John Williams

Known for

Acting

Born

April 15, 1903

Birthplace

Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Died

May 5, 1983 (aged 80)

Biography

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.

Best known work

Dial M for Murder

1954

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

To Catch a Thief

1955

Sabrina

1954

The Twilight Zone

1959

Columbo

1971

Mission: Impossible

1966

Battlestar Galactica

1978

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Midnight Lace

1960

Filmography

2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
1978
Battlestar GalacticaTV
as Sire Montrose (2 episodes)
1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Mansfield
1976
No Deposit, No Return
as Jameson
1974
Lost in the Stars
as Judge
1972
BanyonTV
1972
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Arthur Frankland
1971
ColumboTV
as Roger Haversham (1 episode)
1970
Night GalleryTV
as Doctor (segment “The Caterpillar”) (1 episode), as Colonel Hymber Masters (segment "The Doll") (1 episode)
1970
McCloudTV
as Inspector Mills (1 episode)
1968
A Flea in Her Ear
as Dr. Finache
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Gen. Francis Mayhew
1967
Double Trouble
as Gerald Waverly
1967
IronsideTV
1966
Mission: ImpossibleTV
as Lord Richard Weston (1 episode)
1966
Family AffairTV
as Nigel 'Niles' French (9 episodes)
1966
The Last of the Secret Agents?
as J. Fredrick Duval
1965
The Wild Wild WestTV
as Sir Nigel Scott (1 episode)
1965
Harlow
as Jonathan Martin
1965
Dear Brigitte
as Peregrine Upjohn
1964
The RoguesTV
as Insp. Robert Briscoe (1 episode), as Inspector Robert Briscoe (2 episodes)
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreTV
1963
Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
1962
Combat!TV
as Edmund Tinsley (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy ShowTV
as Gordon Bentley (1 episode)