Adam Williams (born Adam William Berg, November 26, 1922 – December 4, 2006) was an American film and television actor. A veteran "bad guy" actor of 1950s film and TV, he began his career after distinguished World War II military service as a United States Navy pilot, for which he received the Navy Cross. In 1952, Williams played the lead, a Los Angeles woman killer, in the film Without Warning! In 1953, he was cast as Larry, a car bomber, in The Big Heat. He had a leading role in the 1958 science fiction movie The Space Children. Other notable film roles include the psychiatrist in Fear Strikes Out (1957) and Valerian in North by Northwest (1959).
During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared on dozens of television series, including the syndicated Sheriff of Cochise, set in Arizona and starring John Bromfield, and Have Gun – Will Travel in the episode "The Reasonable Man". He portrayed private detective and murderer Jason Beckmeyer in the 1957 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Runaway Corpse." In 1961, he was cast as Jim Gates in the episode "Frontier Week" on Joanne Dru's sitcom Guestward, Ho!, set on a dude ranch in New Mexico. In 1960, he played the role of a sailor hitching a ride in The Twilight Zone season 1 episode "The Hitch-Hiker", where he is picked up by a terrified driver played by Inger Stevens, who is compelled to pick him up so that he may offer protection and safety to her from a mysterious hitchhiker who shows up at various times and places along the road while she travels across country. Many reviewers have cited this episode as one of The Twilight Zone's "10 Greatest" of the series. He had also appeared in the Twilight Zone episode "A Most Unusual Camera". Between 1959 and 1967 he appeared in six episodes of The Rifleman and in four episodes of Bonanza, and in 1961 as Adam in "A Rope for Charlie Munday", in the ABC adventure series The Islanders. He was cast as Burley Keller in the 1961 episode "The Persecuted" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman. He guest-starred in an episode of the 1961 NBC series The Americans, based on family conflicts stemming from the American Civil War, and in an episode of the 1961 series The Asphalt Jungle. One of his later roles was in the 1976 television movie Helter Skelter.
Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
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2012 | Ladies Knight | Doofus (voice) | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1976 | Helter Skelter | Terrence Milik | ★★★☆☆ |
1975 | Switch | Henry Corwin | ★★★☆☆ |
1971 | Cannon | ★★★☆☆ | |
1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Schmidt | ★★★☆☆ |
1967 | El gran Chaparral | Burton | ★★★☆☆ |
1967 | Mannix | Prosecutor | ★★★☆☆ |
1967 | Mannix | George Henderson | ★★★☆☆ |
1966 | Veinte docenas de hijos | Sergeant (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
1966 | Felony Squad | ★★★★☆ | |
1965 | Gloriosos camaradas | Pvt. Lucas Crain | ★★★☆☆ |
1965 | The F.B.I. | David Brice | ★★★☆☆ |
1965 | La rubia peligrosa | Gordon Forbes | ★★★★☆ |
1964 | The New Interns | Wolanski | ★★★☆☆ |
1964 | Viaje al fondo del mar | Chief | ★★★★☆ |
1964 | Daniel Boone | Mose | ★★★☆☆ |
1963 | Arroyo comanche | Jed Hayden | ★★★☆☆ |
1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Ben Jorgenson | ★★★☆☆ |
1963 | El fugitivo | Truck Driver | ★★★★☆ |
1963 | Temple Houston | Harmony Brown | ★★★☆☆ |
1963 | Arrest and Trial | C.H. Littler | ★★★☆☆ |
1962 | Convicts 4 | Guard | ★★★☆☆ |
1962 | El virginiano | Roper | ★★★☆☆ |
1962 | The Gallant Men | ★★★☆☆ | |
1962 | Combate | Lt. Col. Nash | ★★★★☆ |
1961 | El último atardecer | Calverton | ★★★☆☆ |
1961 | The Americans | ★★★☆☆ | |
1961 | Dr. Kildare | Ralph Walker | ★★★☆☆ |
1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | ★★★☆☆ | |
1960 | Mission of Danger | ★★★☆☆ | |
1960 | Outlaws | ★★★☆☆ | |
1960 | Guestward, Ho! | ★★☆☆☆ | |
1960 | Thriller | Hymie Kralik | ★★★☆☆ |
1960 | The Roaring 20's | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1960 | The Westerner | Pauk | ★★★☆☆ |
1960 | Rompeolas | Willie Cleveland | ★★★☆☆ |
1960 | Rompeolas | Henry Gifford | ★★★☆☆ |
1960 | Rompeolas | Mel Walters | ★★★☆☆ |
1960 | Stagecoach West | Arnie Ames | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | Con la muerte en los talones | Valerian | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Intriga en Hawai (Serie de TV) | Harry Gulliver | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | La dimensión desconocida | Woodward | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Rawhide | Kellino | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Black Saddle | Brad Pickard | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | Rawhide | Hank Kale | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | La dimensión desconocida | Sailor | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Black Saddle | Clint Frome | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | Bonanza | Muller | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Rawhide | Jeb | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Bonanza | Blackie Marx | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Los Intocables | Lloyd Barker | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Los detectives | Eddie Furman | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | Los detectives | Soley | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | Los detectives | Felix | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | Bonanza | Red Twilight | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Bonanza | Hardesty | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Los Intocables | Paul Meadows | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | Hijos del Espacio | Dave Brewster | ★★☆☆☆ |
