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Adam Williams

Acting · Born November 26, 1922 · Wall Lake, Iowa, USA

Adam Williams (born Adam William Berg, November 26, 1922 – December 4, 2006) was an American film and television actor. A veteran "bad guy" actor of 1950s film and TV, he began his career after distinguished World War II military service as a United States Navy pilot, for which he received the Navy Cross. In 1952, Williams played the lead, a Los Angeles woman killer, in the film Without Warning! In 1953, he was cast as Larry, a car bomber, in The Big Heat. He had a leading role in the 1958 science fiction movie The Space Children. Other notable film roles include the psychiatrist in Fear Strikes Out (1957) and Valerian in North by Northwest (1959).

Movies with Adam Williams

• North by Northwest (1959) — Valerian
• The Last Sunset (1961) — Calverton
• The Big Heat (1953) — Larry Gordon
• Helter Skelter (1976) — Terrence Milik
• The Oklahoman (1957) — Bob Randell
• The Proud and Profane (1956) — Eustace Press
• Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) — Jed Hayden
• Follow Me, Boys! (1966) — Sergeant (uncredited)
• The Garment Jungle (1957) — Ox
• This Is a Hijack (1973) — Smitty
• The Lonely Man (1957) — Lon
• The Badlanders (1958) — Deputy Leslie