide
The Bad Girl's Guide
2005
Medium
2005
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004
Desperate Housewives
2004
Entourage
2004
Miss Match
2003
NCIS
2003
Less than Perfect
2002
Still Standing
2002
Without a Trace
2002
CSI: Miami
2002
Crossing Jordan
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Grosse Pointe
2000
Judging Amy
1999
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999
Brother's Keeper
1998
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
Hope and Gloria
1995
Ellen
1994
Frankenstein: The College Years
1991
Herman's Head
1991
Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991
Law & Order
1990
Fright Night Part 2
1988
Smooth Talk
1985
Fright Night
1985
Screams of a Winter Night
1979