1958 | Arizona, prisión federal | Deputy Leslie | ★★★☆☆ |
1958 | Los jóvenes invasores | Heavy Hall | ★★★☆☆ |
1958 | The Texan | Jebb Kilmer | ★★★☆☆ |
1958 | El hombre del rifle | Jake Pardee | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | El hombre del rifle | Corporal Troc | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | El hombre del rifle | Jax | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | El hombre del rifle | Russell Ganaway | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | El hombre del rifle | Cory Platt | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | El hombre del rifle | Mal Sherman | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Willie Lee Hanks | ★★★☆☆ |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Axel Derwent | ★★★☆☆ |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Spud Morrison | ★★★☆☆ |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Chuck Lynch | ★★★☆☆ |
1958 | Lawman | Burley Keller | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | Bestias de la ciudad | Ox | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | Un hombre solitario | Lon | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | El hombre de Oklahoma | Bob Randell | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | Fear Strikes Out | Doctor Brown | ★★★★☆ |
1957 | Perry Mason | Jason Beckmeyer | ★★★★☆ |
1957 | M Squad | Denny Sutton | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | Maverick | Sam Elkins | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Wohlman | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Frank Gault | ★★★★☆ |
1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Beckett | ★★★★☆ |
1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Simon Quill | ★★★★☆ |
1957 | Trackdown | Cowboy | ★★★☆☆ |
1956 | The Proud and Profane | Eustace Press | ★★★☆☆ |
1956 | Traidor a su patria | Sgt. Otto Pahnke | ★★★☆☆ |
1956 | Wire Service | Wells | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1956 | Telephone Time | ★★★☆☆ | |
1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Harlan Breckenridge | ★★★☆☆ |
1955 | Fuga sangrienta | Fred Summerfield | ★★★☆☆ |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Slim Trent | ★★★☆☆ |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock presenta | Police Lt. King | ★★★★☆ |
1955 | The Millionaire | Todd Burke | ★★★☆☆ |
1955 | Cheyenne | Jeb Quinn | ★★★☆☆ |
1955 | The Millionaire | Jackson Greene | ★★★☆☆ |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock presenta | Doctor | ★★★★☆ |
1954 | El hacha de guerra | Cpl. Maddock | ★★★☆☆ |
1954 | Dragonfly Squadron | Capt. Wyler | ★★★☆☆ |
1953 | Los Sobornados | Larry Gordon | ★★★★☆ |
1953 | Investigación criminal | Marty Kusalich | ★★★☆☆ |
Año | Título | Trabajo | Calificación |
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1958 | El hombre del rifle | Teleplay | ★★★★☆ |
1958 | El hombre del rifle | Story | ★★★★☆ |
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Películas destacadas de Adam Williams
Estas son las películas más destacadas en las que ha trabajdo:
Series
Las series más importantes en las que ha participado son las siguientes:
Edward Binns
Adam Williams y Edward Binns han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 08 de julio de 1959) en las películas: Con la muerte en los talones, Investigación criminal, Without Warning!.
Lee Van Cleef
Adam Williams y Lee Van Cleef han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 21 de junio de 1957) en las películas: Un hombre solitario, El hacha de guerra, Investigación criminal.
Larry Pennell
Adam Williams y Larry Pennell han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 01 de abril de 1976) en las películas: Helter Skelter, Hijos del Espacio.
Keith Larsen
Adam Williams y Keith Larsen han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 16 de enero de 1960) en las películas: Mission of Danger, Infierno en las nubes.
Carleton Young
Adam Williams y Carleton Young han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 08 de julio de 1959) en las películas: Con la muerte en los talones, Infierno en las nubes.
Anthony Caruso
Adam Williams y Anthony Caruso han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 03 de septiembre de 1958) en las películas: Arizona, prisión federal, El hombre de Oklahoma.
Raymond Bailey
Adam Williams y Raymond Bailey han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 01 de junio de 1958) en las películas: Hijos del Espacio, Los jóvenes invasores.