Hugh Williams
Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.
Early life and career
Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex to Hugh Dafydd Anthony Williams and Hilda. The Williams family lived at Bedford Park, in Chiswick, West London. His paternal grandfather was Hugh Williams, a Welsh solicitor and anti-establishment political activist. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He was a popular film and stage actor, who became a major film star in the British cinema of the 1930s. In 1930 he toured America in the cast of the R.C. Sheriff play Journey's End and appeared in his first film Charley's Aunt during a spell in Hollywood. He then returned to Britain and became a mainstay of the British film industry. He made 57 film appearances as an actor between 1930 and 1967. He collaborated with his second wife on several plays, such as The Grass Is Greener and the screenplay for the subsequent film. He died from an aortic aneurysm, aged 65, in London.During the Second World War, he served as a Captain in “Phantom” GHQ Liaison Regiment.
Marriages and grandchildren
He was married twice:- Gwynne Whitby
- *Lou Williams
- *Prue Williams
- Margaret Vyner :
- *Hugo Williams, poet
- *Simon Williams, actor who married Belinda Carroll and Lucy Fleming
- *Polly Williams, actress who married Nigel Havers
- Kate Dunn, actress
- Amy Williams, actress
- Tam Williams, actor
Filmography
Charley's Aunt as Charlie WykehamA Night in Montmartre as Philip BorellA Gentleman of Paris as Gaston GerrardDown Our Street as Charlie StubbsInsult as Captain Ramon NadirIn a Monastery Garden as Paul FerrierWhite Face as Michael SeeleyRome Express as TonyThis Acting Business as HughAfter Dark as Richard MortonThe Jewel as Frank HallamBitter Sweet as VincentSorrell and Son as Kit Sorrell as an AdultElinor Norton as Tony NortonAll Men Are Enemies as Tony ClarendonOutcast Lady as Gerald MarchLieutenant Daring R.N. as Lt. Bob Daring David Copperfield as SteerforthLet's Live Tonight as Brian KerryThe Happy Family as Victor HuttThe Last Journey as Gerald WinterThe Amateur Gentleman as RonaldHer Last Affaire as Alan HeriotThe Man Behind the Mask as Nick BarclayThe Windmill as Peter EllingtonSide Street Angel as PeterThe Perfect Crime as Charles BrownGypsy as BrazilBrief Ecstasy as Jim WyndhamPremiere as Rene Nissen The Dark Stairway as Dr. ThurlowBank Holiday as Geoffrey His Lordship Goes to Press as Lord Bill WilmerWuthering Heights as Hindley EarnshawDead Men Tell No Tales as Detective Inspector MartinInspector Hornleigh as Bill Gordon, Ann's BrotherThe Dark Eyes of London as Det. Insp. Larry Holt Ships with Wings as Wagner, Papa's PilotThe Day Will Dawn as Colin Metcalfe One of Our Aircraft Is Missing as Frank Shelley, Observer/Navigator in B for BertieSecret Mission as Major Peter GarnettTalk About Jacqueline as Dr. Michael ThomasA Girl in a Million as TonyTake My Life as Nicholas TalbotAn Ideal Husband as Sir Robert ChilternElizabeth of Ladymead as John Beresford in 1946The Blind Goddess as Lord BrastedThe Romantic Age as Arnold Dickson Paper Orchid as Frank McSweeneyGift Horse as Captain David G. Wilson, Division Commander The Holly and the Ivy as Richard WyndhamTwice Upon a Time as James TurnerThe Fake as Sir Richard AldinghamStar of My Night as Arnold WhitmanThe Intruder as Tim RossKhartoum as Lord HartingtonDoctor Faustus as ScholarWriting credits
The Grass Is Greener (play) Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat The Grass Is Greener The Irregular Verb to Love- ''Charlie Girl''