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 Elle...
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2004
Broken City
2013
Left Behind
2014
Fright Night
1985
The Barn Part III
2026
Smooth Talk
1985
Living Proof
2008
Thunderstruck
2012
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
2005
Big Momma's House 2
2006
LA Blues
2007
Renfield
2023
A Very Merry Toy Store
2017
Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991
What Just Happened
2008
The Reaping
2007
Fright Night Part 2
1988
Alex Strangelove
2018
Road House 2: Last Call
2006
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
Frankenstein: The College Years
1991
For One Night
2006
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
Re-Election
2025
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
Screams of a Winter Night
1979