William Ragsdale

William Ragsdale born Robert William Ragsdale is an American actor He graduated from Hendrix College in Conway Arkansas studying religion and humanities His parents gave him a graduation present in the form of tuition for the Drama Studio Londons American school at Berkeley California Hes known for playing teenaged vampire slayer Charley Brewster in the horror vampire film Fright Night He also garnered attention onstage in Neil Simons plays Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs two of the three parts of Simons trilogy which ends with Broadway Bound He starred in the romance comedy movie Mannequin Two On the Move 1991 He featured for three years as Herman Brooks in the series Hermans Head had a brief recurring role in the television series Judging Amy and played television producer Rob Fields on the series Grosse Pointe which lasted one season He starred in the shortlived sitcom Brothers Keeper and appeared on Ellen as the boyfriend of Ellen Morgan played by Ellen DeGeneres before her character revealed her homosexuality Hes had numerous guest roles on television throughout the years including multiepisode stints on Less than Perfect Necessary Roughness Mistresses Search Party and Younger as well as small feature movie roles He played the role of Gary Hawkins in 12 episodes of the drama series Justified during the series first three seasons In 2014 he played Chris Smith in the remake of the movie Left Behind