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Ben Williams

Actor | * 10/06/1892 († 67, 01/01/1960) | Glamorganshire, Wales (United Kingdom (UK))
Benjamin Percy Williams (born 6 October 1892 in Glamorgan, Wales – died December 1959 in Chelsea, London) was a British character actor from the 1930s to the late 1950s. During his career he appeared in 137 films. In 1954 Williams acted in the BBC Radio play Under Milk Wood that won the Prix Italia award for radio drama that year. Originally a miner in Swansea, Williams served in the Royal Artillery in Palestine during the First World War, and he was an Air Raid Warden in London during the Second World War. Williams made his film debut in an uncredited role in the 1933 film The Good Companions. Later appearances included roles in Tiger Bay (1934), Java Head (1934), Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935), Boys Will Be Boys (1935), Flame in the Heather (1935), The Man Without a Face (1935), Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935), Gay Old Dog (1935), Blue Smoke (1935), and Find the Lady (1936. Other film appearances include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936), The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936), Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937), The Gables Mystery (19... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | War

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Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard

Certification unknown

1952 | 1h 22min
Crime, Mystery
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Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, s ...

'Pimpernel' Smith

Certification unknown

1941 | 3.6/5 | 2h
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Tod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the family who wronged him. He secret lab is complete with a torture chamber, featured in the films climax. ...

The Curse of the Wraydons

Certification unknown

1946 | 2.6/5 | 1h 40min
Horror
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The Saint Meets the Tiger

Certification unknown

1941 | 2.7/5 | 1h 19min
Mystery
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Movies with Ben Williams as Actor(62)

1957 Black Ice
as Seymour1957 You Pay Your Money
as Himself - Narrator1955 Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
as Faversham's Butler1955 Storm Over the Nile
as Ticket Collector1953 The Final Test
as Mr. Lloyd1953 The Square Ring
as Detective1953 Women of Twilight
as Jury Foreman1953 Roadhouse Girl
as Brand1952 Circumstantial Evidence
as Sgt. Barrow1952 Hammer the Toff
as Roddy Carson1952 Paul Temple Returns
as Jimmy - Reporter1952 Trent's Last Case
as Jimmy1952 Hindle Wakes
as Policeman1950 Something in the City
as Mr. Simon (voice) (uncredited)1950 Waterfront Women
as Mr. Weston1950 Paul Temple's Triumph
as Brownie1950 Lilli Marlene
as Superintendent in Cells1949 Don't Ever Leave Me
as Clerk at Hospital (uncredited)1949 The Hasty Heart
as uncredited1947 Nightbeat
as John Rickers1946 The Curse of the Wraydons
as Middle-Aged Man1945 Read All About It
as Cpl Lewis1945 Waterloo Road
as Mr. Evans1945 A City Reborn
as Pessimistic Man Talking to the Chelsea Pensioners (uncredited)1944 The Way Ahead
as Home Guard Soldier1943 Get Cracking
as Dragutin1943 Undercover
as Head of the Rescue Squad (uncredited)1943 The Bells Go Down
as Engineer Testing Machine (uncredited)1943 The Lamp Still Burns
as Heckler1943 The Demi-Paradise
as Reporter1942 Much Too Shy
as Man at Australian Airfield (uncredited)1942 They Flew Alone
as Reporter1941 East of Piccadilly
1941 Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
as Scottish Fisherman (uncredited)1941 Cottage to Let
as Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match1941 The Common Touch
as Elmer1941 Hi Gang!
as Nagel - Radio Location Expert (uncredited)1941 Freedom Radio
as Policeman1941 Old Bill and Son
as Court Policeman1941 The Ghost of St. Michael's
as Graubitz1941 'Pimpernel' Smith
as Factory Worker1941 Love on the Dole
as Lucky1941 Old Mother Riley's Circus
as Train Steward (uncredited)1940 Night Train to Munich
as Citizen (uncredited)1940 The Thief of Bagdad
as Radio Operator On SS Macaulay1940 Let George Do It!
as Will Morgan1940 The Proud Valley
as Detective-Constable1940 Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
as Harry Brace1940 The Stars Look Down
as Man Selling Torches1940 Contraband
as Man Getting Shaved (uncredited)1939 On the Night of the Fire
as Detective Wilkins1939 The Saint in London
as Evan Lewis (uncredited)1938 The Citadel
as Gamekeeper1938 The Claydon Treasure Mystery
as Police Photographer (uncredited)1938 The Terror
as 2nd Reporter Ejected From Ice Rink (uncredited)1938 I See Ice
as Dale1937 The Squeaker
as Man Serving in Snack Bar (uncredited)1937 Brief Ecstasy
as Reporter1937 Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Captain Stephenson (uncredited)1936 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Commissionaire (uncredited)1936 Cheer Up
as Warder1935 The Man Without a Face

TV Shows/Series with Ben Williams as Actor(1)

as Landlord1955 The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Full Name: Ben Williams
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 10/06 1892 (October) in Glamorganshire, Wales (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Friday, 01/01 1960 (January) (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Ben Williams (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Benjamin Percy Williams"
Ben Williams frequently works together with these people:
Allan Jeayes (10x, Actor)
Roddy Hughes (9x, Actor)
Johnnie Schofield (9x, Actor)
Muir Mathieson (9x, Crew)
Arthur Hambling (8x, Actor)
Peter Gawthorne (8x, Actor)
Wally Patch (8x, Actor)
Bryan Herbert (8x, Cast)
Harry Terry (7x, Actor)
Miles Malleson (7x, Actor)
Leslie Dwyer (7x, Actor)
Marius Goring (4x, Actor)
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