Grant Williams

Grant Williams

Born: August 18, 1931
Died: July 28, 1985
in New York City, New York
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Grant Williams (August 18, 1931 - July 25, 1985) was an American film actor and operatic tenor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Scott Carey in the seminal science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). The film has become a cult classic.

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Doomsday Machine
Title: Doomsday Machine
Character: Maj. Kurt Mason
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Following the discovery of a doomsday machine capable of destroying Earth, the launch of a US space mission to Venus is taken over by the military.
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How's Your Love Life?
Title: How's Your Love Life?
Character: Paul Miller
Released: August 13, 1971
Type: Movie
Jack Romanti runs a theater company that offers sexual therapy as well as a break in the movie business to insecure and inexperienced young new talents. This boils down to them being pimped out to sponsors but they all benefit from it.
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Brain of Blood
Title: Brain of Blood
Character: Bob
Released: August 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton transplants his brain into the body of a simpleton in a classic "assistant got the wrong kind of body" plot line. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the women chained in the basement. It's up to Amir's friend Bob and wife Tracey to try and salvage this tale.
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Title: Dragnet
Character: Father Barnes
Released: January 12, 1967
Type: TV
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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Title: The Munsters
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: TV
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Major Douglas McKinnon
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: TV
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
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PT 109
Title: PT 109
Character: Lt. Alvin Cluster
Released: June 26, 1963
Type: Movie
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.
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The Couch
Title: The Couch
Character: Charles Campbell
Released: February 21, 1962
Type: Movie
A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.
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Susan Slade
Title: Susan Slade
Character: Conn White
Released: November 8, 1961
Type: Movie
A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.
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Title: Surfside 6
Character: Frank Anders
Released: October 6, 1960
Type: TV
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
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Title: Surfside 6
Character: Keith Minter
Released: October 6, 1960
Type: TV
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
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The Leech Woman
Title: The Leech Woman
Character: Neil Foster
Released: May 1, 1960
Type: Movie
An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.
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13 Fighting Men
Title: 13 Fighting Men
Character: Capt. John Forrest
Released: March 31, 1960
Type: Movie
A group of Union Army soldiers is charged with protecting a box of gold and getting it to its rightful place within the government coffers.
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Title: Hawaiian Eye
Character: Greg MacKenzie
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: TV
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.
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The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Title: The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Character: Peter Tchaikovsky (the man)
Released: June 29, 1959
Type: Movie
The story of young Tchaikovsky through the premiere of his "Sleeping Beauty" ballet.
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Lone Texan
Title: Lone Texan
Character: Greg Banister
Released: March 1, 1959
Type: Movie
After the Civil War, a Texan who served in the Union army comes back home to find himself ostracized by his neighbors for having fought against the Confederacy. On top of that, he finds that his younger brother is now the sheriff, and is ruling the town with an iron hand.
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The Monolith Monsters
Title: The Monolith Monsters
Character: Dave Miller
Released: December 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Quincy Davis
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Dr. Todd Meade
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
Title: The Incredible Shrinking Man
Character: Scott Carey
Released: February 22, 1957
Type: Movie
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
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Four Girls in Town
Title: Four Girls in Town
Character: Spencer Farrington, Jr.
Released: January 16, 1957
Type: Movie
Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace Universal's glamour star in an upcoming Biblical epic?
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Written on the Wind
Title: Written on the Wind
Character: Biff Miley
Released: October 4, 1956
Type: Movie
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
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Showdown at Abilene
Title: Showdown at Abilene
Character: Chip Tomlin
Released: October 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.
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Walk the Proud Land
Title: Walk the Proud Land
Character: Woodworth Clum - the narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Released: September 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to automomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.
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Outside the Law
Title: Outside the Law
Character: Don Kastner
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.
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Red Sundown
Title: Red Sundown
Character: Chet Swann
Released: March 1, 1956
Type: Movie
When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding into town he finds the only job available is deputy to sheriff Jade Murphy, an honest man caught between small farmers and a local cattle baron. And he has a pretty daughter. So Longmire decides to stay and see if he can use his expertise with firearms for good.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Joe Plummer
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Allen in Movieland
Title: Allen in Movieland
Character: Self - Larry Nevins
Released: July 2, 1955
Type: Movie
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
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Title: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Character: Mike Forbes
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
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Title: Follow Your Heart
Released: August 3, 1953
Type: TV