Van Williams
Acting
Born February 27, 1934 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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 Texas Christian University but moved to Hawaii which changed the course of his life. While operating a…
Known For · 40 titles
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Ironside
Love, American Style
Mannix
Batman
Mission: Impossible
Lawman
The Rockford Files
The Beverly Hillbillies
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
The Big Valley
Barnaby Jones
Surfside 6
Hawaiian Eye
77 Sunset Strip
The Streets of San Francisco
The Green Hornet
How the West Was Won
The Manhunter
Bourbon Street Beat
Nanny and the Professor
Mrs. Columbo
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Temple Houston
General Electric Theater
Batman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
Westwind
Tall Story
The Green Hornet
Fury of the Dragon
The Night Rider
Red Nightmare
The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
The Green Hornet
The Caretakers
Colorado C.I.