No photo available. Represent Emlyn Williams? Add or change photos at IMDbPro
STARmeter
SEE RANK
Down 14,489 this week

Emlyn Williams (I) (1905–1987)

Actor | Writer | Director

Born George Emlyn Williams in Pen-y-Ffordd, Mostyn, Flintshire in northeast Wales on November 1905, he lived in a rural village in which Welsh was spoken until he was 12-years-old, when his family moved to an English-speaking town, Connah's Quay. It changed the course of his life as it was there that the teacher... See full bio »

Born:

George Emlyn Williams
in Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales, UK

Died:

(age 81) in London, England, UK
4 videos | 8 news articles »

Quick Links:

Related News

Sybil Christopher obituary
11 March 2013 10:59 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News
The Last Days of Dolwyn
23 February 2013 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News
DVD Review: 'The Last Days of Dolwyn' (rerelease)
19 February 2013 3:53 AM, PST | CineVue
See all 8 related articles »
Create a list  »

Related Lists

image of name
400 Plus Gay Actors & Personalities
a list of 421 people by glyntreharne-1 created 02 Dec 2010
 
image of name
100 Great British Actors
a list of 100 people by glyntreharne-1 created 20 Nov 2010
 
image of name
ivanhoe by sir walter scott
a list of 26 people by datamatyc created 1 month ago
 
image of name
Actors that have worked with Alfred Hitchcock
a list of 252 people by jimmy_hamill-997-495389 created 4 months ago
 
See all related lists »

Do you have a demo reel?

Add it to your IMDbPage

Melanie Molnar - Reel -- No description provided.

Melanie Molnar - Reel

My Demo Reel -- Includes clips from GLORY DAZE, COMMUNITY and horror film URBAN EXPLORER.

My Demo Reel

Franklin Ojeda Smith - -- "...back in the day the 'barb wire' was more visible" and early on I chose baseball over acting; then academia and not baseball. Now,"...the kids are grown, the dog is dead and now that I may, I choose acting." Please take a look: 1)Boardwalk Empire - Deacon Cuffy 2)Murder Incorporated - Sam Christenson 3)Cayman Went - Aniston Turnkey 4)Letting Go -Therapist 5)Footsteps in the Sand - Jim. Thank You! Franklin

Franklin Ojeda Smith -

Francine Locke Film Reel -- Family Law (Best Actress, Gideon), Stealing Home (Best Supporting Actress-nom.) 168 Project, True Tale Monster (Albert P. Weisman Award), The Discarded (2011 Feature Release).

Francine Locke Film Reel

David H. Lawrence, XVII - Drama -- On-camera drama reel featuring David H. Lawrence XVII, in scenes from Heroes, The Unit, LOST, and more

David H. Lawrence, XVII - Drama


Find out more at IMDbPro »

Connect with IMDb

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Emlyn Williams.

Known For


Show Show all  | 
Show by:
Edit

Filmography

Hide HideActor (47 titles)
1985 Past Caring (TV movie)
Edward
 
1983 Rumpole of the Bailey (TV series)
Harold Brittling
– Rumpole and the Genuine Article (1983) … Harold Brittling
 
1983 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens (TV movie)
Charles Dickens
 
1982 Deadly Game (TV movie)
Bernard Laroque
 
1970 The Walking Stick
Jack Foil
 
1969 David Copperfield (TV movie)
Mr. Dick
 
1965-1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Eotvoes - Counsel for the Defence / The Yob
– The Burning Bush (1967) … Eotvoes - Counsel for the Defence
– Yob and Nabob (1965) … The Yob
 
1967 The Magic of Charles Dickens (TV movie)
Charles Dickens
 
1966 Eye of the Devil
Alain de Montfaucon
 
1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Gerald Lowen
– Mind Over Murder (1964) … Gerald Lowen
 
1962 The L-Shaped Room
Dr. Weaver
 
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Sir Wilfred Falcett
 
1959 Web of Evidence
Enoch Oswald
 
1958 I Accuse!
Émile Zola
 
1957 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Hjalmar Ekdal
– The Wild Duck (1957) … Hjalmar Ekdal
 
1955 The Deep Blue Sea
Sir William Collyer
 
1953 Eye Witness (TV series)
– The Baby Sitter (1953)
 
1952 Ivanhoe
Wamba
 
1951 The Magic Box
Bank Manager
 
1951 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens (TV movie)
Charles Dickens
 
