- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 26, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
- Died
- December 4, 2006
Adam Williams
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 science fiction movie The Space Children. Other notable film roles include the psychiatrist in Fear Strikes Out (1957) and Valerian in North by Northwest (1959). During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared on dozens of television series, including the syndicated Sheriff of Cochise, set in Arizona and starring John Bromfield, and Have Gun – Will Travel in the episode "The Reasonable Man". He portrayed pri…
Filmography
Ladies Knight
2012 · Doofus (voice)
movieHelter Skelter
1976 · Terrence Milik
tvSwitch
1975 · Henry Corwin
tvCannon
1971
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Dr. Schmidt
tvMannix
1967 · Prosecutor, George Henderson
tvThe High Chaparral
1967 · Burton
movieFollow Me, Boys!
1966 · Sergeant (uncredited)
tvFelony Squad
1966
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · David Brice
tvHoney West
1965 · Gordon Forbes
movieThe Glory Guys
1965 · Pvt. Lucas Crain
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Mose
tvVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Chief
movieThe New Interns
1964 · Wolanski
movieGunfight at Comanche Creek
1963 · Jed Hayden
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Ben Jorgenson
tvTemple Houston
1963 · Harmony Brown
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Truck Driver
tvArrest and Trial
1963 · C.H. Littler
tvThe Gallant Men
1962
tvCombat!
1962 · Lt. Col. Nash
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Roper
movieConvicts 4
1962 · Guard
tvSam Benedict
1962 · Burton Harper
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Ralph Walker
movieThe Last Sunset
1961 · Calverton
tvThe Asphalt Jungle
1961
tvThe Americans
1961
tvThe Roaring 20's
1960
tvSurfside 6
1960 · Willie Cleveland, Henry Gifford, Mel Walters
tvStagecoach West
1960 · Arnie Ames
tvThe Westerner
1960 · Pauk
tvGuestward, Ho!
1960
tvOutlaws
1960
tvThriller
1960 · Hymie Kralik
movieMission of Danger
1960
tvThe Detectives
1959 · Eddie Furman, Soley, Felix
tvThe Untouchables
1959 · Lloyd Barker, Paul Meadows
tvHawaiian Eye
1959 · Harry Gulliver
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Woodward, Sailor
tvBonanza
1959 · Muller, Blackie Marx, Red Twilight, Hardesty
movieNorth by Northwest
1959 · Valerian
tvBlack Saddle
1959 · Brad Pickard, Clint Frome
tvRawhide
1959 · Kellino, Jeb, Hank Kale
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Willie Lee Hanks, Axel Derwent, Spud Morrison, Chuck Lynch
tvLawman
1958 · Burley Keller
tvThe Rifleman
1958 · Jake Pardee, Corporal Troc, Jax, Russell Ganaway, Cory Platt, Mal Sherman, Teleplay, Story
tvThe Texan
1958 · Jebb Kilmer
movieThe Badlanders
1958 · Deputy Leslie
movieThe Space Children
1958 · Dave Brewster
movieDarby's Rangers
1958 · Heavy Hall
tvTrackdown
1957 · Cowboy
tvAlcoa Theatre
1957 · Wohlman
tvMaverick
1957 · Sam Elkins
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Jason Beckmeyer
tvM Squad
1957 · Denny Sutton
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Frank Gault, Beckett, Simon Quill
movieThe Lonely Man
1957 · Lon
movieThe Oklahoman
1957 · Bob Randell
movieThe Garment Jungle
1957 · Ox
movieFear Strikes Out
1957 · Doctor Brown
movieThe Rack
1956 · Sgt. Otto Pahnke
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Harlan Breckenridge
tvWire Service
1956 · Wells
movieThe Proud and Profane
1956 · Eustace Press
tvTelephone Time
1956
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Police Lt. King, Doctor
tvCheyenne
1955 · Jeb Quinn
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Slim Trent
movieCrashout
1955 · Fred Summerfield
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Todd Burke, Jackson Greene
movieThe Yellow Tomahawk
1954 · Cpl. Maddock
movieDragonfly Squadron
1954 · Capt. Wyler
movieThe Big Heat
1953 · Larry Gordon
movieVice Squad
1953 · Marty Kusalich
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Glen
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952 · , Private Littauer
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · George
movieWithout Warning!
1952 · Carl Martin
Chevron Theatre
1952
movieFlying Leathernecks
1951 · Lt. Bert Malotke
movieQueen for a Day
1951 · Chuck
movieBenjy
1951 · Mr. Miller