William Youmans is an American Broadway, film and television actor and singer, best known for originating the roles of John Jacob Astor in Titanic: the Musical, Sir Richard Bingham in The Pirate Queen, and Doctor Dillamond in Wicked.
He also portrayed Sir Richard Bingham in The Pirate Queen and performed in the play The Farnsworth Invention.
After a San Francisco tryout, in which the role was played by John Horton, the original Broadway production opened October 30, 2003, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel.
In 2015, he originated the role to critical acclaim as The Director in Being Seen by Richard Gustin at the International Fringe Festival NYC.
Youmans' first television appearance was a made-for-television movie of a Mark Twain story, The Private History of a Campaign That Failed.