Biography
Austin Willis was a Canadian actor and television host. Born Alexander Austin Willis on 30 September 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he died on 4 April 2004 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
He appeared as Simmons in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). His other film roles included The Mouse That Roared (1959), The Boston Strangler (1968) and Firefox (1982). In Canada he hosted the television series Cross-Canada Hit Parade in the 1950s and This Is the Law in the 1970s, and appeared in the early science-fiction series Space Command. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002. Willis was married to actress Kate Reid from 1953 to 1962.
