Born George Emlyn Williams in Pen-y-Ffordd, Mostyn, Flintshire in northeast Wales on November 1905, he lived in a rural village in which Welsh was spoken until he was 12-years-old, when his family moved to an English-speaking town, Connah's Quay. It changed the course of his life as it was there that the teacher, Sarah Grace Cooke, recognizing his ...
His 1980 novel "Headlong" was loosely adapted as King Ralph (1991), in which John Hurt played the role of Lord Percival Graves. Both Williams and Hurt played the Roman Emperor Caligula in adaptations of Robert Graves' 1934 novel "I, Claudius": Williams in the unfinished film I, Claudius (1937) and Hurt in I, Claudius (1976).
2
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
Gave early encouragement to a young Richard Burton. In fact, Burton's stage debut, "The Druid's Rest", and film debut, Women of Dolwyn (1949), were both written and directed by Williams. Later, his son Brook Williams, became a very close friend of Burton.
5
He was 12 when his family moved from the rural village of Pen-y-Fforddto to the English-speaking town of Connah's Quay. There, at Holywell County School, he caught the eye of his eccentric and forthright teacher Miss Sarah Grace Cooke. Cooke encouraged his literary talents and it was mainly through her efforts he won an open scholarship to go to Christ Church College Oxford.
6
Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "A Boy Growing Up."
From the 1950's until shortly before his death, he toured in several versions of his one-man show "Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens", which he also recorded on LP and performed on television in two different versions. He also performed the show on Broadway.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
King Ralph
1991
novel "Headlong"
Estudio 1
1980
TV Series play "El difunto Christopher Bean" - 1 episode
The Corn Is Green
1979
TV Movie play
Teatro estudio
1978
TV Series play - 1 episode
Au théâtre ce soir
1976
TV Series play - 1 episode
The Power of Dawn
1976
TV Movie
A Touch of Venus
1968
TV Series writer - 1 episode
BBC Play of the Month
1968
TV Series play - 1 episode
The Magic of Charles Dickens
1967
TV Movie adaptation
Met voorbedachten rade
1966
TV Movie play "Someone's waiting"
Groen koren
1964
TV Movie play "The Corn Is Green"
Night Must Fall
1964
play "Night Must Fall"
Festival
1961
TV Series play - 1 episode
Obras maestras del terror
1960
TV Series 1 episode
Al caer la noche
1960
TV Mini-Series story - 3 episodes
Play of the Week
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode, 1959 translation - 1 episode, 1959
Saturday Playhouse
TV Series play - 2 episodes, 1958 adapted for television by - 1 episode, 1958
Hour of Mystery
TV Series original story - 1 episode, 1957 adaptation - 1 episode, 1957
ITV Play of the Week
1957
TV Series play - 1 episode
Die Berufung wird abgewiesen
1957
TV Movie novel
Time Without Pity
1957
play "Someone Waiting" - uncredited
The Light of Heart
1956
TV Movie play
Matinee Theatre
1956
TV Series 1 episode
The Wind of Heaven
1956
TV Movie play
The Corn Is Green
1956
TV Movie based upon a play by
TV de Vanguarda
1954
TV Series play - 1 episode
Ponds Theater
1954
TV Series playwright - 1 episode
Encounter
1953
TV Series play - 1 episode
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1950-1952
TV Series play - 2 episodes
Broadway Television Theatre
1952
TV Series play - 1 episode
Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens
1951
TV Movie adaptation
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1949
TV Series play - 1 episode
Spring, 1600
1949
TV Movie play
Women of Dolwyn
1949
written by
The Light of Heart
1948
TV Movie play
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948
TV Series play - 1 episode
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1948
TV Series writer
The Wind of Heaven
1947
TV Movie play
A Month in the Country
1947
TV Movie teleplay
The Corn Is Green
1946
TV Movie play
The Corn Is Green
1945
play
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
play
This England
1941
dialogue
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1939
uncredited
The Citadel
1938
additional dialogue
Night Must Fall
1937
TV Short play
Night Must Fall
1937
from the stage success of
Broken Blossoms
1936
The Divine Spark
1935
adaptation
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934
additional dialogue
Evergreen
1934
adaptation and dialogue
Friday the Thirteenth
1933
dialogue
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Past Caring
1985
TV Movie
Edward
Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens
1983
TV Movie
Charles Dickens
Rumpole of the Bailey
1983
TV Series
Harold Brittling
The Deadly Game
1982
TV Movie
Bernard Laroque
The Walking Stick
1970
Jack Foil
David Copperfield
1970
TV Movie
Mr. Dick
Theatre 625
1965-1967
TV Series
Eotvoes - Counsel for the Defence / The Yob
Eye of the Devil
1967
Alain de Montfaucon
The Magic of Charles Dickens
1967
TV Movie
Charles Dickens
The Defenders
1964
TV Series
Gerald Lowen
The L-Shaped Room
1962
Dr. Weaver
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1961
TV Mini-Series
Sir Robert Morton
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
Sir Wilfred Falcett
Web of Evidence
1959
Enoch Oswald
I Accuse!
1958
Émile Zola
ITV Play of the Week
1957
TV Series
Hjalmar Ekdal
The Deep Blue Sea
1955
Sir William Collyer
Eye Witness
1953
TV Series
Omnibus
1953
TV Series
The Reader
Ivanhoe
1952
Wamba
Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens
1951
TV Movie
Charles Dickens
The Magic Box
1951
Bank Manager
Another Man's Poison
1951
Dr. Henderson
The Scarf
1951
Dr. David Dunbar
Three Husbands
1950
Maxwell Bard
Women of Dolwyn
1949
Rob
A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle
1942
Dennis
This England
1941
Appleyard
Major Barbara
1941
Snobby Price
You Will Remember
1941
Bob Slater
Girl in the News
1940
Tracy
The Stars Look Down
1940
Joe Gowlan
Jamaica Inn
1939
Harry the Peddler - Sir Humphrey's Gang
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1939
Dr. Headlam
They Drive by Night
1938
Shorty Matthews
The Citadel
1938
Owen
Night Alone
1938
Charles Seaton
I, Claudius
1937
Caligula
Theatre Parade
1937
TV Series
Broken Blossoms
1936
Chen
City of Beautiful Nonsense
1935
Jack Grey
Loves of a Dictator
1935
King Christian VII of Denmark
The Iron Duke
1934
Bates
Road House
1934
Chester
Evensong
1934
George Leary
A Song for You
1934
Theodore Bruckner
Friday the Thirteenth
1933
William Blake
Sally Bishop
1932
Arthur Montague
Men of Tomorrow
1932
Horners
Criminal at Large
1932
Lord Lebanon
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Women of Dolwyn
1949
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wogan
1985
TV Series
Himself
The New Born King
1985
TV Movie
Himself - Reader
Looks Familiar
1984
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Made His Name
1976
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Parkinson
1973
TV Series
Himself
The David Frost Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester