<P> William Theodore Katt ( born February 16 , 1951 ) is an American film and television actor , voice artist and musician best known as the star of the television series The Greatest American Hero . He first became known for playing Tommy Ross , the ill - fated prom date of Carrie White in the film version of Carrie ( 1976 ) and subsequently starred in films such as First Love ( 1977 ) , Big Wednesday ( 1978 ) and Butch and Sundance : The Early Days ( 1979 ) . Between 1985 and 1988 , he starred in nine Perry Mason television films alongside his mother Barbara Hale , who reprised her role as Della Street from the television series Perry Mason . </P>
<P> William Theodore Katt ( born February 16 , 1951 ) is an American film and television actor , voice artist and musician best known as the star of the television series The Greatest American Hero . He first became known for playing Tommy Ross , the ill - fated prom date of Carrie White in the film version of Carrie ( 1976 ) and subsequently starred in films such as First Love ( 1977 ) , Big Wednesday ( 1978 ) and Butch and Sundance : The Early Days ( 1979 ) . Between 1985 and 1988 , he starred in nine Perry Mason television films alongside his mother Barbara Hale , who reprised her role as Della Street from the television series Perry Mason . </P>
who played tommy ross in the movie carrie
who played tommy ross in the movie carrie
William Theodore Katt
William Theodore Katt