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'''Michael Leonard Williams''' ([[9 July]] [[1935]] – [[11 January]] [[2001]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]]. |
'''Michael Leonard Williams''' had a small penis and put it in lots of guys. "i lika da penises" ([[9 July]] [[1935]] – [[11 January]] [[2001]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]]. |
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Although best known as the husband of Dame [[Judi Dench]], Williams had a distinguished career of his own, as both a classical and a comedy actor. |
Although best known as the husband of Dame [[Judi Dench]], Williams had a distinguished career of his own, as both a classical and a comedy actor. |
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Michael Williams | |
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| Born | Michael Leonard Williams |
| Spouse | Judi Dench (1971-2001) |
Michael Leonard Williams had a small penis and put it in lots of guys. "i lika da penises" (9 July 1935 – 11 January 2001) was a British actor.
Although best known as the husband of Dame Judi Dench, Williams had a distinguished career of his own, as both a classical and a comedy actor.
Born into an Irish Catholic family in Liverpool[citation needed], he attended St. Edward's College and worked as an insurance assessor before going into the theatre.
His first film appearance was in 1962, and he subsequently appeared frequently on television (notably in Elizabeth R), and in British films such as Educating Rita (1983) and (along with Dench) Henry V (1989). In the latter, in perhaps an irresistible casting decision, he played his namesake, the Shakespearean character named Michael Williams. In 1967 he played in Peter Whitehead's documentary Benefit of the Doubt on Peter Brook's anti-Vietnam play "US", along with Peter Brook and The Royal Shakespeare Company.
His many radio roles included crime reporter George Cragge in In the Red and its sequels, and Dr Watson in the BBC's complete run of Sherlock Holmes adaptations.
Williams provided voices for the Woodland Animations BBC Television series Charlie Chalk, created by Ivor Wood.
He married Dench in 1971, the same season that they co-starred in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. They had one daughter, Tara Cressida Williams (known as "Finty Williams"), who is also an actor. Williams chaired the British Catholic Stage Guild for a number of years before he was incapacitated by illness. Finty has a son, Sam.
Although Williams was a Roman Catholic[citation needed] and Dench is a Quaker, theirs was one of the most successful showbiz marriages, and they worked together on several series of the situation comedy, A Fine Romance, from 1981 onwards.
Williams served as an enthusiastic supporter of the project to build the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia. A plaque commemorating Williams' contributions hangs in the completed playhouse.
Shortly before his death from lung cancer at the age of 65, Williams was awarded a Knighthood of St. Gregory by Pope John Paul II.
Select television roles
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 to 1984 | A Fine Romance (TV series) | Mike Selway |
| 1988 | Double First | Norman 'N.V.' Standish |
| 1993 | Conjugal Rites | Masefield |
External links
- Michael Williams at IMDbThe Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999) (TV) .... Father Daley
... aka Kampf der Kobolde (Germany) ... aka Leprechauns (USA: short title) Tea with Mussolini (1999) .... British Consul ... aka Te con Mussolini, Un (Italy) "A Dance to the Music of Time" .... Ted Jeavons (2 episodes, 1997)
- The War (1997) TV episode .... Ted Jeavons - Part Two (1997) TV episode .... Ted Jeavons
"Brambly Hedge" .... Mr. Apple (1 episode, 1997)
- Spring Story (1997) TV episode (voice) .... Mr. Apple
"Kavanagh QC" .... DCI Knowland (1 episode, 1996)
- True Commitment (1996) TV episode .... DCI Knowland
"Bodyguards" .... Maurice Boyd (1 episode)
- Stand Off (????) TV episode .... Maurice Boyd
"Conjugal Rites" (1993) TV series .... Barry Masefield "September Song" (1993) TV series .... Billy Balsam (unknown episodes) "The Torch" (1992) TV mini-series .... Sage Can You Hear Me Thinking? (1990) (TV) .... Kevin
Henry V (1989) .... Williams
"Double First" (1988) TV series .... N. V. Standish
Angel Voices (1988) .... Tommy
"Charlie Chalk." (1987) TV series (voice)
Blunt (1985) (TV) .... Goronwy Rees
... aka Blunt, the Fourth Man
"A Fine Romance" .... Mike Selway / ... (26 episodes, 1981-1984)
- Happy Ever After? (1984) TV episode .... Mike Selway
- A Romantic Meal (1984) TV episode .... Mike Selway
- Problems (1984) TV episode .... Mike Selway
- A Weekend Away (1984) TV episode .... Mike Selway
- Mike's New Girlfriend (1984) TV episode .... Mike Selway
(21 more)
Educating Rita (1983) .... Brian Enigma (1983) .... Hirsch, Limmer's Assistant "The Search for Alexander the Great" (1981) TV mini-series .... Aristotle "Love in a Cold Climate" (1980) TV mini-series .... Davey Warbeck (unknown episodes)
"Quest of Eagles" .... Etherington (7 episodes, 1979)
- Decision (1979) TV episode .... Etherington
- Chase (1979) TV episode .... Etherington
- Memories (1979) TV episode .... Etherington
- Enigma (1979) TV episode .... Etherington
- Treasure (1979) TV episode .... Etherington
(2 more)
"My Son, My Son" (1979) TV mini-series .... William Essex "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1978)
- Ice Age (1978) TV episode
The Comedy of Errors (1978/I) (TV) .... Dromio of Syracuse "The Hanged Man" .... Alan Crowe (8 episodes, 1975)
- Ring of Return (1975) TV episode .... Alan Crowe
- Laws of Fortune (1975) TV episode .... Alan Crowe
- Grail and Platter (1975) TV episode .... Alan Crowe
- Chariot of Earth (1975) TV episode .... Alan Crowe
- The Bridge Maker (1975) TV episode .... Alan Crowe
(3 more)
Dead Cert (1974) .... Sandy Mason "A Raging Calm" (1974) TV mini-series .... Philip Hart "A Picture of Katherine Mansfield" .... D.H. Lawrence (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode #1.3 (1973) TV episode .... D.H. Lawrence
Eagle in a Cage (1972) .... Barry O'Meara "Elizabeth R" .... Duc d'Alencon (1 episode, 1971)
- Shadow in the Sun (1971) TV episode .... Duc d'Alencon
"A Family at War" .... Eddie Chappell (1 episode, 1970)
- For Strategic Reasons (1970) TV episode .... Eddie Chappell
"Jackanory" .... Storyteller (5 episodes, 1970)
- Island Stories: The Vanishing Island (1970) TV episode .... Storyteller - Island Stories: Anglesey - Caradoc and the Fairies (1970) TV episode .... Storyteller - Island Stories: Redbeard and His Pirates (1970) TV episode .... Storyteller - Island Stories: St Michaels Mount - The Giant Who Ate Too Much (1970) TV episode .... Storyteller - Island Stories: Iain and the Blue-Caps (1970) TV episode .... Storyteller
"Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1 episode, 1969)
- A Hot Day (1969) TV episode
Tell Me Lies (1968) .... Guest Marat/Sade (1967) .... Herald ... aka The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (UK: complete title) "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Charlie Vine (1 episode, 1963)
- A Builder by Trade (1963) TV episode .... Charlie Vine
"ITV Play of the Week" .... Alan Bailey (1 episode, 1963) ... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- The Buried Man (1963) TV episode .... Alan Bailey
"Armchair Theatre" (1 episode, 1962)
- Joker (1962) TV episode
"Z Cars" .... Norbert Nuttall (1 episode, 1962)
- Full Remission (1962) TV episode .... Norbert Nuttall
Procès de Jeanne d'Arc (1962) (uncredited) .... Englishman ... aka Trial of Joan of Arc [1] [[Category:English stage actors] Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES; ALL WITH THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Filch, The Beggar's Opera, Adolf Eichmann, The Representative, all Aldwych Theatre, London, 1963. Oswald, King Lear, Aldwych Theatre, then State Theatre, New York City, 1964. Pinch, The Comedy of Errors, Kokol, Marat/Sade, Lodowick, The Jew of Malta, all Aldwych Theatre, 1964. sergeant, Don't Make Me Laugh, Aldwych Theatre, 1965. Dromio of Syracuse, The Comedy of Errors, painter, Timon of Athens, Guildenstern, Hamlet, all Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1965. Arthur, Tango, Aldwych Theatre, 1966. Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Orlando, As You Like It, all AldwychTheatre, 1967. Fool, King Lear, Orlando, As You Like It, Troilus, Troilus and Cressida,all Memorial Theatre, 1968. Troilus, Troilus and Cressida, Aldwych Theatre, 1969. Charles Courtly, London Assurance, Aldwych Theatre, 1970. Bassanio, The Merchant of Venice, Ferdinand, The Duchess of Malfi, titlerole, Henry V, all Memorial Theatre, 1971. Mole, Toad of Toad Hall, Memorial Theatre, 1972. Charles Courtly, London Assurance, New Theatre, London, 1972. Stellio, Content to Whisper, Theatre Royal, York, U.K., 1973. Ian, Jingo, Aldwych Theatre, 1975. Scribes, University Theatre, Newcastle, U.K., 1975. Private Meek, Too True to Be Good, Globe Theatre, London, 1975. Autolycus, The Winter's Tale, Memorial Theatre, 1976. title role, Schweik in the Second World War, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1976, then Warehouse Theatre, London, 1977. Dromio, The Comedy of Errors, Fool, King Lear, both Memorial Theatre, 1976, then Aldwych Theatre, 1977. Also appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Theatre-Go-Round Festival, Round House Theatre, London, 1970.[2]]