John Towner Williams
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Apr 15, 1903 Chalfont, England |
| Died | May 5, 1983 La Jolla, CA |
| Age | Died at 80 |
| Final Resting PlaceCremated | |
John Williams | |
| Job | actor |
| Years active | 1924-79 |
| Known for | Stately Englishmen |
| Top Roles | Longfellow's Second Valet, H.H. Hughson, Prosecuting Counsel, Inspector Byrnes, Chief Inspector Hubbard |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Mystery, Crime, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Based on Play, Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | Alfred Hitchcock (Director), Colin Kenny, Henry Koster (Director), Charlie Chaplin |
| Shares birthday with | Wallace Reid, Harvey Lembeck, Lita Grey see more.. |
John Williams Overview:
Character actor, John Williams, was born John Towner Williams on Apr 15, 1903 in Chalfont, England. Williams died at the age of 80 on May 5, 1983 in La Jolla, CA and was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea off the coast of La Jolla, CA.
MINI BIO:
Tall, stately, and mustachioed John Williams was a British actor who never lost his essential Englishness despite living almost entirely in America from 1924. His film appearances are minor apart from his famous running role as inspector Hubbard in Dial M for Murder", which he played on stage, in film, and on television. He began on stage as a boy of 13, playing John in "Peter Pan". During World War II, he served with the RAF and made a couple of movies in England. The John Williams who appears in 1935's Emil and the Detectives is not the same actor.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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John Williams was nominated for 30 Academy Awards, winning three for Best Music - Scoring for Fiddler on the Roof, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Schindler's List in 1971, 1982 and 1993 respectively.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1967 | Best Music - Scoring | Valley of the Dolls (1967) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Music - Scoring | The Reivers (1969) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Music - Scoring | Fiddler on the Roof (1971) | N/A | Won |
| 1973 | Best Music - Scoring | Cinderella Liberty (1973) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Music - Song | Cinderella Liberty (1973) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Music - Scoring | The Towering Inferno (1974) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Music - Scoring | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Music - Scoring | Superman (1978) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Music - Scoring | The Empire Strikes Back | N/A | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Music - Scoring | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Music - Scoring | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | N/A | Won |
| 1983 | Best Music - Scoring | Return of the Jedi | N/A | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Music - Scoring | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1987 | Best Music - Scoring | Empire of the Sun (1987) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Music - Scoring | The Accidental Tourist (1988) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Music - Scoring | Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Music - Scoring | Home Alone (1990) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Music - Scoring | JFK (1991) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Music - Scoring | Schindler's List (1993) | N/A | Won |
| 1995 | Best Music - Scoring | Nixon (1995) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Music - Scoring | Sleepers (1996) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Music - Scoring | Amistad (1997) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Music - Scoring | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Music - Scoring | Angela's Ashes (1999) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Music - Scoring | The Patriot | N/A | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Music - Scoring | A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Music - Scoring | Catch Me If You Can | N/A | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Music - Scoring | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Music - Scoring | Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Music - Scoring | The Adventures of Tintin | N/A | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
THE BLOGTHON: Fitzwilly, 1967
on Feb 8, 2022 From Caftan WomanRebecca Deniston at Taking Up Room is hosting The Blogathon to commemorate the occasion of the composer's 90th Birthday on February 8th. The celebration begins HERE. Dick Van Dyke plays the title character in Fitzwilly, 1967. Fitzwilly is an informal nickname for Claude R. Fitzwilliam,... Read full article
Top of the World: Celebrating With 15 Soundtracks
By Virginie Pronovost on Feb 8, 2020 From The Wonderful World of CinemaToday, the prolific film music composer turns 88. To celebrate him, I’ve decided to share with you my 15 most favourite film scores composed by him. I believe that even if you aren’t into films, you are surely familiar with at least one of his compositions. Some of his them... Read full article
in Indianapolis
By Alyson on Mar 22, 2018 From The Best Picture ProjectA few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have a once in a lifetime experience that any film fan or music nerd would kill for. I got to see conducting some of his most iconic film music, live with my hometown orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. I don?t want to exaggerate, but ... Read full article
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John Williams Quotes:
Chief Insp. Hubbard: His shoes.
Tony Wendice: His shoes?
Chief Insp. Hubbard: The ground was soaking wet last night. If he'd come in by the garden, he'd have left mud all over the carpet. As it is, he didn't leave any marks at all, because he wiped his shoes on the front doormat.
Tony Wendice: How can you tell?
Chief Insp. Hubbard: It's a fairly new mat, and some of its fibers came off on his shoes.
Tony Wendice: Oh, but surely...
Chief Insp. Hubbard: And there was a small tar stain on the mat, and some of the fibers show that as well. There is no question about it.
Chief Insp. Hubbard: Sooner or later, he'll come back here. As I've pinched his latch key, he'll try the one in the handbag. When that doesn't fit, he'll realize his mistake, put two and two together, and look under the stair carpet.
Mark Halliday: If he doesn't do that, all of this is pure guess work. We can't prove a thing.
Chief Insp. Hubbard: That's perfectly true. But once he opens that door, we shall know everything.
Margot Mary Wendice: Why did you bring me here?
Chief Insp. Hubbard: Because you were the only other person who could possibly have left that key outside. I had to find out if you knew it was there.
Margot Mary Wendice: Suppose I had known?
Chief Insp. Hubbard: You didn't.
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