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name: "Michael Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-williams-138411"
fi1m_id: "michael-williams-138411"
imdb_id: "nm0931302"
tmdb_id: 138411
wikidata_id: "Q1929848"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 July 1935"
died: "11 January 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:20:54.399660+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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# Michael Williams

## Identity

Michael Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-williams-138411
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-williams-138411
- **IMDb ID:** nm0931302
- **TMDB ID:** 138411
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1929848
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Williams_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1929848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138411

Actor. Born 9 July 1935 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 11 January 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 July 1935, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 11 January 2001
- **Active:** 1981–1990
- **Also known as:** Michael Leonard Williams
- **Frequently works with:** [Judi Dench](https://film.one/person/judi-dench.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Williams_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1929848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138411

## Biography

Michael Leonard Williams (1935–2001) was a British actor who performed classical and comedy roles across stage, film and television.

Born in Liverpool, he began his career in theatre and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He gained wider recognition on television, notably starring opposite his wife, actress Judi Dench, in the sitcom *A Fine Romance* (1981–1984); they married in 1971.

His film credits include Brian in *Educating Rita* (1983), Williams in *Henry V* (1989) and the British Consul in *Tea with Mussolini* (1999). He was also known for voicing Dr Watson in long-running BBC Radio adaptations of Sherlock Holmes.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Henry V* (1989), Fi1m 84, as Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v.md)
- *Educating Rita* (1983), Fi1m 71, as Brian — [page](https://film.one/film/educating-rita.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection* (2004), as Mr Apple (Voice)
- *The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns* (1999), series, as Father Daley
- *Brambly Hedge: The High Hills* (1999), as Mr. Apple (Voice)
- *Tea with Mussolini* (1999), as British Consul
- *A Dance to the Music of Time* (1997), series, as Ted Jeavons
- *The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge* (1996), series, as Mr Apple (voice)
- *Conjugal Rites* (1993), series, Actor
- *September Song* (1993), series, as Billy Balsam
- *Can You Hear Me Thinking?* (1990), as Kevin
- *Happy Christmas, I Love You* (1989), as Bruce Naylor
- *Henry V* (1989), as Williams — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v.md)
- *Screen One* (1989), series, as Kevin
- *Angel Voices* (1989), as Tommy
- *Charlie Chalk* (1988), series, Actor
- *Double First* (1988), series, Actor
- *Blunt* (1987), as Goronwy Rees
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Goronwy Rees, Tommy
- *Playing Shakespeare* (1984), series, Actor
- *Educating Rita* (1983), as Brian — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/educating-rita.md)
- *Enigma* (1982), as Hirsch · Limmer's Assistant
- *A Fine Romance* (1981), series, as Mike
- *Prisoners of Conscience* (1981), series, as Vladimir Bukovsky
- *The Search for Alexander the Great* (1981), series, as Aristotle
- *Love in a Cold Climate* (1980), series, as Davey Warbeck
- *Quest of Eagles* (1979), series, Actor
- *My Son, My Son* (1979), series, Actor
- *The Comedy of Errors* (1978), as Dromio of Syracuse
- *Ice Age* (1978), as Paul
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as Paul
- *The Hanged Man* (1975), series, as Alan Crowe
- *Dead Cert* (1974), as Sandy Mason
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, as Duke of Alencon
- *Tell Me Lies* (1968), as Party Guest
- *The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade* (1967), as Herald
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as The Prisoner
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Paul

## Gallery

- ![Michael Williams](https://film.one/media/person/117994/gallery-046b41ce80cd.jpg) Michael Williams — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Williams](https://film.one/media/person/117994/gallery-77b086c279af.jpg) Michael Williams — Image via TMDB

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