Biography
Ernest George Harcourt Williams (30 March 1880 β 13 December 1957) was an English actor and director. After early experience in touring companies he established himself as a character actor and director in the West End. From 1929 to 1934 he was director of The Old Vic theatre company; among the actors he recruited were John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. After directing some fifty plays he resigned the directorship of the Old Vic but continued to appear in the company's productions throughout the rest of his career. He appeared in thirty cinema and television roles during his later years.
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Filmography
all 21
Movies 21
Voice 1
Hinshaw
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Movie
4.67
Bishop of Liege
Quentin Durward (1955)
Movie
The Flying Eye (1955)
Movie
Ambassador
Roman Holiday (1953)
Movie
5.54
The Old Beggar (voice)
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1953)
Movie
Vicar
Time Bomb (1953)
Movie
Tom
The Magic Box (1952)
Movie
6
Judge
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
Movie
Dr. Septimus Prendergast
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
Movie
Dr. Kearn
Cage of Gold (1950)
Movie
Richard Beamish
Your Witness (1950)
Movie
Duke Of Wellwater
Trottie True (1949)
Movie
The Coachman
Under Capricorn (1949)
Movie
6
Priest
The Lost People (1949)
Movie
Judge
For Them That Trespass (1949)
Movie
3.5
Doc
Third Time Lucky (1949)
Movie
First Player
Hamlet (1948)
Movie
Reverend Allworth
No Room at the Inn (1948)
Movie
Judge
Vice Versa (1948)
Movie
Prewitt
Brighton Rock (1948)
Movie
2
King Charles VI of France
Henry V (1944)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.23
Based on 226 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1949
1950
1951
1956
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1880-03-30
Deathday1957-12-13 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceCroydon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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