William Prince (actor)
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William Prince (born January 26, 1913, Nichols, New York; died October 8, 1996, Tarrytown, New York) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous soap operas and made dozens of guest appearances on primetime series.
After a mostly undistinguished movie career in the late 1940s, Prince moved to television in the 1950s and began making numerous appearances on anthology drama series such as Studio One, Philco Television Playhouse, and Armstrong Circle Theatre. He also had roles on several soap operas, including Young Dr. Malone, Another World, As the World Turns, The Edge of Night, and A World Apart, often appearing with his actress wife Augusta Dabney. Two of his most notable film roles were as Christian de Neuvillette in the 1950 Cyrano de Bergerac, and as network president Edward Ruddy in Paddy Chayefsky's Network.
During the 1970s, 1980s, and into the early-1990s, Prince made guest appearances on dozens of primetime series. In 1980, he and Cyrano star Jose Ferrer both appeared in the made-for-television film Gideon's Trumpet. Ferrer played Justice Abe Fortas, and Prince was seen as one of the other Supreme Court Justices.
