William Remington Moses (born November 17, 1959) is an American

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Early life

Moses was born in

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, the son of actress Marian McCargo (1932–2004) and advertising executive Richard Cantrell Moses Sr., who married in 1951 and divorced in 1963. Marian remarried in 1970 to the Republican Congressman Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (1914–2004). Congressman Bell adopted Moses and his brothers

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and Harry. He briefly attended

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...

Career

Moses is probably best known for playing Cole Gioberti in the 1980s prime-time soap opera ''

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'', for six seasons from 1981–86 (although he returned for two guest appearances during the show's seventh season in 1987). In 1988, Moses co-starred in the film ''

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'' with

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. He then joined

Raymond Burr Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor known for his lengthy Hollywood film career and his title roles in television dramas '' Perry Mason'' and '' Ironside''. Burr's early acting career included roles ...

in 17 ''

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'' TV movies from 1989–93, playing Ken Malansky, an attorney who worked with title character Mason as a private investigator (although in Moses' first appearance as Malansky, the character – then a law student – was defended by Mason on a murder charge). Moses continued the role in the four TV films produced after Burr's death in 1993, subtitled ''A Perry Mason Mystery'' (which aired until 1995 and starring

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and

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). In 1992, Moses returned to soap operas, playing the recurring role of Keith Gray in 11 episodes of ''

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''. In 1997, he played David Graysmark in the short-lived series ''

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''. He continued to appear in a number of films and TV movies including ''

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'', ''

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'' (both 1994), '' Hangman's Curse'' (2003), ''

Christmas Child ''Christmas Child'' is a 2004 American Christian film directed by William Ewing starring Steven Curtis Chapman. The film is based on " The Christmas Cross", a short story by Max Lucado repackaged in 2003 as ''The Christmas Child: A Story of Com ...

'' (2004), ''A Lover's Revenge'' (2005) (starring his former ''Perry Mason'' co-star

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), and as Jack Davis in nine of the '' Jane Doe'' series of TV films from 2005–2008. In November 2022, he was cast in the role of

Jeff Webber ''General Hospital'' is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city ...

on the ABC soap opera ''

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''. Moses has also made guest appearances in a variety of television series throughout his career including ''

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'', ''

The Love Boat ''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy/drama television series that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986; in addition, four three-hour specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series was set on the luxury passenger cruise ship MS ''Pa ...

'', ''

Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The seri ...

'', '' CSI:Miami'' and ''

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' and Major Crimes, among others.

Personal life

Moses was married to actress Tracy Nelson from 1987 to 1997, with whom he has a daughter, actress Remington Elizabeth Moses (born 1992). In 2000 he married Sarah Moses.

Filmography

Feature films

Television films

Television series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moses, William R. 1959 births Living people American male film actors American male soap opera actors Male actors from Los Angeles Wesleyan University alumni 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors