Frank Williams
Acting
Biography
Frank Williams was an actor best known for playing the Reverend Timothy Farthing in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.
Born: July 2, 1931
Place of Birth: Edgeware, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For
House of Cards
Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to bring down the Prime Minister then to take his place.
Dad's Army
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
A Stitch in Time
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
You Rang, M'Lord?
You Rang, M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! It was broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC. The show was a comedy set in the house of an aristocratic family in the 1920s, contrasting the upper-class family and their servants in a house in London, along the same lines as the popular drama Upstairs, Downstairs. The series featured many actors who had also appeared in their earlier series, notably Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Su Pollard, all of whom had previously been in Perry and Croft's holiday camp sitcom, Hi-de-Hi!. Also featured were Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles from Perry and Croft's It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and Bill Pertwee and occasionally Frank Williams from Dad's Army. The memorable 1920s-style theme tune was sung by Bob Monkhouse.
Love's Labour's Lost
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
The Larkins
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 1964.
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.
Playhouse
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Filmography
as The Reverend Timothy Farthing
as Norm
as The Confidente
as Treasurer
as Charles - the Bishop
as Major Sykes
as Dull
as Officer
as George Piddle
as Angry Major
as Various
as Mr. Easton
as Bellamy
as Mr. Chicory
as Gentleman Client
as 2nd Merchant
as Vicar
as Jewellery Salesman
as Dr. Freemo
as Angry Major
as Mr. Roberts
as Reverend Timothy Farthing
as Clergyman
as Reverend Timothy Farthing
as Prison contact (uncredited)
as Mr Dobson
as Mr Dawson
as Witch #2 (in Macbeth)
as Racegoer (uncredited)
as Committee Man
as Driver Nutall
as Assistant to Airport Director
as General
as Barrister
as Price
as Korsunsky
as Mr. Carruthers
as Doctor
as Man in Bowler Hat
as Percy Pirbright
as Salesman
as Alfred Rinkley
as Police Constable Hesketh
as Captain Ford
as Artist
as Station Porter
as Captain T. R. Pocket
as Sid
as Spectator
as Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
as Singer Rehearsing
as Derby Racegoer