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John Williams (Actor)John Williams (April 15, 1903 - May 5, 1983) was an actor in film and television. In his carreer he did more than 40 movies and also appeared in over 40 TV-shows. Outside of his movie career, he gained fame as the star of a television commercial for a set of records of classical music. This became the longest running nationally seen commercial in U.S. television history. In 1953 Williams was awarded a Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in "Dial M for Murder" on Broadway. When Alfred Hitchcock took over the script to make a movie of the play in 1954, he casted Williams for the same role. It was the only Hitchock-movie in 3-D. The handicapped Williams also played in several of Hitchcock's TV-shows, so in "Back for Christmas" (1956) http://members.liwest.at/holzner/back_f3.gif, "Whodunit" (1956), "Wet Saturday" (1956) and "Banquos Chair" (1959). One of his last appearances was in Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972) aside to Peter Falk. Important movies External Links Williams, John Williams, John Williams, John Williams, John
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