#WILLIAM KATT PROFESSIONAL#

He won his best remembered role that year, however, as Ralph Hinkley, a mild-mannered schoolteacher given a superpowered suit by aliens on the television series The Greatest American Hero, a role he played until the show was canceled in 1983. In 1981 Katt was cast as the title role in a filmed version of the Broadway musical comedy Pippin, which received mixed reviews. He was seriously considered for the role, which instead went to Mark Hamill, and Katt instead starred that year in First Love, playing a college student who experiences his first romantic relationship.

In December 1975 Katt auditioned for the part of Luke Skywalker in 1977's science fiction blockbuster Star Wars, and footage of his audition has been featured in many Star Wars documentaries. Katt explained in a 1979 interview with critic Roger Ebert that he was holding out only for parts which were personally interesting to him.

#WILLIAM KATT PROFESSIONAL#

The role in 'Big Wednesday' made him so well known in the surfing community that in 2004 he presented one of the Association of Surfing Professionals awards at their annual World championship tour ceremony to wild applause from the crowd of professional surfers. The following year he took the role of Sundance Kid in the 1979 film Butch and Sundance: The Early Days. His mother in that film was his real-life mother, Barbara Hale. In 1978 he appeared as Barlow, a young surfer, in the John Milius drama film Big Wednesday opposite Jan-Michael Vincent and Gary Busey. His earliest film credits include the role of a jock, Tommy Ross, in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film adaptation Carrie, which allowed Katt to make a name for himself. He then started acting, appearing in summer stock and in small television roles. Katt attended Orange Coast College before pursuing a career as a musician.

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