RHYS WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Rhys Williams was born on December 31st, 1897 in Merionethshire, Wales in the United Kingdom. His career as an actor began as a stage actor and he then traveled with various Shakespearean stock companies gaining experience.
His film debut was in 1941 in, "How Green Was My Valley" starring Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall, Walter Pidgeon, Anna Lee, Barry Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, John Loder and Ann Todd, which was filmed in Hollywood. He then relocated to Hollywood full time to pursue a career as a film actor. Some of his more substantial film roles included, "Blood on the Sun" (1945) starring alongside James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall, Hugh Beaumont, Frank Puglia, Rosemary DeCamp, Wallace Ford, John Emory and Robert Armstrong, "The Inspector General" (1949) starring Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Gene Lockhart, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester and Alan Hale Sr., "The Crooked Way" (1949) starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew and John Doucette, "One Too Many" (1950) starring with Ruth Warrick, Richard Travis, Ginger Price and William Tracy, "Man in the Attic" (1953) starring Jack Palance, Constance, Frances Bavier and Byron Palmer, "Bad For Each Other" (1953) starring Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dainne Foster, Mildred Dunnock and Arthur Franz, "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954) starring Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Mitzi Gaynor, Richard Eastham, Hugh O'Brian, Frank McHugh and Johnnie Ray, "The Kentuckian" (1955) starring Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, John McIntire, Diana Lynn, Walter Matthau, Edward Norris, John Litel, John Carradine, Una Merkel and Donald MacDonald, "Merry Andrew" (1958) starring Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli, "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965) starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr., Martha Hyer, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, James Gregory, Jeremy Slate, Paul Fix, John Litel, James Westerfield, John Qualen, Strother Martin, Karl Swenson and John Doucette, "Our Man Flint" (1966) starring James Coburn, Benson Fong, Lee J. Cobb, James Brolin and Edward Mulhare, and in his final film role "Skullduggery" (1970) starring Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark and Edward Fox.
In addition to working as a stage and film actor, he made a number of television appearances such as, "The Adventures of Falcon", "Waterfront", "Climax!", Crossroads", "The Man Behind the Badge", "Bonanza", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Code 3", "Perry Mason", "Adventures of Superman", "Riverboat", "Maverick", "Bonanza", "Wagon Train", "Dr. Kildare" and "The Wild Wild West".
He married only once to Elsie Dvorak and they had two children together and remained married until he passed away at the age of seventy one, on May 28th, 1969 in Santa Monica, California. His remains are interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills.
Filmography
1970 Skullduggery
1969 Mannix
1969 Here Comes the Brides
1967 The Invaders
1967 The Andy Griffith Show
1967 Professor Hellman
1967 Mission: Impossible
1966 Brigadoon
1966 The Wild Wild West
1966 Our Man Flint
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 Profiles in Courage
1964 77 Sunset Strip
1964 12 O'clock High
1963 Temple Houston
1963 Dr. Kildare
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show
1963 The Law and Mr. Jones
1960 Midnight Lace
1960 Peter Gunn
1960 The Best of the Post
1960 Bonanza
1960 Tales of Wells Fargo
1960 Maverick
1960 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1960-1961 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-1962 Wagon Train
1959-1960 The Rifleman
1959 Riverboat
1959 Philip Marlowe
1959 Trackdown
1959 The David Niven Show
1958 Merry Andrew
1958 Perry Mason
1957 Code 3
1957 Raintree County
1957 The Restless Breed
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presens
1956-1961 G.E. True Theater
1956 The Desperados Are in Town
1955 Battle Cry
1956 Crossroads
1956 The Loretta Young Show
1956 Climax!
1956 TV Reader's Digest
1956 The Boss
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 Nightmare
1956 Mohawk
1955 The King's Thief
1955 The Scarlet Coat
1955 The Kentuckian
1955 How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955 Many Rivers to Cross
1955 The Scarlet Coat
1955 The Millionaire
1955 Star Stage
1955 Kings Row
1955 Mystery Is My Business
1955 The Man Behind the Badge
1955 Lux Video Theatre
1955 Waterfront
1955-1957 Schlitz Playhouse
1955 The Kentuckian
1954 Medallion Theatre
1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
1954 The Adventures of Falcon
1954 The Black Shield of Falworth
1954 Johnny Guitar
1954 Fireside Theatre
1953 Bad for Each Other
1953 Scandal at Scourie
1953 Family Theatre
1953 Adventures of Superman
1953 Meet Me at the Fair
1953 Your Jeweler's Showcase
1953 Julius Caesar
1953 Man in the Attic
1952 Plymouth Adventure
1952-1955 Four Star Playhouse
1952 The World in His Arms
1952 Mutiny
1952 Okinawa
1952 Carbine Williams
1952 Studio One in Hollywood
1952 Les Misérables
1952 The Light Touch
1952 The World in His Arms
1951 The Law and the Lady
1951 The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951 Never Trust a Gambler
1951 Million Dollar Pursuit
1951 Lightning Strikes Twice
1951 The Sword of Monte Cristo
1950 One Too Many
1950 The Bigelow Theatr
1950 California Passage
1950 The Showdown
1950 Tyrant of the Sea
1950 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950 Devil's Doorway
1949 The Crooked Way
1949 Tokyo Joe
1949 Badboy
1949 The Inspector General
1949 Fighting Man of Plains
1948 Hills of Home
1948 The Black Arrow
1948 Tenth Avenue Angel
1947 The Imperfect Lady
1947 The Farmer's Daughter
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
1947 If Winter Comes
1947 The Trouble With Women
1947 Moss Rose
1946 Cross My Heart
1946 The Strange Woman
1946 So Goes My Love
1945 The Corn Is Green
1945 Blood on the Sun
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 The Spiral Staircase
1945 Toy Came Along
1945 Voice of the Whislter
1943 No Time For Love
1942 Mrs. Miniver
1942 Gentleman Jim
1942 Random Harvest
1942 Cairo
1942 Eagle Squadron
1942 Underground Agent
1942 Mrs. Miniver
1942 Remember Pearl Harbor
1942 This Above All
1941 How Green Was My Valley
