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Acting

John Williams

Career: Active from 1951 to 1978, busiest in 1957 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 3
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Witness for the Prosecution
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Violence
2.6, average 4.1
Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 2
Classic Hitchcock Thriller 2
Historical Setting 2
Lighthearted Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

9 titles · average score 68

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

61

as Mansfield

Battlestar Galactica

58

TV show · as Sire Montrose

No Deposit, No Return

63

as Jameson

Lost in the Stars

as Judge

Banyon

TV show

The Hound of the Baskervilles

53

as Arthur Frankland

Columbo

83

TV show · as Roger Haversham

Night Gallery

85

TV show · as Doctor (segment “The Caterpillar”) / Colonel Hymber Masters (segment "The Doll")

McCloud

71

TV show · as Inspector Mills

1960s

22 titles · average score 58

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

48

as Gen. Francis Mayhew

Double Trouble

49

as Gerald Waverly

Ironside

45

TV show

The Last of the Secret Agents?

44

as J. Fredrick Duval

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Lord Richard Weston

Family Affair

45

TV show · as Nigel 'Niles' French

Dear Brigitte

60

as Peregrine Upjohn

The Wild Wild West

64

TV show · as Sir Nigel Scott

Combat!

82

TV show · as Edmund Tinsley

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Gordon Bentley

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

as Stevens

Visit to a Small Planet

50

as Delton

1950s

21 titles · average score 73

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as William Shakespeare

The Young Philadelphians

73

as Gilbert Dickinson

Witness for the Prosecution

87

as Brogan-Moore

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

79

as Irving La Salle Jr.

D-Day the Sixth of June

49

as Brig. Russell

The Solid Gold Cadillac

85

as John T. 'Jack' Blessington

To Catch a Thief

81

as H. H. Hughson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Inspector Brent / Walker Hendricks

Sabrina

73

as Thomas Fairchild

Dial M for Murder

83

as Chief Inspector Hubbard

Climax!

51

TV show · as Sir Keith Nottingham / Harold Johnson

Kind Lady

68

as Mr. Foster

1940s

5 titles · average score 62

A Woman's Vengeance

70

as Prosecuting Counsel

The Next of Kin

59

as General Cooper (uncredited)

The Goose Steps Out

53

as Maj. Bishop

The Foreman Went to France

67

as 'English' Army Captain

The Big Blockade

60

as Voice over (uncredited)