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John Williams (actor)

John Williams (15 April 1903 – 5 May 1983)[a] was a British stage, film, and television actor.[2] He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, as the chauffeur in Billy Wilder's Sabrina (both 1954), as Mr. Brogan-Moore in Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and as the second "Mr. French" on TV's Family Affair in its first season (1967).

For the American actor born in 1931, see Grant Williams (actor).

John Williams

(1903-04-15)15 April 1903

Chalfont St Giles, England

5 May 1983(1983-05-05) (aged 80)

San Diego, California, U.S.

Actor

1924–1979

Helen Williams

Death[edit]

Williams died at the age of 80 on 5 May 1983, in La Jolla, San Diego, California. It was reported at the time of his death that he had been suffering from a heart condition. He was cremated, and there was no funeral.[6]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

, "Dial M for Murder" (1958) – Chief Inspector Hubbard

Hallmark Hall of Fame

, "The Oracle" (1961) – Joseph Lombard

The Investigators

, "The Bard" (1963) – William Shakespeare

The Twilight Zone

, "Bub's Butler" (1963) - Charles Augustus Caesar Bevins.

My Three Sons

, "Lucy and the Great Bank Robbery" (1964) – Gordon Bentley

The Lucy Show

, "The Furlough" (1966) – Edmund Tinsley

Combat!

(9 episodes, 1967) – Nigel "Niles" French (Replaced Sebastian Cabot while he was recovering from an injury to his wrist)

Family Affair

, "The Night of the Bleak Island" (1969) – Sir Nigel Scott

The Wild Wild West

, "Lover's Knot" (1970) – Lord Richard Weston

Mission: Impossible

, "The Doll" (1971) – Colonel Hymber Masters

Night Gallery

, "The Caterpillar" (1972) – Doctor

Night Gallery

"Dagger of the Mind" (1972) – Sir Roger Haversham

Columbo

, "War of the Gods" (2-part episode, 1979) – Council Member

Battlestar Galactica

at the Internet Broadway Database

John Williams

at IMDb

John Williams

at the TCM Movie Database

John Williams

Later (1980s) version of 120 Music Masterpieces / 30 Piano Masterpieces ad campaign, originally produced in 1971