Van Williams
Birthday
1934/02/27
Day of death
2016/11/28 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Also know as
Van Zandt Jarvis Williams
Biography
You could shoehorn actor Van Williams right in there between the other tall, dark and drop-jaw gorgeous heartthrobs Tom Tryon and John Gavin of the late 1950s/early 1960s who conveyed a similar bland, heroic image. All three were too often given colorless heroes to play on film and/or TV -- roles that played off their charm but seldom tested their talent. Born on February 27, 1934 as Van Zandt Jarvis Williams, he was the son of a cattle rancher. He majored in animal husbandry and business at Te...Read more
Acting
(1976) Fury of the Dragon
as Britt Reid
(1998) The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
as Comentador
(1963) The Caretakers
as Dr. Larry Denning
(1974) The Green Hornet
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
(1975) The Runaways
as Joe Ringer
(1979) The Night Rider
as Jim Hollister
(1962) Red Nightmare
as Air Force Sergeant
(2020) Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
as Green Hornet / Britt Reid
(1966) Batman
as President Lyndon B. Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
(1993) Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
as Green Hornet Director
(2005) The Green Hornet
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
(1978) Colorado C.I.
as Capt. Cochran
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1979) Mrs. Columbo
as ---
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as Kenny Madison
(1966) Batman
as The Green Hornet
(1961) The Dick Van Dyke Show
as ---
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1960) Surfside 6
as Ken Madison
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Exton's Servant
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as Sheriff Dave Barrett
(1975) Westwind
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1974) The Manhunter
as ---
(1977) Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
as ---
(1966) The Green Hornet
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Quincy
(1969) Love, American Style
as Bill
(1966) The Green Hornet
as Le Frelon Vert (Green Hornet)
(1966) The Green Hornet
as The Green Hornet
(1963) Temple Houston
as Joey Baker
(1955) Cheyenne
as Ray Masters
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Officer Morton
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Arnold Sanders
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Ken Madison
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Lt. Dwayne Kefir
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Munson
(1977) How the West Was Won
as Captain MacAllister