Rhys Williams

• Name — Rhys Williams • Born — 31 December 1897 • Birthplace — Clydach, Wales • Died — 28 May 1969 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California, U.S. • Resting Place — Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1941–1969 • Spouse — Elsie Dvorak • Children — 2

He made his 1941 film debut in the role of Dai Bando in How Green Was My Valley, a drama about a working-class Welsh family that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Williams was the only Welsh actor in the cast. He is believed to have been the original narrator of the film, and was originally hired by director John Ford as a dialogue coach. • Illustration — Williams in Blood on the Sun (1945) • Illustration — Williams in Mutiny (1952) During television's early years in America, Williams was in scores of series episodes, including the Adventures of Superman as a sadistic character in the 1952 episode "The Evil Three". Williams played art collector Rufus Varner in the 1958 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Purple Woman", and appeared on the religion anthology series, Crossroads. His other television work was on such programmes as The Rifleman, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Peter Gunn, Riverboat and The Lloyd Bridges Show. His later appearances were on Temple Houston, 77 Sunset Strip, The Wild Wild West, 12 O'Clock High, Bonanza, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Donna Reed Show, Here Come the Brides and The Andy Griffith Show.

Williams died at the age of 71 in Santa Monica, California, on 28 May 1969. His remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

• Title — Dates — Role — Theatre — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • Alice in Wonderland — 24 December 1930 – 4 January 1931 — Performer — Belmont Theatre • King Richard II — 5 February 1937 – Jun 1937 — Second Herald Captain of a band of Welshmen Groom of the King's Stable — St. James Theatre • King Richard II — 15 September 1937 – 16 October 1937 — Captain of a band of Welshmen Groom of the King's Stable — St. James Theatre • Hamlet — 12 October 1938 – Jan 1939 — Player King Ambassador — St. James Theatre — Assistant stage manager • Henry IV, Part 1 — 30 January 1939 – 1 April 1939 — First Carrier Owen Glendower — St. James Theatre — Assistant stage manager • Hamlet — 4 December 1939 – 6 January 1940 — Player King First Gravedigger — 44th Street Theatre • King Richard II — 1 April 1940 – 27 April 1940 — Captain of a band of Welshmen Lord Marshal Gardener — St. James Theatre • Nov 1940 – Sept 1941 — John Goronwy Jones — Nederlander Theatre — Assistant to the Director • Sept 1941 – Jan 1942 — John Goronwy Jones — Royale Theatre — Assistant to the Director • 14 September 1942 – 3 October 1942 — Brimbo Watkyn — Morosco Theatre • Lifeline — 30 November 1942 – 5 December 1942 — Captain J. McGrath, Master — Belasco Theatre • Harriet — 3 March 1943 – 1 April 1944 — Calvin Stowe — Henry Miller's Theatre • Chicken Every Sunday — 5 April 1944 – 20 May 1944 — Jim Blachman — Henry Miller's Theatre • Chicken Every Sunday — 20 May 1944 – 6 January 1945 — Jim Blachman — Plymouth Theatre • Mr. Peebles and Mr. Hooker — 10 October 1946 – 12 October 1946 — Mr. Hooker — Music Box Theatre • 30 March 1949 – 9 April 1949 — Sam Wilkins — Mansfield Theatre

• Program — Episode — Air date — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • Four Star Playhouse — "Backstage" — 6 November 1952 — Stage manager • Studio One — 10 November 1952 — Guest Star • Four Star Playhouse — "Man on the Train" — 15 January 1953 — Raikes • Adventures of Superman — 23 January 1953 — Macy Taylor • Your Jeweler's Showcase — "Monkey's Paw" — 7 April 1953 • Four Star Playhouse — "Night Ride" — 7 May 1953 — Bum • General Electric Theater — "Test of Love" — 16 August 1953 — Mr. Smith • Four Star Playhouse — 21 October 1954 — Sidney • "Sonnets from the Lebanese" — 8 November 1955 • "Marriage That Couldn't Succeed" — c.1956 • Crossroads — "Our First Christmas Tree" — 1956 • "The Question" — 2 September 1956 — Professor Green • General Electric Theater — "Mischief at Bandyleg" — 3 November 1957 — Matthew Magee • Code 3 — "Ashes Will Whisper" — 1957 • Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Season 2 Episode 32: "The Hands of Mr Ottermole" — 1957 — Mr. Summers • Wagon Train — The Liam Fitzmorgan Story — 28 October 1958 — James Grady • "The Busy Body" — 17 December 1958 — Uncle Fred • Perry Mason — 6 December 1958 — Rufus Varner • "Blood Brothers" — 26 May 1959 • "Bloodlines" — 10 October 1959 • "Letter of the Law" — 1 December 1959 • Riverboat — "Strange Request" — 13 December 1959 — Josiah Cragg • "A Case of Identity" — 19 January 1960 • Bonanza — "Bitter Water" — 9 April 1960 — Andy McKaren • "Sins of the Father" — 19 April 1960 • "The Prodigal" — 26 April 1960 • Dr. Kate. Spitfire — TV pilot — 1960 • "The Passenger" — 3 October 1960 • "Play Acting" — 27 October 1960 — Russell • "The Law and Mr. McCoy" — 1 February 1962 — Judge Reuter • "Fasten Your Money Belt" — 1 March 1962 • 8 May 1963 • "Billy Hart" — 28 November 1963 — Judge Curry • 77 Sunset Strip — "Not Such a Simple Knot" — 17 January 1964 — Uncle Molnar • 12 O'Clock High — "Interlude" — 27 November 1964 — Adam MacRae • "The Night of the Druid's Blood" — 25 March 1966 — Dr. Tristam • The F. B. I. — "The Assassin" — 9 October 1966 — Dean Vincent Sutherland • Armstrong Circle Theatre — "Brigadoon" — 15 October 1966 • Mission Impossible — "The Train" — 8 March 1967 — Prime Minister Ferenc Larya • " Aunt Bee, the Juror" — 23 October 1967 — Judge Cranston • Here Come the Brides — "A Kiss For Just So" — 29 January 1969 — Bishop Newkirk • Mannix — "Last Rites for Miss Emma" — 8 March 1969 — Doctor

Rhys Williams is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation television actor. Classed in the genre Western. Established in Library of Congress under no93017587.