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 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 …
Acting
- 1975SwitchHenry Corwin1 ep.
- 1967The High ChaparralBurton1 ep.
- 1966Felony Squad1 ep.
- 1965Honey WestGordon Forbes1 ep.
- 1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaChief1 ep.
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreBen Jorgenson1 ep.
- 1963Temple HoustonHarmony Brown1 ep.
- 1963Arrest and TrialC.H. Littler1 ep.
- 1962The Gallant Men1 ep.
- 1962Combat!Lt. Col. Nash1 ep.
- 1962Sam BenedictBurton Harper1 ep.
- 1961The Asphalt Jungle1 ep.
- 1961The Americans1 ep.
- 1960The Roaring 20's1 ep.
- 1960Surfside 6Willie Cleveland3 ep.
- 1960Stagecoach WestArnie Ames1 ep.
- 1960The WesternerPauk1 ep.
- 1960Guestward, Ho!1 ep.
- 1960Outlaws2 ep.
- 1960ThrillerHymie Kralik1 ep.
- 1959The DetectivesFelix3 ep.
- 1959The UntouchablesLloyd Barker2 ep.
- 1959Hawaiian EyeHarry Gulliver1 ep.
- 1959The Twilight ZoneSailor2 ep.
- 1959BonanzaBlackie Marx4 ep.
- 1959Black SaddleBrad Pickard2 ep.
- 1959RawhideJeb3 ep.
- 195877 Sunset StripAxel Derwent4 ep.
- 1958LawmanBurley Keller1 ep.
- 1958The RiflemanMal Sherman6 ep.
- 1958The TexanJebb Kilmer1 ep.
- 1957TrackdownCowboy1 ep.
- 1957Alcoa TheatreWohlman1 ep.
- 1957M SquadDenny Sutton1 ep.
- 1957Have Gun, Will TravelFrank Gault3 ep.
- 1956Wire ServiceWells1 ep.
- 1956Telephone Time1 ep.
- 1955The MillionaireJackson Greene2 ep.
- 1952The Ford Television Theatre2 ep.
- 1952Chevron Theatre2 ep.
Behind the camera
- 1958The RiflemanStory, Teleplay6 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1977SwitchHenry Corwin1 ep.
- 1976Marcus Welby, M.D.Dr. Schmidt1 ep.
- 1974Cannon1 ep.
- 1971MannixGeorge Henderson, Prosecutor2 ep.
- 1968The High ChaparralBurton1 ep.
- 1959BonanzaBlackie Marx, Hardesty, Muller, Red Twilight4 ep.
- 1966Felony Squad1 ep.
- 1966Honey WestGordon Forbes1 ep.
- 1965The FugitiveTruck Driver1 ep.
- 1965The F.B.I.David Brice1 ep.
- 1965The VirginianRoper1 ep.
- 1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaChief1 ep.
- 1964Daniel BooneMose1 ep.
- 1959RawhideHank Kale, Jeb, Kellino3 ep.
- 1964Temple HoustonHarmony Brown1 ep.
- 1964Kraft Suspense TheatreBen Jorgenson1 ep.
- 1964Arrest and TrialC.H. Littler1 ep.
- 1963Dr. KildareRalph Walker1 ep.
- 1959The RiflemanCorporal Troc, Cory Platt, Jake Pardee, Jax6 ep.
- 1963The Gallant Men1 ep.
- 1959The UntouchablesLloyd Barker, Paul Meadows2 ep.
- 196177 Sunset StripAxel Derwent, Chuck Lynch, Spud Morrison, Willie Lee Hanks4 ep.
- 1962Combat!Lt. Col. Nash1 ep.
- 1962CheyenneJeb Quinn1 ep.
- 1962Sam BenedictBurton Harper1 ep.
- 1958Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDoctor, Police Lt. King2 ep.
- 1960The DetectivesEddie Furman, Felix, Soley3 ep.
- 1961Surfside 6Henry Gifford, Mel Walters, Willie Cleveland3 ep.
- 1962MaverickSam Elkins1 ep.
- 1962GunsmokeSlim Trent1 ep.
- 1961Stagecoach WestArnie Ames1 ep.
- 1961The Asphalt Jungle1 ep.
- 1961ThrillerHymie Kralik1 ep.
- 1961LawmanBurley Keller1 ep.
- 1961The Americans1 ep.
- 1961Guestward, Ho!1 ep.
- 1960The Twilight ZoneSailor, Woodward2 ep.
- 1960The Roaring 20's1 ep.
- 1960Outlaws2 ep.
- 1960The WesternerPauk1 ep.
- 1958Have Gun, Will TravelBeckett, Frank Gault, Simon Quill3 ep.
- 1959Black SaddleBrad Pickard, Clint Frome2 ep.
- 1960Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreHarlan Breckenridge1 ep.
- 1959Hawaiian EyeHarry Gulliver1 ep.
- 1956The MillionaireJackson Greene, Todd Burke2 ep.
- 1959M SquadDenny Sutton1 ep.
- 1959TrackdownCowboy1 ep.
- 1959The TexanJebb Kilmer1 ep.
- 1958Alcoa TheatreWohlman1 ep.
- 1957Perry MasonJason Beckmeyer1 ep.
- 1957Wire ServiceWells1 ep.
- 1956General Electric TheaterGlen1 ep.
- 1956Telephone Time1 ep.
- 1953The Ford Television TheatrePrivate Littauer2 ep.
- 1953Four Star PlayhouseGeorge1 ep.
- 1952Chevron Theatre2 ep.
Also known as: Adam William Berg · Andy Williams