Adam Williams
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1922-11-26
- Died
- 2006-12-04
- Place of birth
- Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Adam William Berg · Andy Williams
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 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 private detective and murderer Jason Beckmeyer in the 1957 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Runaway Corpse." In 1961, he was cast as Jim Gates in the episode "Frontier Week" on Joanne Dru's sitcom Guestward, Ho!, set on a dude ranch in New Mexico. In 1960, he played the role of a sailor hitching a ride in The Twilight Zone season 1 episode "The Hitch-Hiker", where he is picked up by a terrified driver played by Inger Stevens, who is compelled to pick him up so that he may offer protection and safety to her from a mysterious hitchhiker who shows up at various times and places along the road while she travels across country. Many reviewers have cited this episode as one of The Twilight Zone's "10 Greatest" of the series. He had also appeared in the Twilight Zone episode "A Most Unusual Camera". Between 1959 and 1967 he appeared in six episodes of The Rifleman and in four episodes of Bonanza, and in 1961 as Adam in "A Rope for Charlie Munday", in the ABC adventure series The Islanders. He was cast as Burley Keller in the 1961 episode "The Persecuted" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman. He guest-starred in an episode of the 1961 NBC series The Americans, based on family conflicts stemming from the American Civil War, and in an episode of the 1961 series The Asphalt Jungle. One of his later roles was in the 1976 television movie Helter Skelter.
Known For
Perry Mason
1957
as Jason Beckmeyer
Bonanza
1959
as Muller / Blackie Marx / Hardesty / Red Twilight
Mannix
1967
as Prosecutor / George Henderson
The Fugitive
1963
as Truck Driver
Maverick
1957
as Sam Elkins
The Rifleman
1958
as Jake Pardee / Jax / Cory Platt / Russell Ganaway / Corporal Troc / Mal Sherman
TV Shows (56)
Perry Mason
1957
as Jason Beckmeyer
Bonanza
1959
as Muller / Blackie Marx / Hardesty / Red Twilight
Mannix
1967
as Prosecutor / George Henderson
The Fugitive
1963
as Truck Driver
Maverick
1957
as Sam Elkins
The Rifleman
1958
as Jake Pardee / Jax / Cory Platt / Russell Ganaway / Corporal Troc / Mal Sherman
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Woodward / Sailor
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Simon Quill / Beckett / Frank Gault
The Virginian
1962
as Roper
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ralph Walker
Lawman
1958
as Burley Keller
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Harlan Breckenridge
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as George
Cheyenne
1955
as Jeb Quinn
The Untouchables
1959
as Lloyd Barker / Paul Meadows
The F.B.I.
1965
as David Brice
Combat!
1962
as Lt. Col. Nash
Cannon
1971
Rawhide
1959
as Kellino / Jeb / Hank Kale
Daniel Boone
1964
as Mose
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Dr. Schmidt
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Harry Gulliver
The High Chaparral
1967
as Burton
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Willie Lee Hanks / Chuck Lynch / Axel Derwent / Spud Morrison
Gunsmoke
1955
as Slim Trent
Thriller
1960
as Hymie Kralik
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Chief
Surfside 6
1960
as Willie Cleveland / Henry Gifford / Mel Walters
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Private Littauer
Switch
1975
as Henry Corwin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Police Lt. King / Doctor
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Ben Jorgenson
The Texan
1958
as Jebb Kilmer
The Detectives
1959
as Eddie Furman / Soley / Felix
The Millionaire
1955
as Todd Burke / Jackson Greene
Felony Squad
1966
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Wohlman
Trackdown
1957
as Cowboy
Telephone Time
1956
M Squad
1957
as Denny Sutton
Black Saddle
1959
as Brad Pickard / Clint Frome
Honey West
1965
as Gordon Forbes
Arrest and Trial
1963
as C.H. Littler
Outlaws
1960
Sam Benedict
1962
as Burton Harper
Stagecoach West
1960
as Arnie Ames
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Westerner
1960
as Pauk
The Gallant Men
1962
Wire Service
1956
as Wells
Chevron Theatre
1952
The Americans
1961
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Temple Houston
1963
as Harmony Brown
Guestward, Ho!
1960
General Electric Theater
1953
as Glen
Movies (28)
North by Northwest
1959
as Valerian
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Lt. Bert Malotke
The Big Heat
1953
as Larry Gordon
The Badlanders
1958
as Deputy Leslie
The Rack
1956
as Sgt. Otto Pahnke
The Oklahoman
1957
as Bob Randell
The Last Sunset
1961
as Calverton
Helter Skelter
1976
as Terrence Milik
Darby's Rangers
1958
as Heavy Hall
Convicts 4
1962
as Guard
Vice Squad
1953
as Marty Kusalich
The Glory Guys
1965
as Pvt. Lucas Crain
Crashout
1955
as Fred Summerfield
The Lonely Man
1957
as Lon
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
as Jed Hayden
The Garment Jungle
1957
as Ox
The Proud and Profane
1956
as Eustace Press
Benjy
1951
as Mr. Miller
Fear Strikes Out
1957
as Doctor Brown
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
as Capt. Wyler
Without Warning!
1952
as Carl Martin
Queen for a Day
1951
as Chuck
The New Interns
1964
as Wolanski
The Space Children
1958
as Dave Brewster
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
as Cpl. Maddock
Mission of Danger
1960
Ladies Knight
2012
as Doofus (voice)
About 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 notabl… With 84 credits spanning from 1951 to 2012, Adam Williams has appeared in 28 films and 56 TV shows.
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Most Popular Adam Williams Movies
- North by Northwest (1959) — as Valerian
- Flying Leathernecks (1951) — as Lt. Bert Malotke
- The Big Heat (1953) — as Larry Gordon
- The Badlanders (1958) — as Deputy Leslie
- The Rack (1956) — as Sgt. Otto Pahnke
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