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| Born | 28 April 1915 |
| Died | August 2003 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | American and British |
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| Years active | 1948-1980 (film & TV) |
Peter Williams (1915–2003) was an American-born British film, theatre and television actor.[1][2] He is best known for his role as private detective Don Carter in the long-running British crime series Shadow Squad in the late 1950s.[3][4] He was married to Helen "Toto" Irving, and had two children.
Selected filmography
Film
- Brass Monkey (1948)
- Bless 'Em All (1948)
- The Straw Man (1953)
- Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
- The Ladykillers (1955)
- Richard III (1955)
- Private's Progress (1956)
- The Man Who Never Was (1956)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Dunkirk (1958)
- On the Beach (1959)
- Two Letter Alibi (1962)
Television
- Strange Experiences (1955–56)
- Shadow Squad (1957)
- Ivanhoe (1958)
- Pathfinders in Space (1960)
- Barnaby Rudge (1960)
- City Beneath the Sea (1962)
- The Human Jungle (1963)
- Gideon's Way (1965)
- Redcap (1966)
- Man in a Suitcase (1968)
- The Champions (1968)
- The Main Chance (1970)
- Pretenders (1972)
- I, Claudius (1976)
Selected stage work
References
- ↑ "Peter Williams". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019.
- 1 2 "Peter Williams – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ↑ Sendall p.331
- ↑ The Guinness Book of Classic British TV p.209
- ↑ "Peter Williams | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
Bibliography
- Paul Cornell, Martin Day & Keith Topping. The Guinness Book of Classic British TV. Guinness, 1996.
- Bernard Sendall. Independent Television in Britain: Origin and foundation, 1946-62. Macmillan, 1982.
External links
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