# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ragsdale
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:45:58.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ragsdale"
name: "William Ragsdale"
slug: "william-ragsdale"
description: "Robert William Ragsdale is an American actor. He is known for playing Charley Brewster in the cult horror-comedy film Fright Night (1985) and its sequel Fright Night Part 2 (1988), and Herman Brooks on the television series Herman's Head (1991–94)."
tagline: "American film and television actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Ragsdale_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Richmond_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.209703159910629
  historical:           15.11953066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump