Adam Williams

ActorWriter Nov 26 (died age 84) Wall Lake, Iowa, USA 1951–2012 (61 year career)

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Biography

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 scie…

Known For

Film

North by Northwest

Valerian

Film

The Big Heat

Larry Gordon

Film

The Last Sunset

Calverton

Film

Helter Skelter

Terrence Milik

Film

The Rifleman

Story

Film

Flying Leathernecks

Lt. Bert Malotke

Film

The Badlanders

Deputy Leslie

Film

The Glory Guys

Pvt. Lucas Crain

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (28)

Ladies Knight

2012

as Doofus (voice)

Helter Skelter

1976

as Terrence Milik

6.8

Follow Me, Boys!

1966

as Sergeant (uncredited)

The Glory Guys

as Pvt. Lucas Crain

The New Interns

as Wolanski

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

as Jed Hayden

Convicts 4

as Guard

The Last Sunset

as Calverton

Mission of Danger

North by Northwest

as Valerian

Darby's Rangers

as Heavy Hall

The Badlanders

as Deputy Leslie

The Space Children

as Dave Brewster

The Oklahoman

as Bob Randell

The Lonely Man

as Lon

The Garment Jungle

as Ox

Fear Strikes Out

as Doctor Brown

The Proud and Profane

as Eustace Press

The Rack

as Sgt. Otto Pahnke

Crashout

as Fred Summerfield

Dragonfly Squadron

as Capt. Wyler

The Yellow Tomahawk

as Cpl. Maddock

The Big Heat

as Larry Gordon

Vice Squad

as Marty Kusalich

Without Warning!

as Carl Martin

Queen for a Day

as Chuck

Benjy

as Mr. Miller

Flying Leathernecks

as Lt. Bert Malotke

Television (56)

Switch

as Henry Corwin

Cannon

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Schmidt

Mannix

as Prosecutor

The High Chaparral

as Burton

Felony Squad

The F.B.I.

as David Brice

Honey West

as Gordon Forbes

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Chief

Daniel Boone

as Mose

The Fugitive

as Truck Driver

Arrest and Trial

as C.H. Littler

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Ben Jorgenson

Temple Houston

as Harmony Brown

Combat!

as Lt. Col. Nash

The Virginian

as Roper

Sam Benedict

as Burton Harper

The Gallant Men

Dr. Kildare

as Ralph Walker

The Americans

The Asphalt Jungle

Thriller

as Hymie Kralik

The Roaring 20's

The Westerner

as Pauk

Outlaws

Surfside 6

as Mel Walters

Stagecoach West

as Arnie Ames

Guestward, Ho!

Bonanza

as Blackie Marx

The Twilight Zone

as Sailor

Rawhide

as Kellino

The Untouchables

as Lloyd Barker

Hawaiian Eye

as Harry Gulliver

The Detectives

as Eddie Furman

Black Saddle

as Clint Frome

The Rifleman

as Jake Pardee

77 Sunset Strip

as Willie Lee Hanks

Lawman

as Burley Keller

The Texan

as Jebb Kilmer

Perry Mason

as Jason Beckmeyer

Maverick

as Sam Elkins

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Frank Gault

Trackdown

as Cowboy

M Squad

as Denny Sutton

Alcoa Theatre

as Wohlman

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Harlan Breckenridge

6.0

Wire Service

1956

as Wells

Telephone Time

Cheyenne

as Jeb Quinn

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Police Lt. King

The Millionaire

as Todd Burke

Gunsmoke

as Slim Trent

General Electric Theater

as Glen

Four Star Playhouse

as George

The Ford Television Theatre

Chevron Theatre

Crew (2)

Television (2)

The Rifleman

Story

The Rifleman

Teleplay