---
name: "Samuel Ross Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samuel-ross-williams"
fi1m_id: "samuel-ross-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0931641"
tmdb_id: 1076198
roles: ["Actor"]
died: "17 November 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:59:42.603990+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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# Samuel Ross Williams

## Identity

Samuel Ross Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samuel-ross-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samuel-ross-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0931641
- **TMDB ID:** 1076198
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931641/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076198

Actor. Died 17 November 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Died:** 17 November 2016
- **Also known as:** Sam Williams, Smerdyakov Karamazov
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931641/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076198

## Biography

Samuel Ross Williams was an American actor and member of the Flying Karamazov Brothers juggling troupe. He appeared as Arak in the 1985 film *The Jewel of the Nile*, credited as part of the troupe.

His other screen credits include the role of Dromio of Syracuse in a 1987 *Great Performances* production of *The Comedy of Errors* and Smerdyakov Karamazov in a 1997 episode of *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood*. He also performed with the troupe on Broadway in productions such as *The Comedy of Errors* (1987) and *The Flying Karamazov Brothers "Do the Impossible"* (1994–1995).

Williams died on 17 November 2016 in Seattle, Washington.

*Sources: imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, as Arak — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *How to Juggle & Other Matters of Life & Death* (1990), as Smerdyakov · Writer
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), as Arak — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)

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