1951 Another Man's Poison
Dr. Henderson
 
1951 The Scarf
Dr. David Dunbar
 
1951 Three Husbands
Maxwell Bard
 
1949 Women of Dolwyn
Rob
 
1942 A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle
Dennis
 
1941 This England
Appleyard
 
1941 Major Barbara
Snobby Price
 
1941 You Will Remember
Bob Slater
 
1940 Girl in the News
Tracy
 
1940 The Stars Look Down
Joe Gowlan
 
1939 Jamaica Inn
Harry the Pedlar - Sir Humphrey's Gang
 
1939 Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dr. Headlam
 
1938 They Drive by Night
Shorty Matthews
 
1938 The Citadel
Owen
 
1938 Night Alone
Charles Seaton
 
1937 I, Claudius
Caligula
 
1936 Broken Blossoms
Chen
 
1935 City of Beautiful Nonsense
Jack Grey
 
1935 Loves of a Dictator
King Christian VII of Danmark
 
1934 The Iron Duke
Bates
 
1934 Road House
Chester
 
1934 Evensong
George Leary
 
1934 A Song for You
Theodore Bruckner
 
1933 Friday the Thirteenth
William Blake
 
1932 Sally Bishop
Arthur Montague
 
1932 Men of Tomorrow
Horners
 
1932 Criminal at Large
Lord Lebanon
 
Show ShowWriter (37 titles)
1991 King Ralph (novel "Headlong")
 
1980 Estudio 1 (TV series)
– El difunto Christopher Bean (1980) (play "El difunto Christopher Bean")
 
1979 The Corn Is Green (TV movie) (play)
 
1978 Teatro estudio (TV series)
– Adiós, señorita Ruth (1978) (play)
 
1976 The Power of Dawn (TV movie)
 
1968 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
– The Corn Is Green (1968) (play)
 
1967 The Magic of Charles Dickens (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1966 Met voorbedachten rade (TV movie) (play "Someone's waiting")
 
1964 Groen koren (TV movie) (play "The Corn Is Green")
 
1964 Night Must Fall (play "Night Must Fall")
 
1960 Al caer la noche (TV mini-series) (story)
 
1959 Play of the Week (TV series)
– A Month in the Country (1959) (teleplay / translation)
 
1957 Hour of Mystery (TV series)
– A Murder Has Been Arranged (1957) (original story)
– Night Must Fall (1957) (adaptation)
 
1957 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– Accolade (1957) (play)
 
1957 Time Without Pity (play "Someone Waiting" - uncredited)
 
1957 Die Berufung wird abgewiesen (TV movie) (novel)
 
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Night Must Fall (1956)
 
1954 TV de Vanguarda (TV series)
– A Noite Tudo Encobre (1954) (play)
 
1953 Encounter (TV series)
– Winds of Heaven (1953) (play)
 
1952 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
– Night Must Fall (1952) (play)
 
1951 Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1949 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– A Murder Has Been Arranged (1949) (play)
 
1949 Women of Dolwyn (written by)
 
1948 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
– Night Must Fall (1948) (play)
 
1948 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
 
1945 The Corn Is Green (play)
 
1942 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (play)
 
1941 This England (dialogue)
 
1939 Dead Men Tell No Tales (uncredited)
 
1938 The Citadel (additional dialogue)
 
1937 Night Must Fall (TV short) (play)
 
1937 Night Must Fall (from the stage success of)
 
1936 Broken Blossoms
 
1935 The Divine Spark (adaptation)
 
1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much (additional dialogue)
 
1934 Evergreen (adaptation and dialogue)
 
1933 Friday the Thirteenth (dialogue)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1949 Women of Dolwyn
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
1985 The New Born King (TV movie)
Himself - Reader
 
1984 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #13.9 (1984) … Himself - Guest
 
1976 Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Made His Name (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.4 (1973) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.43 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1967 The Epic That Never Was (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Caligula (also archive footage)
 
1967 The Heart of Show Business (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1964 The Great War (TV series documentary)
Lloyd George
– And We Were Young (1964) … Lloyd George (voice)
– The Iron Thrones Are Falling (1964) … Lloyd George (voice)
– Allah Made Mesopotamia... and Added Flies (1964) … Lloyd George (voice)
– When Must the End Be? (1964) … Lloyd George (voice)
– Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In? (1964) … Lloyd George (voice)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1962 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.58 (1962) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2009 Welsh Greats (TV series documentary)
 

Related Videos

Friday the Thirteenth -- It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road... Ivanhoe -- Trailer for this epic drama The Stars Look Down -- Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners...
See all 4 »
Edit

Personal Details

Other Works:

(1951) He wrote and acted in a one-man show about Charles Dickens, at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England.. See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Print Biographies  | See more »

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia:

He was 12 when his family moved from the rural village of Pen-y-Fforddto to the English-speaking town of Connah's Quay. There, at Holywell County School, he caught the eye of his eccentric and forthright teacher Miss Sarah Grace Cooke. Cooke encouraged his literary talents and it was mainly through her efforts he won an open scholarship to go to Christ Church College Oxford. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius