Ben Williams
Ben Williams is known for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), Night Train to Munich (1940), Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936).
Biography
Benjamin Percy Williams (6 October 1892 in Glamorgan, Wales – 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), The 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).
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Known for
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7.1 The Thief of Bagdad
1940
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4.9 Roadhouse Girl
1953
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5.7 Nightbeat
1947
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7.2 Night Train to Munich
1940
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6.5 The Way Ahead
1944
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6.4 The Citadel
1938
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7.1 "Pimpernel" Smith
1941
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5.7 Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936
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6.3 Love from a Stranger
1937
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6.3 Storm Over the Nile
1955
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6.1 Undercover
1943
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5.9 Love on the Dole
1941
Trivia
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Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
77 films — 62 in the catalogue
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Demon God
2012 · Buddho
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7.0 Under Milk Wood
1992 · Mr Pritchard / Willy Nilly (voices) (archive sound)
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7.0 Caught in the Net
1960 · Quarryman
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10.0 Black Ice
1957 · Bert Harris
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6.8 Fortune Is a Woman
1957 · Caller (uncredited)
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5.3 You Pay Your Money
1957 · Seymour
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6.4 Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
1955 · Himself - Narrator
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6.3
Storm Over the Nile
1955 · Faversham's Butler
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4.9 John and Julie
1955 · Coach Driver
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9.0
The Mysterious Bullet
1955 · Jim Grundy - Poacher
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6.1 The Teckman Mystery
1954 · Tour Guide
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4.9
Roadhouse Girl
1953 · Jury Foreman
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7.1 The Square Ring
1953 · Mr. Lloyd
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6.7 The Final Test
1953 · Ticket Collector
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6.0 Women of Twilight
1953 · Detective
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6.1 Paul Temple Returns
1952 · Roddy Carson
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5.4 Hindle Wakes
1952 · Jimmy
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7.0 Circumstantial Evidence
1952 · Brand
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5.5 Trent's Last Case
1952 · Jimmy - Reporter
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6.4 Hammer the Toff
1952 · Sgt. Barrow
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6.2 Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952 · Taxi Driver
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6.5 Circle of Danger
1951 · Mine Official
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6.3 Lilli Marlene
1950 · Brownie
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6.0 Something in the City
1950 · Policeman
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6.5 Waterfront
1950 · Mr. Simon (voice) (uncredited)
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9.0 Paul Temple's Triumph
1950 · Mr. Weston
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6.9 The Hasty Heart
1949 · Clerk at Hospital (uncredited)
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7.7 Don't Ever Leave Me
1949 · Superintendent in Cells
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5.7
Nightbeat
1947 · Pub Landlord
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7.1 Fame Is the Spur
1947 · Radical Orator (uncredited)
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5.8 The Curse of the Wraydons
1946 · John Rickers
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6.7 Murder in Reverse
1945 · Docker
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4.6
Read All About It
1945 · Middle-Aged Man
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6.1 Waterloo Road
1945 · Cpl Lewis
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A City Reborn
1945 · Mr. Evans
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6.5
The Way Ahead
1944 · Pessimistic Man Talking to the Chelsea Pensioners (uncredited)
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5.8 The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Engineer Testing Machine (uncredited)
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6.6 The Demi-Paradise
1943 · Heckler
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6.1
Undercover
1943 · Dragutin
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6.3 Get Cracking
1943 · Home Guard Soldier
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7.2 The Bells Go Down
1943 · Head of the Rescue Squad (uncredited)
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6.3 We Dive at Dawn
1943
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6.5 Much Too Shy
1942 · Reporter
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9.0 Uncensored
1942 · Arthur Baeker
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6.8 They Flew Alone
1942 · Man at Australian Airfield (uncredited)
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6.7 Hi Gang!
1941 · Elmer
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4.3
Old Mother Riley's Circus
1941 · Lucky
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6.8 The Common Touch
1941 · Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match
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6.7 Cottage to Let
1941 · Scottish Fisherman (uncredited)
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7.1
"Pimpernel" Smith
1941 · Graubitz
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5.9
Love on the Dole
1941 · Factory Worker
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6.3 East of Piccadilly
1941 · Reporter
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7.0
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
1941
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6.6 Old Bill and Son
1941 · Policeman
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7.0 Freedom Radio
1941 · Nagel - Radio Location Expert (uncredited)
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6.8 The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941 · Court Policeman
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7.2
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Train Steward (uncredited)
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6.2 Let George Do It!
1940 · Radio Operator On SS Macaulay (uncredited)
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7.1 Contraband
1940 · Man Selling Torches
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6.9 Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
1940 · Detective-Constable
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6.3 The Proud Valley
1940 · Will Morgan
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7.1
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Citizen (uncredited)
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6.5 The Stars Look Down
1940 · Harry Brace
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5.4 On the Night of the Fire
1939 · Man Getting Shaved (uncredited)
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5.8 The Saint in London
1939 · Detective Wilkins
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6.4
The Citadel
1938 · Evan Lewis (uncredited)
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10.0
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938 · Gamekeeper
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6.5
The Terror
1938 · Police Photographer (uncredited)
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6.5 I See Ice
1938 · 2nd Reporter Ejected From Ice Rink (uncredited)
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6.3 The Squeaker
1937 · Dale
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4.4 Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937 · Robespierre's Spy
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6.9 Brief Ecstasy
1937 · Man Serving in Snack Bar (uncredited)
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6.3 Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1937 · Reporter
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6.3
Love from a Stranger
1937 · Ship's Steward (uncredited)
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5.7
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · Captain Stephenson (uncredited)
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5.4 Cheer Up
1936 · Commissionaire (uncredited)
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6.3 The Man Without a Face
1935 · Warder
People data: TMDb.
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