- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 27, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Died
- November 28, 2016
Van Williams
You could shoehorn actor Van Williams right in there between the other tall, dark and drop-jaw gorgeous heartthrobs Tom Tryon and John Gavin of the late 1950s/early 1960s who conveyed a similar bland, heroic image. All three were too often given colorless heroes to play on film and/or TV -- roles that played off their charm but seldom tested their talent. Born on February 27, 1934 as Van Zandt Jarvis Williams, he was the son of a cattle rancher. He majored in animal husbandry and business at Texas Christian University but moved to Hawaii which changed the course of his life. While operating a salvage company and a skin-diving school during the mid-1950s, he was approached by Elizabeth Taylor and husband/producer Mike Todd, who were filming there. Encouraged by Todd to try his luck, Van arrived in Hollywood with no experience. Todd perished in a plane crash before he was able to help Van…
Filmography
movieThe Green Hornet
2005 · Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
movieThe Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
movieThe GREATEST : Bruce Lee
1998 · Comentador
movieDragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993 · Green Hornet Director
movieThe Night Rider
1979 · Jim Hollister
tvMrs. Columbo
1979 · Fielding
Colorado C.I.
movieColorado C.I.
1978 · Capt. Cochran
tvHow the West Was Won
1977 · Captain MacAllister
tvQuinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
movieFury of the Dragon
1976 · Britt Reid
Westwind
tvWestwind
1975
movieThe Runaways
1975 · Joe Ringer
tvThe Rockford Files
1974 · Dwayne Kefir
tvThe Manhunter
1974
movieThe Green Hornet
1974 · Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
tvBarnaby Jones
1973 · Munson
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972 · , Officer Morton
tvNanny and the Professor
1970
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Bill
tvMannix
1967
tvIronside
1967
tvMission: Impossible
1966 · Arnold Sanders
tvThe Green Hornet
1966 · Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
movieBatman
1966 · President Lyndon B. Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
tvBatman
1966 · The Green Hornet
tvThe Big Valley
1965 · Sheriff Dave Barrett
tvTemple Houston
1963 · Joey Baker
movieThe Caretakers
1963 · Dr. Larry Denning
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
movieRed Nightmare
1962 · Air Force Sergeant
tvThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
tvSurfside 6
1960 · Ken Madison
movieTall Story
1960 · Young Man in Shower (uncredited)
tvHawaiian Eye
1959
tvBourbon Street Beat
1959 · Kenny Madison
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · , Ken Madison
tvLawman
1958
tvCheyenne
1955 · Ray Masters
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Quincy
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Charlie
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Exton's Servant