Biography
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 scie...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Ladies Knight
2012
as Doofus (voice)
"Ladies Knight" is Joe Rothenberg's undergrad senior thesis project from USC's Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts.
Helter Skelter
1976
as Terrence Milik
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general sto...
The Glory Guys
1965
as Pvt. Lucas Crain
Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a gene...
The New Interns
1964
as Wolanski
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
as Jed Hayden
Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-ali...
Convicts 4
1962
as Guard
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison ...
The Last Sunset
1961
as Calverton
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling coul...
Mission of Danger
1960
After his Rangers are caught during a raid, a major must infiltrate the French army to save his men.
North by Northwest
1959
as Valerian
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
The Badlanders
1958
as Deputy Leslie
Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people i...
The Space Children
1958
as Dave Brewster
A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the chil...
Darby's Rangers
1958
as Heavy Hall
Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British commandos, becoming the U.S. Army's 1st Ranger Battalio...
The Lonely Man
1957
as Lon
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his...
The Oklahoman
1957
as Bob Randell
After his wife dies in childbirth, a doctor settles down in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee Wells to raise his newborn daughter. Unfortunately, no...
The Garment Jungle
1957
as Ox
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union...
Fear Strikes Out
1957
as Doctor Brown
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
The Rack
1956
as Sgt. Otto Pahnke
Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chines...
The Proud and Profane
1956
as Eustace Press
In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumst...
Crashout
1955
as Fred Summerfield
Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long,...
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
as Cpl. Maddock
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
as Capt. Wyler
A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in air defense, by American Air Force instructors,led ...
The Big Heat
1953
as Larry Gordon
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicio...
Vice Squad
1953
as Marty Kusalich
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
Without Warning!
1952
as Carl Martin
Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Lt. Bert Malotke
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds...
Queen for a Day
1951
as Chuck
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this m...
Benjy
1951
as Mr. Miller
Benjy is a 1951 American short documentary film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It won an Oscar in 1952 for Documentary Short Subject. Henry Fonda narrate...