Walter Williams

Post by **Johan Melle** » 19/11/2019, 20:08

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.

FILMOGRAPHY

1960

Esther and the King (credited as Robert Buchanan) .... Hegai

1963
La ragazza che sapeva troppo (credited as Robert Buchanan) .... Dr. Alessi
The Pink Panther (uncredited) .... Bartender

1964
I due evasi da Sing Sing (uncredited) .... Boxing match commentator

1965
La decima vittima (credited) .... Martin

1966
I Spy (TV series) - season 2, episode 9: "Bridge of Spies" (credited) .... Dr. Mattison

1968
Diabolik (uncredited) .... Man in charge of the gold

1969
Fräulein Doktor (uncredited) .... German general
Monte Carlo or Bust! (credited) .... German customs inspector

1973
Anastasia mio fratello (uncredited) .... Member of the Kefauver committee

1978
Primo amore (uncredited) .... Lucio

1979
Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (credited as Walter Wright Williams) .... Top President of P.A.N.T.A.C.
Martin Eden (TV mini series) (credited as Walter Williams Wright) .... Old revolutionary

1981
Inchon! (uncredited) .... Officer at military briefing
L'isola del gabbiano (credited) .... Optician

Post by **Johan Melle** » 19/11/2019, 20:11

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 19/11/2019, 20:14

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

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 19/11/2019, 20:19

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 19/11/2019, 20:22

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.

Post by **Johan Melle** » 19/11/2019, 20:27

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