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.

Filmography

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1960

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

Filmography to check

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• Kidnapped (TV mini-series, 1963) - ep.: "The man with red hair" as Andie Scougal (credited as "Robert Buchanan")

[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 di Sing Sing (1964) credited, as Boxing match commentator

Images upgraded, credit added - Nick

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