{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Brook Williams | birth_name = Brook Richard Williams | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|1|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Chelsea, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|4|29|1938|1|22|df=y}} | death_place = London, England | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1959–1995 | spouse = Liz Holloway (divorced) }} '''Brook Richard Williams''' (22 January 1938 – 29 April 2005) was a British stage actor who also made numerous film and television appearances in small roles.
==Biography== His father was the Welsh playwright and actor Emlyn Williams. His older brother Alan was a foreign correspondent and novelist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1492733/Brook-Williams.html|title=Brook Williams|date=24 June 2005|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
Brook was born in London and attended Stowe School in Buckinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/brook-williams/|title=Brook Williams | Obituaries|first=The|last=Stage|date=21 June 2005}}</ref> After national service in the RAF he appeared on stage in repertory theatre, in London's West End and abroad on tour.<ref name=independent/>
His film appearances included: ''The Plague of the Zombies'' (1966), ''Where Eagles Dare'' (1968), ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969), ''Villain'' (1971), ''The Wild Geese'' (1978) and ''The Sea Wolves'' (1980).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba676ec3d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312010126/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba676ec3d|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 March 2016|title=Brook Williams|website=BFI}}</ref> He was a close friend, assistant and advisor to actor Richard Burton who had known him since he was a child and he appeared in several films in which Burton starred.<ref name=independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brook-williams-493755.html Brook Williams Obituary]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''The Independent''. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2011.</ref> He died of lung cancer aged 67.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/may/25/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Brook Williams Obituary] ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 21 July 2013</ref>
==Partial filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The V.I.P.s'' (1963) - First Reporter (uncredited) * ''First Men in the Moon'' (1964) - astronaut (uncredited) * ''Hot Enough for June'' (1964) - Leon * ''The Heroes of Telemark'' (1965) - Einar * ''The Plague of the Zombies'' (1966) - Dr. Peter Tompson * ''The Jokers'' (1967) - Capt. Green (uncredited) * ''Where Eagles Dare'' (1968) - Sgt. Harrod * ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969) - Sir William Brereton * ''The Raging Moon'' (1971) - Hugh Collins * ''Raid on Rommel'' (1971) - Joe Reilly * ''Villain'' (1971) - Kenneth * ''Hammersmith Is Out'' (1972) - Pete Rutter * ''Battle of Sutjeska'' (1973) * ''Massacre in Rome'' (1973) - SS Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke * ''Equus'' (1977) - Bit part (uncredited) * ''The Medusa Touch'' (1978) - Male Nurse * ''The Wild Geese'' (1978) - Samuels * ''Absolution'' (1978) - Father Clarence * ''North Sea Hijack'' (1980) - Helicopter Pilot * ''The Sea Wolves'' (1980) - Butterworth * ''Pascali's Island'' (1988) - Turkish Officer * ''Testimony'' (1988) - H.G. Wells * ''The 5th Monkey'' (1990) - Dr. Howard * ''The Children'' (1990) - (uncredited) * ''England, My England'' (1995) - Priest * ''The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin'' (1999) - Old Scottish Lord (final film role) {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0930180|name=Brook Williams}}
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