Portrait of Kenneth Williams

Acting

Kenneth Williams

Career

Active from 1954 to 2006, with a break from 1982 to 2005, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kenneth Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.3, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.0, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.7, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 7
  • Slapstick Humor 6
  • British Comedy 6
  • Slapstick 5
  • Ensemble Cast 5
  • Classic British Comedy 5
  • Classic British Cinema 4
  • Slapstick Comedy 3
  • British Slapstick Comedy 3
  • Situational Humor 3
  • Camp 3
  • Family-Friendly 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Carry On Forever
Carry On Forever (2015)

TV show

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 70
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

On Location: The Carry Ons
On Location: The Carry Ons (2001)

as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

1 title ยท average score 64
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
GoodWatch score 64

as Goblet / Tickle (voice)

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 57
Countdown
Countdown (1982)
GoodWatch score 40

TV show

Willo the Wisp
Willo the Wisp (1981)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Narrator

Willo the Wisp
Willo the Wisp (1981)

as Willo the Wisp (voice) / Mavis Cruet (voice) / Evil Edna (voice)

1970s

15 titles ยท average score 54
Carry On Emmannuelle
Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)
GoodWatch score 35

as Emile Prevert

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
GoodWatch score 22

as Sir Henry Baskerville

The Light Princess
The Light Princess (1978)

as Thin Frog / Cat (voice)

Star Turn
Star Turn (1976)

TV show

Carry On Behind
Carry On Behind (1975)
GoodWatch score 54

as Professor Roland Crump

Carry On Dick
Carry On Dick (1974)
GoodWatch score 58

as Captain Desmond Fancey

Carry On Abroad
Carry On Abroad (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mr. Stuart Farquhar

Carry On Matron
Carry On Matron (1972)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sir Bernard Cutting

Carry On at Your Convenience
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mr. W.C. Boggs

Carry On Henry
Carry On Henry (1971)
GoodWatch score 58

as Thomas Cromwell

Carry On Loving
Carry On Loving (1970)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mr. Percival Snooper

1960s

22 titles ยท average score 61
Carry On Again Doctor
Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
GoodWatch score 55

as Dr. Frederick Carver

Carry On Camping
Carry On Camping (1969)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dr. Kenneth Soaper

Carry On Up the Khyber
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
GoodWatch score 70

as Rhandi Lal, the Khasi of Kalabar

Don't Lose Your Head
Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
GoodWatch score 65

as Citizen Camembert

Follow That Camel
Follow That Camel (1967)
GoodWatch score 55

as Commandant Maximilian Burger

Carry On Doctor
Carry On Doctor (1967)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dr. Kenneth Tinkle

Carry On Screaming!
Carry On Screaming! (1966)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dr. Olando Watt

Carry On Cowboy
Carry On Cowboy (1965)
GoodWatch score 57

as Judge Burke

Carry On Cleo
Carry On Cleo (1964)
GoodWatch score 69

as Julius Caesar

Carry On Jack
Carry On Jack (1964)
GoodWatch score 53

as Captain Fearless

Carry On Spying
Carry On Spying (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

as Agent Desmond Simpkins

Carry On Cruising
Carry On Cruising (1962)
GoodWatch score 57

as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks

1950s

14 titles ยท average score 59
Carry On Teacher
Carry On Teacher (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mr. Edwin Milton

Carry On Nurse
Carry On Nurse (1959)
GoodWatch score 60

as Oliver Reckitt

Tommy the Toreador
Tommy the Toreador (1959)

as Vice-Consul

Monitor
Monitor (1958)

TV show

Carry On Sergeant
Carry On Sergeant (1958)
GoodWatch score 58

as Private James Bailey

Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
GoodWatch score 57

as Maze Attendant (uncredited)

The Seekers
The Seekers (1954)
GoodWatch score 59

as Peter Wishart

The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jack the Pot Boy

Innocents in Paris
Innocents in Paris (1953)
GoodWatch score 41

as Window Dresser at London Airport

Valley of Song
Valley of Song (1953)

as Lloyd

Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case (1952)
GoodWatch score 57

as Horace Evans