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Rhys Williams

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 30 december 1897
Death 28 may 1969 (at 71 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Rhys Williams (31 December 1897 – 28 May 1969) was a Welsh character actor in films and television, whose career spanned several decades.

He made his film debut in How Green Was My Valley (1941). This film takes place in rural Wales with him being the only Welsh actor. The film was actually filmed in Hollywood with mainly English and Irish actors. Williams, the only genuine Welshman in the cast, was originally hired solely to coach the actors in their Welsh accents; ultimately director John Ford gave Williams a role in the film. In 1945, Williams played the role of Dr. McKay in the acclaimed The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.

He is recognisable to fans of the television series, Adventures of Superman as a sadistic character in an early episode called "The Evil Three" (1952). He made a guest appearance in 1958 as art collector Rufus Varner in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Purple Woman." His other television appearances were on such programmes as the religion anthology series, Crossroads, CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Peter Gunn, with Steve Allen in the 1960 episode "Play Acting", Riverboat and The Lloyd Bridges Show.

His later appearances were on Temple Houston, 77 Sunset Strip, The Wild Wild West, Twelve O'Clock High, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Donna Reed Show, Here Come the Brides and The Andy Griffith Show.

Williams died at the age of 71; his remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Biography

Rhys Williams débute au théâtre dans son pays natal, avant de s'installer aux États-Unis, où il se produit dans des pièces (notamment de William Shakespeare) à Broadway, entre 1937 et 1949. Mentionnons The Corn is Green (Le blé est vert, 1940-1942) d'Emlyn Williams et son rôle de John Goronwy Jones qu'il reprendra dans l'adaptation filmée de 1945.

Au cinéma, il joue entre 1941 et 1970 (son dernier film sort l'année suivant sa mort), entre autres dans des westerns. À la télévision, il apparaît dans des séries (Mannix, Les Envahisseurs, Mission impossible...) et un téléfilm (1966) de 1952 à 1969.

De par ses origines, il interprétera régulièrement des rôles de gallois (ainsi, dans son premier film, dont l'action se situe au Pays de Galles — Qu'elle était verte ma vallée de John Ford —) ou d'écossais (notamment dans son unique téléfilm, Brigadoon, adaptation de la comédie musicale éponyme, aux côtés de Peter Falk).

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(13 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(8 films)
Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe
(8 films)
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Filmography of Rhys Williams (76 films)

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Hot Tub Time Machine, 1h39
Directed by Steve Pink
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Transport films, Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase, Lizzy Caplan
Roles un membre du gang à Blaine
Rating63% 3.197493.197493.197493.197493.19749
In 2010, three friends are miserable with their lives: Adam Yates (John Cusack) has been dumped by yet another girlfriend, and his geeky 20-year-old nephew Jacob (Clark Duke) lives in his basement, playing Second Life, with no idea who his father is. Lou Dorchen (Rob Corddry) is a party animal way past his prime. Nick Webber-Agnew (Craig Robinson) has a dead-end job at a dog spa and an unfaithful and controlling wife named Courtney (Kellee Stewart). Lou almost dies from carbon monoxide poisoning in what his friends think is a suicide attempt. Adam and Nick sympathetically take him and Jacob to the site of some of their most memorable weekends, the Kodiak Valley Ski Resort. Upon arrival at the resort, they see that Kodiak Valley has fallen on hard times as well. They are shown to their room by a hostile one-armed bellhop named Phil Wedmaier (Crispin Glover). During a night of heavy drinking in a hot tub, they spill a can of an illegal Russian energy drink called "Chernobly" on the hot tub's controls. The next day, they wake up in 1986. They see each other as their normal age, but in their reflections and to other people, they appear as they did in 1986, except Jacob, who was not yet born. They arrive during "Winterfest '86," the weekend when Poison played to a huge crowd at the then-thriving Kodiak Resort.
'Twas the Night, 1h24
Directed by Nick Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Josh Zuckerman, Bryan Cranston, Rhys Williams, Barclay Hope, Torri Higginson, Sandy Robson
Roles Peter Wrigley
Rating52% 2.609972.609972.609972.609972.60997
A troubled and irresponsible man, Nick Wrigley (Bryan Cranston) was hacked by some group of criminals who are looking for a bank account code to Nick's boss. The criminals manage to find his apartment and start beating him. They tell him they want their money by Christmas. They leave and Nick decides to run away. Nick is leaving the building when the biggest member of the gang sees him leaving and chases him. Nick manages to escape when he runs to a North Pole stage where kids meet Santa Claus. He steals the costume for Santa Claus and walks to the bus stop in disguise and goes to his brother's house.
Skullduggery, 1h45
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Roger C. Carmel, Edward Fox, Paul Hubschmid, Chips Rafferty
Roles Judge Draper
Rating47% 2.367412.367412.367412.367412.36741
On an expedition in Papua New-Guinea, Tropis, a tribe of apelike creatures are being used quickly as slaves by humans. As one of the Tropis is allegedly murdered, The following murder trial centers round the question: are the Tropis a form of humans or a form of animals. The question is a form of the Sorites paradox.
Our Man Flint, 1h48
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Comedy science fiction films, Political films
Actors James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Benson Fong, Shelby Grant
Roles Dr. Krupov
Rating63% 3.1995653.1995653.1995653.1995653.199565
Spy extraordinaire Derek Flint (James Coburn) is an ex-agent of Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal Organization for World Intelligence and Espionage) who is brought out of retirement to deal with the threat of Galaxy, a world-wide organization led by a trio of mad scientists: Doctor Krupov (Rhys Williams), Doctor Wu (Peter Brocco), and Doctor Schneider (Benson Fong). Impatient that the world's governments will never improve, the scientists demand that all nations capitulate to Galaxy. To enforce their demands, they initiate earthquakes, volcanoes, storms and other natural disasters with their climate-control apparatus, for the only purpose to bring the nations to give up weapons and nuclear energy.
The Sons of Katie Elder, 1h57
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about families
Actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson Jr., Earl Holliman, George Kennedy
Roles Charlie Bob Striker
Rating70% 3.549483.549483.549483.549483.54948
The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John (John Wayne), who is a famous (or infamous) professional gunman; Tom (Dean Martin), a professional gambler; Bud (Michael Anderson, Jr.), the youngest brother, still in school; and Matt (Earl Holliman), an unsuccessful hardware dealer – reunite in their hometown of Clearwaters, Texas (approximately 2 hours east of Dallas, Texas), in 1898 for their mother's funeral, sharing regret that none of them has lived up to her high expectations of them.
Midnight Lace, 1h50
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, John Williams
Roles Victor Elliot
Rating66% 3.347473.347473.347473.347473.34747
Newlywed American heiress Kit Preston is living with her financier husband Tony on Grosvenor Square in London. Returning home in a dense fog, she is startled by an eerie, electronic-like voice threatening to kill her within the month. The voice calls her by name and torments her as she runs to escape. Tony tries to convince her she has been the victim of a practical joker and suggests they travel to Venice for the honeymoon they never had.
Merry Andrew, 1h43
Directed by Michael Kidd
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Circus films, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Patricia Cutts, Noel Purcell, Robert Coote, Rex Evans
Roles Constable
Rating65% 3.2955353.2955353.2955353.2955353.295535
Andrew Larabee teaches at a school run by his headmaster father Matthew, a traditional man who disapproves of his son's unconventional methods despite their popularity with the students. Andrew's special interest is archaeology, and he hopes to earn his father's respect through this field of study.
Raintree County, 2h46
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor, Nigel Patrick
Roles Ezra Gray
Rating62% 3.149063.149063.149063.149063.14906
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey (Montgomery Clift), a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint) by Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor), a rich New Orleans girl. He has a brief and passionate affair with Susanna while she is visiting. Following her return to the South, she comes back to Indiana to tell Shawnessey she is pregnant with his child. John marries her out of honor and duty, leaving Nell heartbroken.
The Restless Breed, 1h26
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Myron Daniel Healey, Rhys Williams, Jay C. Flippen, Jim Davis
Roles Reverend Simmons
Rating52% 2.619692.619692.619692.619692.61969
1865: Lawyer Mitch Baker is called into an office of the United States Secret Service to be told that his father was murdered in the border town of Mission, Texas. He was betrayed to Newton by an informer whilst on a mission investigating a group of gunrunners called "Newton's Raiders" supplying the forces of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico with weapons arousing the ire of the United States who wants a Republican Mexico.
The Boss
The Boss (1956)
, 1h29
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Payne, Doe Avedon, Rhys Williams, Roy Roberts, Joe Flynn, Johnny Flynn
Roles Stanley Millard
Rating63% 3.185983.185983.185983.185983.18598
Matt Brady comes home from World War I to a city where older brother Tim is a political kingpin. Matt meets an old friend, Bob Herrick, but an argument leads to a fistfight. He ends up late for a date with Elsie Reynolds, who is furious. Matt angrily replies that he wants nothing more to do with her.
Nightmare
Nightmare (1956)
, 1h29
Directed by Maxwell Shane
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Rhys Williams, Virginia Christine, Barry Atwater
Roles Deputy Torrence
Rating63% 3.1927553.1927553.1927553.1927553.192755
New Orleans big band clarinetist Stan Grayson has a nightmare in which he sees himself in a mirrored room, killing a man. He awakens to find blood on himself, bruises on his neck, and a key from the dream in his hand.
The Fastest Gun Alive, 1h36
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford, Russ Tamblyn, Allyn Joslyn, Leif Erickson
Roles Brian Tibbs
Rating70% 3.54553.54553.54553.54553.5455
Son of a notorious fast drawing Sheriff, George Kelby Jr. (Glenn Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) settle down in the peaceful town of Cross Creek under assumed identities to avoid having to continually face men out to become famous for shooting down the "fastest gun alive." Now known as George Temple, he becomes a mild-mannered teetotal shopkeeper, little respected by the other townsfolk.
Mohawk
Mohawk (1956)
, 1h20
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Lori Nelson, John Hoyt, Allison Hayes, Rhys Williams
Roles Clem Jones
Rating52% 2.6141752.6141752.6141752.6141752.614175
In 18th–century upstate New York, a quarrelsome white man named Butler seeks to foment war with the Indians, to rid the Mohawk Valley of the natives and settlers he despises. He goes to the Iroquois tribe chef Kowanen to warn him about a party of armed white settlers. Kowanen shows no concern, but his son Keoga and brave Rokhawah feel otherwise and plot a raid to steal the settlers' muskets. They are assisted by Keoga's sister Onida, but many Indians end up killed and Onida captured.
The Kentuckian, 1h44
Directed by Burt Lancaster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about the labor movement, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, Walter Matthau, John McIntire, John Litel
Roles Constable
Rating61% 3.0972153.0972153.0972153.0972153.097215
Frontiersman Elias "Big Eli" Wakefield (Burt Lancaster) decides to leave 1820s Kentucky and move to Texas with his son "Little Eli" (Donald MacDonald). Along the way, they run into two women who take a liking to the pair, indentured servant Hannah (Dianne Foster), who wants to go with them, and schoolteacher Susie (Diana Lynn), who would rather have Big Eli marry her and settle down. Big Eli also has to deal with villainous Stan Bodine (Walter Matthau), who cracks a mean bullwhip.