Career
Among the songs he wrote for Formby"s films were "Grandad"s Flannelette Nightshirt" from Let George Do lieutenant (1940), "Auntie Maggies Remedy" from Turned Out Nice Again (1941), "Andy The Handy Manitoba" from Much Too Shy (1942), "Get Cracking", from the 1943 film Get Cracking, and "Got To Get Your Photo In The Press" from the film He Snoops to Conquer (1944). Other songs he wrote for Formby include "Maxie The Taxi Driver", "Sitting On The Top Of Blackpool Tower" (1936), and "Mr Wu"s An Air Raid Warden Now" (1942). Because of his close association with Formby, Williams was chosen to make the funeral arrangements on Formby"s death in 1961.
He was interviewed for the 1967 documentary The Life and Wartimes Of George Formby.
