Ed Williams (actor)

Edwin Wallace Williams was an American actor and comedian, who played Ted Olsen on the TV series Police Squad! and in The Naked Gun films.

Life and career

Williams was born in San Jose, California, on November 26, 1926. He was a broadcasting and speech teacher at Los [Angeles City College] in Southern California. He retired and then took acting classes. With the help of some contacts, he started acting as a second career.
He was best known for his role as Ted Olsen on the TV series Police Squad! and in The Naked Gun films: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The [Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear] and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. Despite the success of The Naked Gun films, Williams only had minor roles in other films, such as The Giant of Thunder Mountain, Father of the Bride and Carnosaur.
Williams later lived in Los Angeles. He died there on October 2, 2025, at the age of 98.