---
name: "Hugh Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugh-williams"
fi1m_id: "hugh-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0930776"
tmdb_id: 30227
wikidata_id: "Q5933059"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 March 1904"
died: "7 December 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T22:46:01.527986+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hugh Williams

## Identity

Hugh Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hugh-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hugh-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0930776
- **TMDB ID:** 30227
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5933059
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5933059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30227

Actor. Born 6 March 1904 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK. Died 7 December 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 March 1904, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
- **Died:** 7 December 1969
- **Active:** 1935–1939
- **Also known as:** Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5933059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30227

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Wuthering Heights*](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md) (76)

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## Biography

Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (6 March 1904 – 7 December 1969) was an English actor and dramatist. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and appeared in his first film, *Charley's Aunt*, in 1930 while in Hollywood. He became a mainstay of British cinema in the 1930s, making dozens of film appearances between 1930 and 1967.

Williams is known for roles including James Steerforth in *David Copperfield* (1935), Hindley Earnshaw in *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Frank Shelley in *One of Our Aircraft Is Missing* (1942), and Lord Hartington in *Khartoum* (1966). He also wrote the screenplay for *The Grass Is Greener* (1960), on which he collaborated with his second wife, the actress Margaret Vyner. During the Second World War he served as a captain in the GHQ Liaison Regiment.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Fi1m 76, as Hindley Earnshaw — [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *David Copperfield* (1935), Fi1m 81, as James Steerforth — [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Halloween Monster Bash* (1991), as Larry Holt (archive footage)
- *Khartoum* (1966), as Lord Hartington
- *The Grass Is Greener* (1960), Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Thomas Swinley · Writer
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Charles Preston
- *Colonel March of Scotland Yard* (1956), series, as Harold Hartley
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1956), series, Actor
- *Star of My Night* (1954), as Arnold Whitman
- *The Intruder* (1953), as Tim
- *The Fake* (1953), as Sir Richard Aldingham
- *Twice Upon a Time* (1953), as James Turner
- *The Holly and the Ivy* (1952), as Richard Wyndham
- *Gift Horse* (1952), as Captain David G. Wilson
- *The Romantic Age* (1949), as Arnold Dickson
- *Paper Orchid* (1949), as Frank McSweeney
- *Elizabeth of Ladymead* (1948), as John Beresford in 1946
- *The Blind Goddess* (1948), as Lord Arthur Brasted
- *An Ideal Husband* (1947), as Robert Chiltern
- *Take My Life* (1947), as Nicholas Talbot
- *A Girl in a Million* (1946), as Tony
- *Talk About Jacqueline* (1942), as Doctor Michael Thomas
- *Secret Mission* (1942), as Major Peter Garnett
- *The Day Will Dawn* (1942), as Colin Metcalfe
- *One of Our Aircraft Is Missing* (1942), as Frank Shelley, Observer / Navigator in B for Bertie
- *Ships with Wings* (1941), as Wagner
- *The Dark Eyes of London* (1939), as Det. Insp. Larry Holt
- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), as Hindley Earnshaw — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *Inspector Hornleigh* (1939), as Bill Gordon
- *His Lordship Goes to Press* (1938), as Lord Bill Wilmer
- *Dead Men Tell No Tales* (1938), as Detective Inspector Martin
- *Bank Holiday* (1938), as Geoffrey
- *Premiere* (1938), as Nissen, Rene
- *The Dark Stairway* (1938), as Dr. Thurlow
- *The Windmill* (1937), as Lt Peter Ellington
- *Side Street Angel* (1937), as Peter
- *Brief Ecstasy* (1937), as Jim Wyndham
- *Gypsy* (1936), as Brazil
- *The Man Behind the Mask* (1936), as Nick Barclay
- *The Amateur Gentleman* (1936), as Lord Ronald Meredith
- *The Happy Family* (1936), as Victor Hutt
- *Her Last Affaire* (1935), as Alan Herriot
- *The Last Journey* (1935), as Gerald Winter
- *Let's Live Tonight* (1935), as Brian Kerry
- *David Copperfield* (1935), as James Steerforth — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)
- *Elinor Norton* (1934), as Tony Norton
- *Outcast Lady* (1934), as Gerald
- *All Men Are Enemies* (1934), Actor
- *Sorrell and Son* (1934), as Kit Sorrell as an Adult
- *This Acting Business* (1933), as Hugh
- *The Jewel* (1933), as Frank Hallam
- *After Dark* (1933), as Richard Morton
- *Rome Express* (1932), as Tony
- *Insult* (1932), as Captain Ramon Nadir
- *White Face* (1932), as Michael Seeley
- *In a Monastery Garden* (1932), as Paul Ferrier
- *A Gentleman of Paris* (1931), as Gaston Gerrard
- *A Night in Montmartre* (1931), as Philip Borell
- *Charley's Aunt* (1930), as Charlie Wykeham

## Gallery

- ![Hugh Williams](https://film.one/media/person/7131/gallery-fb9de655c29f.jpg) Hugh Williams — Image via TMDB
- ![Hugh Williams](https://film.one/media/person/7131/gallery-d4b5f269ebaa.jpg) Hugh Williams — Image via TMDB

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