William Katt: (on his role in The Greatest American Hero) The cool thing about playing Ralph, and what appealed to me about the series at the time is that it was a real guy in an absurd situation.
William Katt: (on his movie, "Big Wednesday") It was a movie about the passage of time, and how each of the characters grew, or didn't grow. And it was about the feeling of the seasons and their relationship with the sea...a really sensitive, intelligent movie. But the studio didn't know how to sell it. So they decided to punch up the fight scenes, make them more violent, exploit the surfing angle - take the cheap approach. The result was that hardly anyone saw the movie."
William Katt: (to a TV Guide reporter during the filming of The Greatest American Hero) Well, here I am in my spandex. Believe it or not, I used to be a serious actor.
William has two siblings: older brother Jody Katt (b. 1947) and younger sister Juanita Katt (b. 1953)
When William Katt appeared as a referee on Battle of the Network Reality Stars in 2005 some of the contestants sang to him the theme to The Greatest American Hero.
William Katt's father, actor Bill Williams, played Kit Carson in the early TV western,
William's mother is actress Barbara Hale, best known for playing Della Street in Perry Mason.
William's feature films include: "Carrie," "First Love," "Big Wednesday," "Butch and Sundance: The Early Days," and "Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend."
William attended Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California.
William has been married to Deborah Kahane since February 16, 1981.
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