Adam Williams

Adam Williams (lahir Adam William Berg, 26 November 1922 – 4 Desember 2006) adalah seorang aktor film dan televisi Amerika. Seorang aktor veteran "orang jahat" di film dan TV tahun 1950-an, ia memulai karirnya setelah dinas militer terkemuka di Perang Dunia II sebagai pilot Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat, di mana ia menerima Navy Cross. Pada tahun 1952, Williams berperan sebagai pemeran utama, seorang pembunuh wanita Los Angeles, dalam film tersebut Tanpa Peringatan! Pada tahun 1953, dia berperan sebagai Larry, seorang pembom mobil, di The Big Heat. Dia memiliki peran utama dalam film fiksi ilmiah tahun 1958 The Space Children. Peran film penting lainnya termasuk psikiater dalam Fear Strikes Out (1957) dan Valerian in North by Northwest (1959). Selama tahun 1950-an dan 1960-an, ia muncul di lusinan serial televisi, termasuk sindikasi Sheriff of Cochise, berlatar Arizona dan dibintangi oleh John Bromfield, dan Have Gun – Will Travel dalam episode "The Reasonable Man". Dia memerankan detektif swasta dan pembunuh Jason Beckmeyer dalam episode Perry Mason tahun 1957 "The Case of the Runaway Corpse." Pada tahun 1961, ia berperan sebagai Jim Gates dalam episode "Frontier Week" di sitkom Joanne Dru, Guestward, Ho!, yang bertempat di sebuah peternakan di New Mexico. Pada tahun 1960, dia memainkan peran sebagai seorang pelaut yang menumpang Zona Senja musim 1 episode "The Hitch-Hiker", di mana dia dijemput oleh seorang pengemudi ketakutan yang diperankan oleh Inger Stevens, yang terpaksa menjemputnya sehingga dia dapat menawarkan perlindungan dan keamanan kepadanya dari seorang penumpang misterius yang muncul di berbagai waktu dan tempat di sepanjang jalan saat dia melakukan perjalanan melintasi negara. Banyak pengulas menyebut episode ini sebagai salah satu "10 Terbesar" dari serial The Twilight Zone. Dia juga pernah muncul di Twilight Zone episode "A Most Unusual Camera". Antara tahun 1959 dan 1967 ia muncul dalam enam episode The Rifleman dan empat episode Bonanza, dan pada tahun 1961 sebagai Adam dalam "A Rope for Charlie Munday", dalam serial petualangan ABC The Islanders. Dia berperan sebagai Burley Keller dalam episode tahun 1961 "The Persecuted" dari serial barat ABC/Warner Brothers Lawman. Dia menjadi bintang tamu dalam sebuah episode serial NBC tahun 1961 Orang Amerika, berdasarkan konflik keluarga yang berasal dari Perang Saudara Amerika, dan dalam sebuah episode serial tahun 1961 Hutan Aspal. Salah satu perannya selanjutnya adalah dalam film televisi tahun 1976 Helter Skelter.

Adam Williams (born Adam William Berg, November 26, 1922 – December 4, 2006) was an American film and television actor. A veteran "bad guy" actor of 1950s film and TV, he began his career after distinguished World War II military service as a United States Navy pilot, for which he received the Navy Cross. In 1952, Williams played the lead, a Los Angeles woman killer, in the film Without Warning! In 1953, he was cast as Larry, a car bomber, in The Big Heat. He had a leading role in the 1958 science fiction movie The Space Children. Other notable film roles include the psychiatrist in Fear Strikes Out (1957) and Valerian in North by Northwest (1959). During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared on dozens of television series, including the syndicated Sheriff of Cochise, set in Arizona and starring John Bromfield, and Have Gun – Will Travel in the episode "The Reasonable Man". He portrayed private detective and murderer Jason Beckmeyer in the 1957 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Runaway Corpse." In 1961, he was cast as Jim Gates in the episode "Frontier Week" on Joanne Dru's sitcom Guestward, Ho!, set on a dude ranch in New Mexico. In 1960, he played the role of a sailor hitching a ride in The Twilight Zone season 1 episode "The Hitch-Hiker", where he is picked up by a terrified driver played by Inger Stevens, who is compelled to pick him up so that he may offer protection and safety to her from a mysterious hitchhiker who shows up at various times and places along the road while she travels across country. Many reviewers have cited this episode as one of The Twilight Zone's "10 Greatest" of the series. He had also appeared in the Twilight Zone episode "A Most Unusual Camera". Between 1959 and 1967 he appeared in six episodes of The Rifleman and in four episodes of Bonanza, and in 1961 as Adam in "A Rope for Charlie Munday", in the ABC adventure series The Islanders. He was cast as Burley Keller in the 1961 episode "The Persecuted" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman. He guest-starred in an episode of the 1961 NBC series The Americans, based on family conflicts stemming from the American Civil War, and in an episode of the 1961 series The Asphalt Jungle. One of his later roles was in the 1976 television movie Helter Skelter.