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William Ragsdale is an American actor known best for playing teenaged vampire slayer Charley Brewster in the horror vampire film, Fright Night (1985), and as Herman Brooks in the television series Herman's Head (1991-94).
Birth Name
Robert William Ragsdale
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Renfield | Older Priest | 2023 |
| Knock at the Cabin | Eric's Father | 2023 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2022 |
| WeCrashed | Chris | 2022 |
| Only Murders in the Building | Herman Brooks | 2021 |
| The Equalizer | Kent | 2021 |
| NOS4A2 | Auctioneer | 2019 |
| Alex Strangelove | Ron Truelove | 2018 |
| Instinct | Lockhart | 2018 |
| A Very Merry Toy Store | Pete Griffin | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Renfield | Older Priest | 2023 |
| Knock at the Cabin | Eric's Father | 2023 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2022 |
| WeCrashed | Chris | 2022 |
| Only Murders in the Building | Herman Brooks | 2021 |
| The Equalizer | Kent | 2021 |
| NOS4A2 | Auctioneer | 2019 |
| Alex Strangelove | Ron Truelove | 2018 |
| Instinct | Lockhart | 2018 |
| A Very Merry Toy Store | Pete Griffin | 2017 |
| The Deuce | Hoffman | 2017 |
| The Good Fight | Rodney Pebbler | 2017 |
| You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night | Self / Himself | 2016 |
| Search Party | Chuck | 2016 |
| BrainDead | Hank Leafton | 2016 |
| Blindspot | Russell Franklin | 2015 |
| Younger | Jeffrey Jacobs / Jeffrey | 2015 |
| Left Behind | Chris Smith | 2014 |
| Black-ish | Dr. Chubb | 2014 |
| Madam Secretary | Peter Gunderson | 2014 |
| Red Band Society | Leo's Father | 2014 |
| The Blacklist | Carl Conway | 2013 |
| Mistresses | Dr. Blakeley | 2013 |
| Broken City | Mr. Davies (Billy's Lawyer) / Mr. Davies | 2013 |
| Elementary | Patrick Moore | 2012 |
| Thunderstruck | Joe Newall | 2012 |
| Perception | Dr. Julian Corvis | 2012 |
| Touch | Travis Cooper | 2012 |
| Necessary Roughness | Dr. Strauss | 2011 |
| Shake It Up | Announcer | 2010 |
| Blue Bloods | Lt. Dean Stafford | 2010 |
| Justified | Gary Hawkins | 2010 |
| White Collar | Jack Conroy | 2009 |
| Drop Dead Diva | Alan Peterson | 2009 |
| Wonderful World | Buford Parks | 2009 |
| Living Proof | Andy Marks | 2008 |
| What Just Happened | Agent #1 | 2008 |
| The Mentalist | Murphy Traver | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Charley Brewster | 2007 |
| LA Blues | Paul Cooper / Paul | 2007 |
| The Reaping | Sheriff Cade | 2007 |
| The Last Time | Rogers | 2006 |
| The Game | Rick | 2006 |
| Road House 2: Last Call | Sands Cooper | 2006 |
| For One Night | Earl Randall | 2006 |
| Big Momma's House 2 | Bob | 2006 |
| Criminal Minds | Capt. Dale Shavers | 2005 |
| The War at Home | Doctor | 2005 |
| Campus Confidential | Principal Glavin | 2005 |
| Pizza My Heart | Tommy | 2005 |
| The Bad Girl's Guide | Mr. Dooley | 2005 |
| Romy and Michele: In the Beginning | Kevin | 2005 |
| Medium | Russell Furlong | 2005 |
| The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel | B. B. Boudreaux | 2004 |
| Desperate Housewives | Scott McKinney | 2004 |
| Entourage | Frank Giovanello | 2004 |
| Cold Case | Glenn Drew '67 | 2003 |
| Miss Match | Russell Dixon | 2003 |
| NCIS | Brett Creevy | 2003 |
| Less Than Perfect | Mitch Calgrove | 2002 |
| Still Standing | Dan Goldman | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | Kenneth McGuire | 2002 |
| Without a Trace | Robert Newton | 2002 |
| Crossing Jordan | Bob | 2001 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dr. Anthony Parker | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Bill Ryan | 2000 |
| Grosse Pointe | Rob Fields | 2000 |
| Judging Amy | Charles Duff | 1999 |
| Just a Little Harmless Sex | Brent | 1999 |
| Brother's Keeper | Porter Waide | 1998 |
| Faster Baby, Kill | Andrew Kincaid | 1997 |
| Favorite Deadly Sins | Todd Farrit | 1995 |
| Hope & Gloria | Danny Saterfield | 1995 |
| Ellen | Dan | 1994 |
| Frankenstein: The College Years | Mark Chrisman | 1991 |
| The Chuck Woolery Show | Self | 1991 |
| Herman's Head | Herman Brooks | 1991 |
| Mannequin: On the Move | Prince William / Jason Williamson | 1991 |
| ABC TGIF | Self | 1989 |
| Fright Night Part 2 | Charley Brewster | 1988 |
| Smooth Talk | Jeff | 1985 |
| Fright Night | Charley Brewster | 1985 |
| Screams of a Winter Night | The Kid - Service Station Attendant | 1979 |
