Charles Williams (American actor)
Charles Williams (September 27, 1898 – January 3, 1958) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in over 260 film and television productions between 1922 and 1956. He also worked as a writer on 30 films between 1932 and 1954.
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Williams in Career Girl (1944) | |
| Born | September 27, 1898 Albany, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1958 (aged 59) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1922–1956 |
| Spouses | Virginia Josephine Evans
(m. 1928; died 1944)Isabel Fannie Brown
(m. 1945) |
He started his film career in the early 1920s in Paramount's New York studios, where he made his film debut in The Old Homestead, but also worked behind the camera as a writer and assistant director. With the arrival of sound film, he went to Hollywood and became a supporting actor there. The actor with the short stature and high-pitched voice was often uncredited for his appearances, although he had larger roles in a number of B movies.
Williams was known as a "B-movie regular", who often portrayed quirky, somewhat nerdy, bespectacled clerks, photographers and especially reporters. He is perhaps best remembered today for appearing in It's a Wonderful Life as Eustace, George Bailey's cousin and co-worker at the Building and Loan. Near the end of his life and career, Williams also played in a number of television series.