![]() In 1982, due to the success of the first season of The Greatest American Hero, Katt signed to MCA and released a soft rock album, Secret Smiles under the name Billy Katt.Īfter The Greatest American Hero, Katt starred in Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), about explorers searching for apatosaurs in Africa, and the cult horror/comedy film House (1986) he later reprised his role for the third sequel, House IV, in 1992. Its theme song, " Believe It or Not", penned by Mike Post, also became a hit in the music charts. Also starring veteran actor Robert Culp, the show retains a cult fanbase. He won his best remembered role that year, however, as Ralph Hinkley, a mild-mannered schoolteacher given a superpowered suit by aliens on the popular television series The Greatest American Hero, a role he played until the show was canceled in 1983. ![]() ![]() In 1981, Katt was cast as the title role in a filmed version of the Broadway musical comedy Pippin, which received mixed reviews. He was seriously considered for the role, which went to Mark Hamill, and Katt instead starred that year in First Love, playing a college student who experiences his first romantic relationship. In December 1975, Katt auditioned for the part of Luke Skywalker in 1977's science fiction blockbuster Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and footage of his audition has been featured in many Star Wars documentaries. Katt explained in a 1979 interview with critic Roger Ebert that he was holding out only for parts that were personally interesting to him. The role in Big Wednesday made him so well known in the surfing community that in 2004 he presented one of the Association of Surfing Professionals awards at their annual World Championship Tour ceremony to wild applause from the crowd of professional surfers. The following year he took the role of Sundance Kid in the 1979 film Butch and Sundance: The Early Days. His mother in that film was his real-life mother, Barbara Hale. In 1978, he appeared as Barlow, a young surfer, in the John Milius drama film Big Wednesday opposite Jan-Michael Vincent and Gary Busey. His earliest film credits include the role of a jock, Tommy Ross in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film adaptation Carrie, which allowed Katt to make a name for himself. Inspired by his father, he then started an acting career, appearing in summer stock theatre and in small television roles. Katt attended Orange Coast College before pursuing a career as a musician. He graduated from Army and Navy Academy, Carlsbad, California.Ĭareer William Katt, 2008, at San Diego Comic-Con He grew up in the San Fernando Valley and began acting as a teenager, sometimes appearing with his parents. Katt was born in Los Angeles to actors Bill Williams (birth name Herman August Wilhelm Katt) and Barbara Hale. Between 19, he starred in nine Perry Mason television films alongside his mother Barbara Hale, who reprised her role as Della Street from the television series Perry Mason. He subsequently starred in films such as First Love (1977), Big Wednesday (1978) and Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979). Katt first became known for playing Tommy Ross, the ill-fated prom date of Carrie White in the original film version of Carrie (1976). ![]() He is best known for his starring role as Ralph Hinkley/Hanley on the ABC television series The Greatest American Hero (1981–83). William Theodore Katt (born February 16, 1951) is an American actor and musician.
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