Rhys Williams
Date of birth: 1897-12-30
Place of birth: Clydach, Swansea, Wales, UK
Known for: Acting
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Rhys Williams (31 December 1897 – 28 May 1969) was a Welsh character actor in films and television, whose career spanned several decades.
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Julius Caesar
1953-06-04
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic conseq
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954-12-16
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets ha
Random Harvest
1942-12-17
Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star
Our Man Flint
1966-01-16
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the wea
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954-09-02
In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants,
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945-12-27
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He
Midnight Lace
1960-10-13
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956-07-12
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee
The Spiral Staircase
1946-01-26
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
Johnny Guitar
1954-05-26
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the
The Strange Woman
1946-10-25
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive
Devil's Doorway
1950-08-18
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
The Inspector General
1949-12-31
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a
Nightmare
1956-08-20
Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and fi
Man in the Attic
1953-12-23
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research p
Underground Agent
1942-12-03
In this espionage caper, a government spy must keep enemy agents from spying upon a defense plant. H
Voice of the Whistler
1945-10-30
A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.
How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn
The Farmer's Daughter
1947-03-26
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unex
The Corn Is Green
1945-03-29
When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry sh
The Crooked Way
1949-04-22
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital
Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzli
The Boss
1956-10-10
A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951-05-30
A petty thief schemes a big score when he plans an armored car robbery.
Carbine Williams
1952-05-01
David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually deve
Moss Rose
1947-05-30
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckil
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951-03-03
In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roch
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965-06-23
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and disc
Brigadoon
1966-10-15
Every 100 years, people stumble upon the Scottish village of Brigadoon, which will never be found on
The Kentuckian
1955-07-22
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Raintree County
1957-12-20
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted fr
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950-08-19
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inm
Tokyo Joe
1949-10-26
An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life ther
Many Rivers to Cross
1955-02-04
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anyt
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951-04-12
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranc
Bad for Each Other
1953-12-24
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping t
Merry Andrew
1958-03-20
When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him,
The World in His Arms
1952-10-09
A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russian
The Showdown
1950-08-15
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man wh
The King's Thief
1955-08-05
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948-02-20
Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in
Hills of Home
1948-11-25
William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a coll
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951-10-31
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has be
Les Miserables
1952-08-14
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po
If Winter Comes
1947-12-31
The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily
Never Trust a Gambler
1951-07-13
A small-time gambler on the run from the law hides in his ex-wife's house.
The Scarlet Coat
1955-07-29
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
The Light Touch
1951-12-06
An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.
The Imperfect Lady
1946-11-29
A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.
The Law and the Lady
1951-07-20
A former housemaid teams up with an English gentleman thief and works a confidence game to bilk the
Scandal at Scourie
1953-05-17
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitob
Mutiny
1952-03-05
Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fet
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947-03-07
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter'
Bad Boy
1949-02-22
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
You Came Along
1945-07-04
War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chapero
Cross My Heart
1946-12-18
A compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her and
One Too Many
1950-12-01
A once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member
Skullduggery
1970-03-06
An expedition into the interior of Papua New Guinea comes across a tribe of ape-like people who may
Mohawk
1956-04-01
An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly ar
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952-02-02
Group of people trapped in gas station during a storm teach a young man valuable life lessons.
Plymouth Adventure
1952-11-28
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captai
So Goes My Love
1946-05-01
Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead,
Remember Pearl Harbor
1942-01-02
A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
The Black Arrow
1948-03-18
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his fathe
Okinawa
1952-02-28
On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised whe
Battle Cry
1955-02-02
The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story
Cairo
1942-08-17
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Alli
Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in lov
No Time for Love
1943-04-09
An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel
California Passage
1950-12-15
A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his part
The Trouble with Women
1947-06-25
A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman
Blood on the Sun
1945-04-26
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domin
Fighting Man of the Plains
1949-11-16
Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element - with
The Restless Breed
1957-05-01
Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son comes looking for revenge.
The Desperados Are in Town
1956-11-01
In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. T
Tyrant of the Sea
1950-02-22
In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and th
Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxf
This Above All
1942-05-12
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF servi
Meet Me at the Fair
1953-01-01
In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young b
How To Be Very, Very Popular
1955-07-22
Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical