
Biography
Benjamin Percy Williams (1892 in Glamorgan, Wales β December 1959 in Chelsea, London) was a British character actor from the 1930s to the late 1950s. During his career he appeared in 137 films. In 1954 Williams acted in the BBC Radio play Under Milk Wood that won the Prix Italia award for radio drama that year.Originally a miner in Swansea, Williams served in the Royal Artillery in Palestine during the First World War, and he was an Air Raid Warden in London during the Second World War.
Williams made his film debut in an uncredited role in the 1933 film The Good Companions. Later appearances included roles in Tiger Bay (1934), Java Head (1934), Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935), Boys Will Be Boys (1935), Flame in the Heather (1935), The Man Without a Face (1935), Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935), Gay Old Dog (1935), Blue Smoke (1935), and Find the Lady (1936.Other film appearances include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936), The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936), Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937), The Gables Mystery (1938), The Saint in London (1939), The Stars Look Down (1940), The Proud Valley (1940), Let George Do It! (1940), Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941), Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941), Love on the Dole (1941), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), Hi Gang! (1941), Uncensored (1942), Undercover (1943), Get Cracking (1943), The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943), Murder in Reverse (1945), Waterloo Road (1945), Give Me the Stars (1945), The Curse of the Wraydons (1946), Fame Is the Spur (1947), My Brother's Keeper (1948), Don't Ever Leave Me (1949), and Boys in Brown (1949).During the 1950s his film and television work included Sunday Night Theatre (BBC) (1950), Dick Barton at Bay (1950), Mister Drake's Duck (1951), Lilli Marlene (1951), Women of Twilight (1952), Hindle Wakes (1952), Circumstantial Evidence (1952), Paul Temple Returns (1952), Face the Music (1954), Stryker of the Yard (TV series) (1957), Hell Drivers (1957), The One That Got Away (1957), and Armchair Theatre (1958). In 1954 he played Mr. Pritchard in an all-Welsh cast BBC Radio version of Under Milk Wood with Richard Burton.During his later years he lived in Mitre House on King's Road, Chelsea. His hobbies were listed as 'most sports'.Williams died in Chelsea in London aged 67. He was survived by a son, Philip Trigwell (born 1947) from a relationship with Etta Trigwell, and a daughter, Betty Hopkins (born 1917).
Filmography
All 69
Movies 68
Narrator 1
TV Shows 1
Voice 1

Black Ice (1957)

Fortune Is a Woman (1957)

You Pay Your Money (1957)

Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955)

Storm Over the Nile (1955)

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)

The Teckman Mystery (1954)

Roadhouse Girl (1953)

The Square Ring (1953)

The Final Test (1953)

Women of Twilight (1953)

Paul Temple Returns (1952)

Hindle Wakes (1952)

Circumstantial Evidence (1952)

Trent's Last Case (1952)

Hammer the Toff (1952)

Circle of Danger (1951)

Lilli Marlene (1950)

Something in the City (1950)

Waterfront Women (1950)

Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)

The Hasty Heart (1949)

Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)

Nightbeat (1947)

Fame Is the Spur (1947)

The Curse of the Wraydons (1946)

Read All About It (1945)

Waterloo Road (1945)

The Ten Year Plan (1945)

A City Reborn (1945)

The Way Ahead (1944)

The Lamp Still Burns (1943)

The Demi-Paradise (1943)

Undercover (1943)

Get Cracking (1943)

The Bells Go Down (1943)

Much Too Shy (1942)

They Flew Alone (1942)

Hi Gang! (1941)

Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

The Common Touch (1941)

Cottage to Let (1941)

'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)

Love on the Dole (1941)

East of Piccadilly (1941)

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)

The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)

Old Bill and Son (1941)

Freedom Radio (1941)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Let George Do It! (1940)

Contraband (1940)

Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard (1940)

The Proud Valley (1940)

The Stars Look Down (1940)

On the Night of the Fire (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)

The Citadel (1938)

The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)

The Terror (1938)

I See Ice (1938)

The Squeaker (1937)

Brief Ecstasy (1937)

Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)

Love from a Stranger (1937)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)

Cheer Up (1936)

The Man Without a Face (1935)
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1892-10-06
Deathday1960-12-01 (68 years old)
Place of birthGlamorgan, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Wales
Also known asBenjamin Percy Williams
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