About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
MannixSeries • 1967
The VirginianSeries • 1962
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
Combat!Series • 1962
MaverickSeries • 1957
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
CannonSeries • 1971
CheyenneSeries • 1955
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
North by NorthwestMovie • 1959
RawhideSeries • 1959
The UntouchablesSeries • 1959
Marcus Welby, M.D.Series • 1969
The High ChaparralSeries • 1967
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries • 1963
LawmanSeries • 1958