- Geboren am
- Verstorben1. Juli 1989 · Tustin, Kalifornien, USA (kongestive Herzinsuffizienz)
- GeburtsnameWilliam Brooks Ching
- William Ching wurde am 2 Oktober 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA geboren. Er war Schauspieler, bekannt für Ein einsamer Ort (1950), Starr vor Angst (1953) und Pat und Mike (1952). Er war mit Evelyn Frances Olmsted und Lucille Margaret Rieger verheiratet. Er starb am 1 Juli 1989 in Tustin, California, USA.
- EhepartnerEvelyn Frances Olmsted(10. Oktober 1958 - 1. Juli 1989) (er verstorben)Lucille Margaret Rieger(? - March 31, 1958) (sie verstorben, 3 Kinder)
- According to Laura Wagner, in her article on the actor for the Films of the Golden Age, Winter 2013/14 issue, although Ching's surname obviously sounds Asian influenced, he was of prominently English heritage and the name was actually a derivative of the English village of Chingford near London.
- Left the film business in 1959 and became a very successful real-estate agent.
- Was honorably discharged at the end of WWII as a Lieutenant with the Coast Guard.
- Doppelganger for Peter Graves.
- With reference to Laura Wagners article regarding the name of Ching. The name 'Ching' does not derive from Chingford but from Devon and Cornwal UK.
- I've been told that when I start my radio program people will assume that I am an Oriental, since they can't see me. The fact remains that the performance is what counts; names don't mean anything.
- Singers don't last. Out of perhaps 500 pictures a year, about 25 are musicals. You've got to keep working to amount to anything in Hollywood.
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