Judson Pratt was an American film, television, and theatre actor. He was known for playing Billy Kinkaid in the American western television series Union Pacific.
Pratt was born in Hingham, Massachusetts. He attended Hingham High School, class of 1934, and graduated from Ithaca College in 1938. He made his theatre debut in 1941, playing a Western Union messenger in the Broadway play Popsy. In 1950, Pratt made his screen debut in the anthology series Armstrong Circle Theatre, starring opposite Mary Patton in "Blaze of Glory". His first feature film appearance came three years later, under Alfred Hitchcock's direction, in I Confess.
Pratt guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Barney Miller, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Father Knows Best, Thriller, Perry Mason, Death Valley Days, The Streets of San Francisco, Rawhide, Mayberry, R.F.D., Nanny and the Professor, Mission: Impossible, The Guns of Will Sonnett, The Partridge Family, Bewitched and Charlie's Angels. He also appeared in films such as The Horse Soldiers, The Toy Tiger, Outside the Law, I Confess, Four Girls in Town, The Great American Pastime, Man Afraid, Vigilante Force, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Cheyenne Autumn, A Distant Trumpet, The Ugly American and The Barefoot Executive. Pratt retired in 1980, last appearing in the television soap opera Days of Our Lives.
Date of Birth | 6th December 1916 |
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Date of Death | 9th February 2002 |
Age at Death | 85 Years |
Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
Country | United States of America |
Current City | Hingham |
Birth Place | Hingham |
Nationality | United States of America |
Citizenship | United States of America |
Spouses | Roberta Jonay |
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Occupation | actor, stage actor, television actor |
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