Williams, Walter

[Johan Melle]

Walter Williams in Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (1979)

Alias: Walter Wright Williams, Walter Williams Wright, Robert Buchanan

Presumably either American or British, Walter Williams was a character actor who spent his entire career in Italy, appearing in several Italian films as well as international productions shot in Italy. His earliest known roles date back to the early 1960s, at which point he went under the name Robert Buchanan, but as of the mid 60s, he went by Walter Williams. His most prominent roles were in La decima vittima (1965) and Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (1979).

On the film Fräulein Doktor (1969) he is credited as a dialogue coach, and it's quite possible he also took on that job uncredited in other films.

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Filmography

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1960

1. Esther and the King (credited as Robert Buchanan) .... Hegai
   
   1963
2. Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Reveller
3. La ragazza che sapeva troppo (credited as Robert Buchanan) .... Dr. Alessi
4. The Pink Panther (uncredited) .... Bartender
   
   1964
5. I due evasi di Sing Sing (uncredited) .... Boxing match commentator
   
   1965
6. La decima vittima (credited) .... Martin
   
   1966
7. I Spy (TV series) - season 2, episode 9: "Bridge of Spies" (credited) .... Dr. Mattison
8. Il grande colpo dei 7 uomini d'oro (uncredited) .... LBI agent
9. La spiaggia (uncredited) .... Del Bono
   
   1968
10. Diabolik (uncredited) .... Man in charge of the gold
11. La pecora nera (uncredited) .... American party guest
    
    1969
12. Fräulein Doktor (uncredited) .... German general
13. Monte Carlo or Bust! (credited) .... German customs inspector
    
    1973
14. Anastasia mio fratello (uncredited) .... Member of the Kefauver committee
    
    1978
15. L'importante è non farsi notare (uncredited) .... American intelligence agent
16. Primo amore (uncredited) .... Lucio
17. Top Secret (TV movie) (credited) .... Macaferri
    
    1979
18. Caro papà (uncredited) .... Rudolf
19. Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (credited as Walter Wright Williams) .... Top President of P.A.N.T.A.C.
20. Martin Eden (TV mini series) (credited as Walter Williams Wright) .... Old revolutionary
    
    1981
21. Inchon! (uncredited) .... Officer at military briefing
22. L'isola del gabbiano (credited) .... Optician

[Johan Melle]

He is credited under the name Robert Buchanan in Mario Bava's landmark giallo La ragazza che sapeva troppo (1963) as Dr. Alessi

He gets to do a small scene with Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner and Capucine in The Pink Panther (1963) as Hotel bartender

[Johan Melle]

I due evasi da Sing Sing (1964) as Boxing match commentator

Probably his best known role in La decima vittima (1965) as Martin

[Johan Melle]

I Spy (TV series), season 2, episode 9: "Bridge of Spies" (1966) as Dr. Mattison. It's one of the several episodes of this American TV series that were shot in Italy.

Another Mario Bava film: Diabolik (1968) as Man in charge of the gold

Fräulein Doktor (1969) as German general

He's not credited for this brief non-speaking role, but does instead get a credit as dialogue coach

[Johan Melle]

Very nice comedic role in Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (1979) as Top President of P.A.N.T.A.C. He's credited here as Walter Wright Williams.

[Johan Melle]

And looking rather different in Martin Eden (1979) (TV mini series) as an old revolutionary who befriends Martin Eden (he didn't have a character name as far as I could make out)

He also appears in another scene which is inexplicably missing from the German version I used to make pics, but the scene is present in the Italian version found on YouTube

As are the credits where he is listed as Walter Williams Wright (he's not included in the German credits)

And his last known role in L'isola del gabbiano (1981) (TV mini series) as Optician

[PeplumParadise]

Esther and the King (1960) credited as Robert Buchanan, as Hegai, the eunuch harem keeper

[Emiliano]

Anastasia mio fratello (1973) as Member of the Kefauver committee

ID by Johan Melle

[PeplumParadise]

Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) credited, as German customs inspector

[Emiliano]

Primo amore (1978) as Lucio
A small role with a line. He appears in some scenes in the first half of the film.

ID by van den bremt rudy