Michael Williams (actor)
Michael Williams KSG | |
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Born | Michael Leonard Williams 9 July 1935 Salford, Lancashire, England |
Died | 11 January 2001 , England | (aged 65)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1961–1999 |
Spouse | |
Children | Finty Williams |
Michael Leonard Williams KSG (9 July 1935 – 11 January 2001) was a British actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was best known for co-starring in the sitcom A Fine Romance with his wife Dame Judi Dench, and for voicing Dr. Watson in the long-running Sherlock Holmes adaptations for BBC Radio.
Biography
Williams was born in Salford, Lancashire, England.
Williams married Judi Dench on 5 February 1971, the same year in which they co-starred in a stage production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. They had one daughter, Finty Williams, who is also an actress.[1] Williams was also godfather to the actor Rory Kinnear.[2]
Williams was the President of the
Shortly before his death from
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1962 | The Trial of Joan of Arc | Englishman | Uncredited |
1967 | Marat/Sade | Herald | |
1968 | Tell Me Lies | Guest | Documentary |
1972 | Eagle in a Cage | Barry O'Meara | |
1974 | Dead Cert | Sandy Mason | |
1982 | Enigma | Hirsch, Limmer's Assistant | |
1983 | Educating Rita | Brian | |
1989 | Henry V | Michael Williams | |
1999 | Tea with Mussolini | British Consul |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1962 | Z-Cars | Norbert Nuttall | 1 episode |
1970 | A Family at War | Eddie Chappell | 1 episode |
1971 | Elizabeth R | François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon | 1 episode |
1975 | The Hanged Man | Alan Crowe | 8 episodes |
1979 | My Son, My Son | William Essex | 8 episodes |
1980 | Love in a Cold Climate | Davey Warbeck | 8 episodes |
1981–1984 | A Fine Romance | Mike Selway | 26 episodes |
1987 | Blunt: The Fourth Man [5] | Goronwy Rees | |
1988 | Double First | Norman 'N.V.' Standish | 7 episodes |
1988-1989 | Charlie Chalk | Charlie Chalk, Lewis T. Duck, Trader Jones and Litterbug (voice) | 13 episodes |
1989 | Screen Two | Michael Darlow | 1 episode |
1993–1994 | Conjugal Rites | Barry Masefield | 13 episodes |
1993–1995 | September Song | Billy Balsam | 20 episodes |
1996 | Kavanagh QC | DCI Knowland | 1 episode |
1996-2000 | Brambly Hedge | Mr. Apple | 8 episodes |
1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | Ted Jeavons | 2 episodes |
1999 | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | Father Daley | 2 episodes, (final appearance) |
Select radio roles
Year | Title | Role |
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1973 | The War Between Men and Women | reader |
1989–1998 | Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson |
1990 | The Forsyte Chronicles | Young Jolyon Forsyte |
1995–1996 | Change at Oglethorpe |
Rocket |
1995–1999 | The George Cragge series |
George Cragge |
1997 | Mansfield Park | Sir Thomas Bertram |
1998–1999 | Old Dog and Partridge | Jack |
1999–2000 | Bristow | Bristow |
Stage roles
Principal stage appearances; mostly with the Royal Shakespeare Company:[6]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1963)
- The Beggar's Opera (1963)
- The Representative (1963)
- King Lear (1964)
- The Comedy of Errors (1964)
- Marat/Sade (1964)
- The Jew of Malta (1964)
- Don't Make Me Laugh (1965)
- Timon of Athens (1965)
- Hamlet (1965)
- Tango (1966)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
- As You Like It (1967)
- Troilus and Cressida (1968)
- London Assurance (1970)
- The Merchant of Venice (1971)
- The Duchess of Malfi (1971)
- Henry V (1971)
- Toad of Toad Hall (1972)
- Content to Whisper (1973)
- Jingo (1975)
- Too True to Be Good (1975)
- The Comedy of Errors(1976)
- The Winter's Tale (1976)
- Schweik in the Second World War (1977)
- The Montrous Regiment (1978)
- A Village Wooing (1981)
- Quartermaine's Terms (1982)
- Pack of Lies (1983/4)
- Two into One (1984)
- Mr and Mrs Nobody (1986/7)
- Out of Order (1990)
- The Tempest (1995)
- The Round Dozen (1996)
- Brief Lives (1997/8)
- The Forest (1999)
Also appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Theatre-Go-Round Festival, Round House Theatre, London, 1970.[7]
References
- ^ "My grandson was a big surprise". 22 August 1997. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Rory Kinnear: Good show, sweet prince". standard.co.uk. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Michael Williams: End of the fine romance". BBC. 16 January 2001. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
A devout Catholic, Michael Williams was a former President of the Roman Catholic Actors' Guild.
- ^ "Actor Michael Williams dies". BBC News. 15 January 2001. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- OCLC 54436975
- ^ "The Stage in British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Michael Williams Biography (1935-)". www.filmreference.com.