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John Williams

John Williams

Highest Rated: 100% Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Lowest Rated: 40% The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)

Birthday: Apr 15, 1903

Birthplace: Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Ever reliable, often mustachioed British character of enjoyably stiff-upper-lip types, whose resonant voice and crisp manner enhanced many films. One of Williams's most delightful and best-remembered parts, for which he won several awards (including a Tony) was as the quietly assured inspector who finally traps the killer in the popular stage play, "Dial M for Murder," a role he recreated in Alfred Hitchcock's highly enjoyable 1954 film version.

Highest rated movies

100% Witness for the Prosecution
100% The Solid Gold Cadillac
92% To Catch a Thief
90% Dial M for Murder
89% Sabrina
88% Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
86% Midnight Lace
77% The Paradine Case

Photos

John Williams at arrivals for 44th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA June 9, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection DIAL M FOR MURDER, John Williams, Robert Cummings, Ray Milland, 1954 SUPERMAN, John Williams Conducting score, 1978. (c) Warner Bros.. DIAL M FOR MURDER, John Williams, Robert Cummings, 1954 TO CATCH A THIEF, John Williams, Grace Kelly, 1955. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, foreground from left: John Williams, Charles Laughton, 1957 TO CATCH A THIEF, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, 1955. SABRINA, John Williams, Audrey Hepburn, 1954 SUPERMAN, John Williams Conducting score, 1978. (c) Warner Bros.. THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC, Leota Richards, Richard Deacon, Paul Douglas, Ralph Dumke, Judy Holliday, John Williams, Fred Clark, Ray Collins, 1956 DIAL M FOR MURDER, Ray Milland, John Williams, 1954 MIDNIGHT LACE, John Williams, 1960 MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, composer John Williams, violinist Itzhak Perlman, koto player Ishigure Masayo, director Rob Marshall, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, 2005. ©Columbia Pictures The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, John Williams, 12/26/2012, ©CBS The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, John Williams, 12/26/2012, ©CBS TO CATCH A THIEF, Jessie Royce Landis, Grace Kelly, John Williams, 1955. DIAL M FOR MURDER, Grace Kelly, John Williams, 1954 DIAL M FOR MURDER, John Williams, Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, 1954 THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC, Judy Holliday, Hiram Sherman, John Williams, Ray Collins, 1956 DIAL M FOR MURDER, John Williams, Robert Cummings, 1954
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 65% Hot Lead and Cold Feet Mansfield (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 66% No Deposit, No Return Jameson (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Frankland (Character) - 1972
40% 46% The Secret War of Harry Frigg Gen. Francis Mayhew (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 33% A Flea in Her Ear Dr. Finache (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 51% Double Trouble Gerald Waverly (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last of the Secret Agents? J. Fredrick Duval (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 53% Dear Brigitte Peregrine Upjohn (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 40% Harlow Jonathan Martin (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet 24 Hours of a Woman's Life Stevens (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 54% Visit to a Small Planet Delton (Character) - 1960
86% 73% Midnight Lace Inspector Byrnes (Character) - 1960
71% 81% The Young Philadelphians Gilbert Dickinson (Character) - 1959
100% 95% Witness for the Prosecution Mr. Brogan-Moore (Character) - 1957
88% 75% Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Irving La Salle Jr. (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 57% Island in the Sun Colonel Whittingham (Character) - 1957
100% 72% The Solid Gold Cadillac John T. "Jack" Blessington (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 36% D-Day, the Sixth of June Brig. Russell (Character) - 1956
92% 84% To Catch a Thief H. H. Hughson (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deception Sir Thomas (Character) - 1955
89% 89% Sabrina Thomas Fairchild (Character) - 1954
57% 75% The Student Prince Lutz (Character) - 1954
90% 92% Dial M for Murder Chief Insp. Hubbard (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thunder in the East General Sir Henry Harrison (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady and the Bandit Archbald Puffin (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 63% Kind Lady Mr. Foster (Character) - 1951
77% 48% The Paradine Case Barrister Collins (uncredited) (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 67% A Woman's Vengeance Prosecuting Counsel (Character) - 1947

TV

Credit
43% 82% Battlestar Galactica Sire Montrose (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Inspector Mills (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Sir Roger Haversham (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Character) 1971
No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Three Sons Unknown (Guest Star) 1963 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Combat! Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rogues Inspector Briscoe (Character) 1964-1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet 12 O'Clock High Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
92% 96% The Twilight Zone William Shakespeare (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1961
No Score Yet 85% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alexander Vinton (Character) 1955-1957 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Alcoa Hour Charles Gillis (Character) 1955 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 20th Century-Fox Hour Unknown (Character) 1956