Birth Name: William McChord Hurt
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: March 20, 1950
Ethnicity: English, with some German, Scottish, Irish
William Hurt is an American actor. He is of English, with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of German, Scottish, and Irish, ancestry.
William’s paternal grandparents were William Fairleigh Hurt (the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Hurt and Alice Johnston) and Laura McChord (the daughter of Alfred Hynes McChord and Eunice Harlan).
William’s maternal grandparents were Frederick William McGill (the son of Frederick Aron/Onslow McGill and Sarah Isabel Schooler) and Catherine Rogers (the daughter of Alexander Rogers and Isabel Bryden Bulman).
Source: Genealogy of William Hurt – http://www.geni.com
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