Peter Brian Gordon Williams (28 April 1915 – 29 August 2003) was an American-born British film, theatre and television actor. He is best known for his role as private detective Don Carter in the long-running British crime series Shadow Squad in the late 1950s.Sendall p.331The Guinness Book of Classic British TV p.209 He was married to Helen "Toto" Irving, and had two children. He died on 29 August 2003, at the age of 88.
Selected filmography Film Ruth (1948) - Boaz Brass Monkey (1948) - Detective Fellows Bless 'Em All (1948) - Army Doctor (uncredited) The Straw Man (1953) - Inspector Conrad Footsteps in the Fog (1955) - Constable Farrow The Ladykillers (1955) - Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited) Richard III (1955) - Messenger to Hastings The Man Who Never Was (1956) - Adm. Mountbatten (uncredited) Private's Progress (1956) - Officer at Selection Board (uncredited) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Police Sergeant at Albert Hall (uncredited) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Captain Reeves Dunkirk (1958) - Officer at Ramsey's H.Q. (uncredited) On the Beach (1959) - Prof. Jorgensen (uncredited) Two Letter Alibi (1961) - Charles Hilary Ankokugai No. 1 (1963) Go Kart Go (1964) - Race Official (uncredited) Crooks in Cloisters (1964) - Daytripper (uncredited)
Television Strange Experiences (1955–1962) - The Storyteller Shadow Squad (1957-1959) - Don Carter Ivanhoe (1958) - Gerald Pathfinders in Space (1960) - Professor Wedgwood Barnaby Rudge (1960) - Mr. Haredale City Beneath the Sea (1962) - Captain Payne The Human Jungle (1963) - General Sir Ayrland Fielding Gideon's Way (1965) - Control Tower Supervisor Redcap (1966) - Asst. Provost Marshall Man in a Suitcase (1968) - Thomas Halliday The Champions (1968) - Minder (uncredited) The Main Chance (1970-1972) - Edward Stainer Pretenders (1972) - Mandevil I, Claudius (1976) - Silius Caecina Enemy at the Door (1978) - Vicar
Selected stage work Daphne Laureola - Old Vic & Broadway (1949 & 1950) Henry V - Stratford (1951) Hanging Judge (1952)
References
Bibliography Paul Cornell, Martin Day & Keith Topping. The Guinness Book of Classic British TV. Guinness, 1996. Bernard Sendall. Independent Television in Britain: Origin and foundation, 1946-62. Macmillan, 1982.
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