Rhys Williams
Biography
Rhys Williams was a Welsh character actor who made 78 films over about thirty years before moving into American television. His first screen role came in 1941, as Dai Bando in How Green Was My Valley, a story of a working-class family in Wales that took the Academy Award for Best Picture; he was the cast's only Welsh performer, and John Ford, the director, had first hired him as a dialogue coach, with Williams believed to have delivered the film's original narration. During television's early years he appeared in scores of episodes, playing a sadistic character on Adventures of Superman in 1952 and the art collector Rufus Varner on Perry Mason in 1958. His other small-screen work included Crossroads, The Rifleman, Peter Gunn, Riverboat, The Lloyd Bridges Show, The Wild Wild West, Bonanza, Mission Impossible, Mannix and The Andy Griffith Show. He died in 1969.
71years old at death
- Born Merionethshire
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 34
- Career span
- 25 years1941 to 1966
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First role
Williams made his film debut in 1941 as Dai Bando in How Green Was My Valley, the only Welsh actor in the cast. Director John Ford had first brought him on board to work as a dialogue coach.
Rhys Williams movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Raoul Walsh directed two of these films. John Doucette appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Doucette's page
Ward Bond's page
Fred Aldrich's page
Byron Foulger's page
John Litel's page
John Dehner's page
All films by Raoul Walsh
Also three films together2 more actors
- Arthur ShieldsThe Corn Is Green (1945), Gentleman Jim (1942) and How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Henry TraversThe Bells of St. Mary's (1945), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Random Harvest (1942)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Rhys Williams's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$101 million
11 of the 34 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 34 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 21 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 21Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$23M22.8% of the total
- 2$21M21.1% of the total
- 3$14M13.4% of the total
- 4$9.1M9.0% of the total
- 5$8.1M8.1% of the total
- 6$7.4M7.3% of the total
- 7$7.1M7.0% of the total
- 8$4.8M4.7% of the total
$6.7 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total
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