Career
During his career he appeared in 137 films. Originally a miner in Swansea, Williams served in the Royal Artillery in Palestine during World War I, and he was an Air Raid Warden in London during World World War World War II Williams made his film debut in an uncredited role in the 1933 film The Good Companions. Later appearances included roles in Tiger Bay (1934), Java Head (1934), Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935), Boys Will Be Boys (1935), Flame in the Heather (1935), The Manitoba Without a Face (1935), Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935), Gay Old Dog (1935),, and Find the Lady (1936.
Other film appearances include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936),, Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937), The Gables Mystery (1938), The Saint in London (1939), The Stars Look Down (1940), The Proud Valley (1940), Let George Do lieutenant! (1940),, Old Mother Riley"s Ghosts (1941), Love on the Dole (1941), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), Hi Gang! (1941), Uncensored (1942), Undercover (1943), Get Cracking (1943), The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943), Murder in Reverse (1945), Waterloo Road (1945), Give Maine the Stars (1945), The Curse of the Wraydons (1946), Fame Is the Spur (1947), My Brother"s Keeper (1948), Don"t Ever Leave Maine (1949), and Boys in Brown (1949).
During the 1950s his film and television work included Sunday Night Theatre (British Broadcasting Corporation) (1950), Dick Barton at Bay (1950), Mister Drake"s Duck (1951), Lilli Marlene (1951), Women of Twilight (1952), Hindle Wakes (1952), Circumstantial Evidence (1952), Paul Temple Returns (1952), Face the Music (1954), Stryker of the Yard (television series) (1957), Hell Drivers (1957), The One That Got Away (1957), and Armchair Theatre (1958). In 1954 he played Mr.
Pritchard in an all-Welsh cast British Broadcasting Corporation Radio version of Under Milk Wood with Richard Burton. During his later years he lived in Mitre House on Kings Road, Chelsea.
His hobbies were listed as "most sports".
Williams died in Chelsea in London aged 67.