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name: "Kenneth Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenneth-williams"
fi1m_id: "kenneth-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0931054"
tmdb_id: 40941
wikidata_id: "Q1093792"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 February 1926"
died: "15 April 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:31:39.362284+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."
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# Kenneth Williams

## Identity

Kenneth Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenneth-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenneth-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0931054
- **TMDB ID:** 40941
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1093792
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40941

Writer. Born 22 February 1926 in Islington, London, England, UK. Died 15 April 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 February 1926, Islington, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 April 1988
- **Also known as:** Кеннет Уильямс, Kenneth Charles Williams
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40941

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!*](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kenneth Williams was an English actor and comedian. He was born on 22 February 1926 in Islington, London, and died on 15 April 1988 in Bloomsbury, London.

Williams appeared in 26 of the 31 Carry On films, including *Carry On Sergeant* (1958), *Carry On Cleo* (1964), *Carry On Screaming!* (1966) and *Carry On Up the Khyber* (1968). He was also a regular on BBC radio comedies such as *Hancock's Half Hour* and *Round the Horne*, and a panellist on *Just a Minute* from 1968 until his death.

A 2006 BBC Four television play, *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!*, dramatised his life based on his diaries.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), Fi1m 65, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Carry On Forever* (2015), series, Actor
- *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), Writer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md)
- *On Location: The Carry Ons* (2001), as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Thief and the Cobbler* (1993), as Goblet / Tickle (voice)
- *Willo the Wisp* (1981), series, as Narrator
- *Willo the Wisp* (1981), as Willo the Wisp (voice) / Mavis Cruet (voice) / Evil Edna (voice)
- *The Light Princess* (1978), as Thin Frog / Cat (voice)
- *Carry On Emmannuelle* (1978), as Emile Prevert
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1978), as Sir Henry Baskerville
- *To See Such Fun* (1977), Actor
- *Star Turn* (1976), series, Actor
- *Carry On Behind* (1975), as Professor Roland Crump
- *Car Booty – Gnomes* (1975), as Gnome 2
- *Carry On Dick* (1974), as Captain Desmond Fancey
- *Carry On Abroad* (1972), as Mr. Stuart Farquhar
- *Pebble Mill at One* (1972), series, Actor
- *Carry On Matron* (1972), as Sir Bernard Cutting
- *Carry On at Your Convenience* (1971), as Mr. W.C. Boggs
- *Carry On Henry* (1971), as Thomas Cromwell
- *Carry On Loving* (1970), as Mr. Percival Snooper
- *The Kenneth Williams Show* (1970), series, Actor
- *Carry On Again Doctor* (1969), as Dr. Frederick Carver
- *Carry On Camping* (1969), as Dr. Kenneth Soaper
- *Carry On Up the Khyber* (1968), as Rhandi Lal, the Khasi of Kalabar
- *Carry On Doctor* (1967), as Dr. Kenneth Tinkle
- *Follow That Camel* (1967), as Commandant Maximilian Burger
- *Don't Lose Your Head* (1967), as Citizen Camembert
- *International Cabaret* (1966), series, Actor
- *Carry On Screaming!* (1966), as Dr. Olando Watt
- *Carry On Cowboy* (1965), as Judge Burke
- *Round the Horne* (1965), series, as Sandy
- *Carry On Cleo* (1964), as Julius Caesar
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Napoleon
- *Carry On Spying* (1964), as Agent Desmond Simpkins
- *Carry On Jack* (1964), as Captain Fearless
- *Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.* (1962), as Narrator
- *Twice Round the Daffodils* (1962), as Henry Halfpenny
- *Carry On Cruising* (1962), as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks
- *Raising the Wind* (1961), as Harold Chesney
- *Carry On Regardless* (1961), as Francis Courtenay
- *His and Hers* (1961), as Policeman
- *Make Mine Mink* (1960), as Hon. Freddie Warrington
- *Carry On Constable* (1960), as Constable Stanley Benson
- *Tommy the Toreador* (1959), as Vice-Consul
- *Carry On Teacher* (1959), as Mr. Edwin Milton
- *Carry On Nurse* (1959), as Oliver Reckitt
- *Carry On Sergeant* (1958), as Private James Bailey
- *Monitor* (1958), series, Actor
- *Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1* (1957), as East Dulwich Yodelling Champion
- *Three Men in a Boat* (1956), as Maze Attendant (uncredited)
- *Hancock's Half Hour* (1956), series, Actor
- *Moby Dick—Rehearsed* (1955), as A Very Serious Actor /Elijah and others
- *The Seekers* (1954), as Peter Wishart
- *The Beggar's Opera* (1953), as Jack the Pot Boy
- *Innocents in Paris* (1953), as Window Dresser at London Airport
- *Valley of Song* (1953), as Lloyd
- *Trent's Last Case* (1952), as Horace Evans

## Gallery

- ![David Benson performing in ‘My Life With Kenneth Williams’ at Guildford in 2026](https://film.one/media/person/6789043/gallery-19477eb40bb4.jpg) David Benson performing in ‘My Life With Kenneth Williams’ at Guildford in 2026 — Jack1956, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/David_Benson_at_Guildford_in_2026.jpg/1280px-David_Benson_at_Guildford_in_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kenneth Williams](https://film.one/media/person/6789043/gallery-0a8b57560926.jpg) Kenneth Williams — Image via TMDB

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