Adam Williams
Nov 26, 1922 — Dec 4, 2006 (84 years)
Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
24 Movies
45 Series
Adam Williams has spent over 75 years in front of the camera, with more than 69 film and TV credits. his Valerian in 'North by Northwest' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Thriller has been his most frequent territory.
84R.I.P.
24Movies
45Series
Adam Williams
24 Movies
45 Series
Adam Williams has spent over 75 years in front of the camera, with more than 69 film and TV credits. his Valerian in 'North by Northwest' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Thriller has been his most frequent territory.
84 R.I.P.
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24
Movies
45
Series
Movies
North by Northwest
1959
The Oklahoman
1957
The Big Heat
1953
The Last Sunset
1961
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
Flying Leathernecks
1951
Darby's Rangers
1958
The Proud and Profane
1956
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
The Badlanders
1958
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
The Glory Guys
1965
Fear Strikes Out
1957
The Rack
1956
Vice Squad
1953
The Garment Jungle
1957
The Space Children
1958
Convicts 4
1962
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
Crashout
1955
The New Interns
1964
Without Warning!
1952
The Lonely Man
1957
TV Shows
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Cheyenne
1955
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
Perry Mason
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
Combat!
1962
General Electric Theater
1953
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Fugitive
1963
The Twilight Zone
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Daniel Boone
1964
The High Chaparral
1967
Switch
1975
The Millionaire
1955
The Virginian
1962
Thriller
1960
M Squad
1957
Wire Service
1956
The Texan
1958
Honey West
1965
Dr. Kildare
1961
Black Saddle
1959
Maverick
1957
Bonanza
1959
Surfside 6
1960
Temple Houston
1963
The Untouchables
1959
Arrest and Trial
1963
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Henry Corwin
1976–1977
TV
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Schmidt
1976
TV
Mannix
Prosecutor
1971
TV
The High Chaparral
Burton
1967–1968
TV
Follow Me, Boys!
Sergeant (uncredited)
1966
Film
The F.B.I.
David Brice
1965
TV
Honey West
Gordon Forbes
1965–1966
TV
The Glory Guys
Pvt. Lucas Crain
1965
Film
Daniel Boone
Mose
1964
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Adam Williams still alive?
Adam Williams passed away on December 4, 2006 at age 84.
What are the most famous roles of Adam Williams?
Adam Williams is best known for roles in North by Northwest, The Big Heat, The Last Sunset.
How many movies has Adam Williams been in?
Over a 55-year career (since 1951), Adam Williams has appeared in 27 movies and 56 TV shows.
What was Adam Williams's first movie?
The career of Adam Williams began with Benjy (1951).
What is Adam Williams's most recent movie or series?
Adam Williams's most recent release is Helter Skelter, which premiered on April 1, 1976.
What TV shows has Adam Williams appeared in?
On television, Adam Williams has appeared in The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason.
Adam Williams
1922-11-26 · Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
Adam Williams (born Adam William Berg, November 26, 1922 – December 4, 2006) was an American film and television actor. A veteran "bad guy" actor of 1950s film and TV, he began his career after distinguished World War II military service as a United States Navy pilot, for which he received the Navy Cross. In 1952, Williams played the lead, a Los Angeles woman killer, in the film Without Warning! In 1953, he was cast as Larry, a car bomber, in The Big Heat. He had a leading role in the 1958 science fiction movie The Space Children. Other notable film roles include the psychiatrist in Fear Strikes Out (1957) and Valerian in North by Northwest (1959).
During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared on dozens of television series, including the syndicated Sheriff of Cochise, set in Arizona and starring John Bromfield, and Have Gun – Will Travel in the episode "The Reasonable Man". He portrayed private detective and murderer Jason Beckmeyer in the 1957 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Runaway Corpse." In 1961, he was cast as Jim Gates in the episode "Frontier Week" on Joanne Dru's sitcom Guestward, Ho!, set on a dude ranch in New Mexico. In 1960, he played the role of a sailor hitching a ride in The Twilight Zone season 1 episode "The Hitch-Hiker", where he is picked up by a terrified driver played by Inger Stevens, who is compelled to pick him up so that he may offer protection and safety to her from a mysterious hitchhiker who shows up at various times and places along the road while she travels across country. Many reviewers have cited this episode as one of The Twilight Zone's "10 Greatest" of the series. He had also appeared in the Twilight Zone episode "A Most Unusual Camera". Between 1959 and 1967 he appeared in six episodes of The Rifleman and in four episodes of Bonanza, and in 1961 as Adam in "A Rope for Charlie Munday", in the ABC adventure series The Islanders. He was cast as Burley Keller in the 1961 episode "The Persecuted" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman. He guest-starred in an episode of the 1961 NBC series The Americans, based on family conflicts stemming from the American Civil War, and in an episode of the 1961 series The Asphalt Jungle. One of his later roles was in the 1976 television movie Helter Skelter.