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John Williams

Actor

John Williams

Born April 15, 1903 in Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England, UKDied May 5, 198334 films

John Williams (15 April 1903 – 5 May 1983) was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as chief inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder, and as portraying the second "Mr. French" on TV's Family Affair.

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Witness for the Prosecution posterFirst watchWitness for the Prosecution19578.2as Brogan-MooreAn ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being…View film

Essential films

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Dial M for Murder poster8.0Dial M for Murder1954To Catch a Thief poster7.3To Catch a Thief1955Sabrina poster7.5Sabrina1954Midnight Lace poster6.6Midnight Lace1960The Young Philadelphians poster7.4The Young Philadelphians1959Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? poster6.8Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?1957No Deposit, No Return poster6.3No Deposit, No Return1976

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. 1978Hot Lead & Cold FeetMansfield
  2. 1976No Deposit, No ReturnJameson
  3. 1974Lost in the StarsJudge
  4. 1972The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Frankland
  5. 1968A Flea in Her EarDr. Finache
  6. 1968The Secret War of Harry FriggGen. Francis Mayhew
  7. 1967Double TroubleGerald Waverly
  8. 1966The Last of the Secret Agents?J. Fredrick Duval
  9. 1965HarlowJonathan Martin
  10. 1965Dear BrigittePeregrine Upjohn
  11. 1963PygmalionColonel Pickering
  12. 1961Five Fingers : DossierNicolas Constantine
  13. 196124 Hours in a Woman's LifeStevens
  14. 1960Midnight LaceInspector Byrnes
  15. 1960Visit to a Small PlanetDelton
  16. 1959The Young PhiladelphiansGilbert Dickinson
  17. 1957Witness for the ProsecutionBrogan-Moore
  18. 1957The Clouded ImageSandal
  19. 1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Irving La Salle Jr.
  20. 1957Island in the SunColonel Whittingham
  21. 1956The Solid Gold CadillacJohn T. 'Jack' Blessington
  22. 1956D-Day the Sixth of JuneBrig. Russell
  23. 1955To Catch a ThiefH. H. Hughson
  24. 1954SabrinaThomas Fairchild
  25. 1954The Student PrinceLutz
  26. 1954Dial M for MurderChief Inspector Hubbard
  27. 1952Thunder in the EastGeneral Sir Henry Harrison
  28. 1951The Lady and the BanditArchbald Puffin
  29. 1951Kind LadyMr. Foster
  30. 1948A Woman's VengeanceProsecuting Counsel
  31. 1942The Goose Steps OutMaj. Bishop
  32. 1942The Foreman Went to France'English' Army Captain
  33. 1942The Next of KinGeneral Cooper (uncredited)
  34. 1942The Big BlockadeVoice over (uncredited)