William Cort

{{Short description|American actor (1936–1993)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = William "Bill" Cort

| image = Publicity_Photo_of_William_Cort.jpg

| caption = Publicity Photo of William Cort

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|7|8|mf=y}}

| birth_name = William Phelps Greer III

| birth_place = El Paso, Texas, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|9|23|1936|7|8}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1963–1993

}}

William Phelps Greer III (July 8, 1936 – September 23, 1993), credited as William Cort and Bill Cort, was an American actor.{{cite news |title=William Cort; TV, Film and Stage Actor |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-03-mn-41651-story.html |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=3 October 1993}}

Cort appeared on several television shows. His most notable is Dusty's Trail from the early 1970s. He appeared on several other series including: Window on Main Street, Combat!, The F.B.I., Little House on the Prairie, Family Ties, Starsky & Hutch, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Ropers, Lou Grant, ‘’The Montefuscos’’,One Day at a Time, The Practice, Dynasty, Hart to Hart, Three's Company, Hazel, The Golden Girls, The Bradys, Empty Nest, Dallas, Three's a Crowd, Murder, She Wrote, and Growing Pains, among many others.

He appeared in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark and Heathers in 1988, and 1990's Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore.

He died at the age of 57 in 1993 of cancer.