Van Williams
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
You could shoehorn actor Van Williams right in there between the other tall, dark and drop-jaw gorgeous heartthrobs Tom Tryon and John Gavin of the late 1950s/early 1960s who conveyed a similar bland, heroic image. All three were too often given colorless heroes to play on film and/or TV -- roles that played off their charm but seldom tested their talent. Born on February 27, 1934 as Van Zandt Jarvis Williams, he was the son of a cattle rancher. He majored in animal husbandry and business at Te...
Known For
Filmography
The Green Hornet
2005
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
1998
as Comentador
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
as Green Hornet Director
The Night Rider
1979
as Jim Hollister
Mrs. Columbo
1979
as Fielding
Colorado C.I.
1978
as Capt. Cochran
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
How the West Was Won
1977
as Captain MacAllister
Fury of the Dragon
1976
as Britt Reid
The Runaways
1975
as Joe Ringer
Westwind
1975
The Green Hornet
1974
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
The Manhunter
1974
The Rockford Files
1974
as Dwayne Kefir
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Munson
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Officer Morton
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Love, American Style
1969
as Bill
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
Batman
1966
as President Lyndon B. Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
Batman
1966
as The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet
1966
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Arnold Sanders
Hollywood Squares
1966
as Self
The Big Valley
1965
as Sheriff Dave Barrett
The Caretakers
1963
as Dr. Larry Denning
Temple Houston
1963
as Joey Baker
Red Nightmare
1962
as Air Force Sergeant
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Tall Story
1960
as Young Man in Shower (uncredited)
Surfside 6
1960
as Ken Madison
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
as Kenny Madison
Hawaiian Eye
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Lawman
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Ken Madison
Gunsmoke
1955
as Quincy
Cheyenne
1955
as Ray Masters
General Electric Theater
1953
as Charlie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Exton's Servant