Benjamin Percy Williams (1892 in
Glamorgan,
Wales
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– December 1959 in
Chelsea
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,
London
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) 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
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play ''
Under Milk Wood
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'' that won the
Prix Italia
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award for radio drama that year.
Originally a
miner in
Swansea, Williams served in the
Royal Artillery
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in
Palestine during the
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, and he was an
Air Raid Warden in London during the
Second World War
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.
Williams made his film debut in an uncredited role in the 1933 film ''
The Good Companions''. Later appearances included roles in ''
Tiger Bay
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'' (1934), ''
Java Head
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'' (1934), ''
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor'' (1935), ''
Boys Will Be Boys'' (1935), ''
Flame in the Heather'' (1935), ''
The Man Without a Face
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'' (1935), ''
Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Alex Bryce and starring George Curzon as Sexton Blake.
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Blake must discover who has stolen from a wealthy financier – and discovers a mysterious woman be ...
'' (1935), ''
Gay Old Dog
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Cast
* Edward Rigby as Tom Bliss
* Moore Marriott as Ge ...
'' (1935), ''
Blue Smoke'' (1935), and ''
Find the Lady'' (1936.
[Williams]
on the Internet Movie Database
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Other film appearances include ''
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1936),
[ '' The Crimes of Stephen Hawke'' (1936), '']Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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'' (1937), '' The Gables Mystery'' (1938), '' The Saint in London'' (1939),[ '']The Stars Look Down
''The Stars Look Down'' is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was released in 1940, and television adaptations include both Italian (1971) and British (1975) ve ...
'' (1940), ''The Proud Valley
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'' (1940), ''Let George Do It!
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'' (1940), ''Old Mother Riley's Circus
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'' (1941), ''Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
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'' (1941), ''Love on the Dole
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The novel
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'' (1941), '' "Pimpernel" Smith'' (1941), '' Hi Gang!'' (1941), '' Uncensored'' (1942), ''Undercover
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'' (1943), '' Get Cracking'' (1943), ''The Saint Meets the Tiger
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'' (1943),[ '' Murder in Reverse?'' (1945), '' Waterloo Road'' (1945), '']Give Me the Stars
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'' (1945), '' The Curse of the Wraydons'' (1946), '' Fame Is the Spur'' (1947), '' My Brother's Keeper'' (1948), ''Don't Ever Leave Me
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'' (1949), and '' Boys in Brown'' (1949).[
During the 1950s his film and television work included '']Sunday Night Theatre
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The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, pa ...
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'' (1958). In 1954 he played Mr. Pritchard in an all-Welsh cast
, Chelsea. His hobbies were listed as 'most sports'.
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).