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William Moses

Actor

William Remington Moses, professionally known as William R. Moses, is an American actor born on 17 November 1959 in Los Angeles, California. He is best remembered for playing Cole Gioberti in the long-running prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest from 1981 to 1986, and for his role as Ken Malansky, the young lawyer-turned-investigator, in seventeen Perry Mason television movies alongside Raymond Burr between 1989 and 1993.

Moses went on to appear as Keith Gray in Melrose Place in the early 1990s, co-starred with Julia Roberts in Mystic Pizza (1988), and has worked steadily in American television ever since, with guest roles in series including Murder, She Wrote, CSI: Miami, Homeland, Castle, Mad Men, Grey's Anatomy and The Good Doctor. In November 2022 he joined the cast of the ABC daytime drama General Hospital as Jeff Webber.

He is the son of actress Marian McCargo and advertising executive Richard Cantrell Moses Sr., who married in 1951 and divorced in 1963. His mother remarried Republican Congressman Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. in 1970, who adopted William and his brothers.

This site's original listing described Moses as having a Welsh connection through his father, a claim repeated by readers in the comments below. No biography, obituary or interview traced during research for this update confirms Welsh ancestry on either side of his family. Unless further evidence comes to light, this article should be read as a correction to that longstanding claim rather than a confirmation of a genuine Welsh link.

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American TV actor known for Falcon Crest, Perry Mason and Melrose Place

Readers first submitted the Welsh-connection claim to this site in the 2000s, and it has been repeated by fans since, including in the comments preserved below. Genealogical or interview evidence that would confirm it has not surfaced, so this entry is kept as an honest record rather than a factual claim.

Career Highlights

  • Played Cole Gioberti in Falcon Crest for six seasons (1981-1987)
  • Played Ken Malansky opposite Raymond Burr in 17 Perry Mason TV movies (1989-1993)
  • Co-starred with Julia Roberts in Mystic Pizza (1988)
  • Joined the cast of General Hospital as Jeff Webber in 2022

ℹ️ Born William Remington Moses, 17 November 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA.

No Welsh connection could not be verified.

From: BillyMosesfan
Parents are actress Marian McCargo Bell and actor Richard Cantrell Moses.
From: Dog_Lady
I was just about to say the same thing but I see someone has beaten me to it! I can remember seeing his father acting, I think it was in a film about George Washington. He played some well-known historical figure but I cannot recall which one.
From: Billysrose
Billy is of Scottish and Welsh descent. Not sure if he was an actor. To the best of my knowledge he was an ad executive in L.A.