Personal Info
Van Zandt Jarvis Williams
Вен Зандт Джарвіс Вільямс
Van Williams
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
The Green Hornet
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
as Comentador
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
as Green Hornet Director
The Night Rider
as Jim Hollister
Colorado C.I.
as Capt. Cochran
Fury of the Dragon
as Britt Reid
The Runaways
as Joe Ringer
The Green Hornet
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Batman
as President Lyndon B. Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
TV Shows
Mrs. Columbo
as Fielding · 1 ep.
How the West Was Won
as Captain MacAllister · 2 ep.
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1 ep.
Westwind
13 ep.
The Rockford Files
as Lt. Dwayne Kefir · 1 ep.
The Manhunter
1 ep.
Barnaby Jones
as Munson · 1 ep.
The Streets of San Francisco
as Officer Morton · 1 ep.
Nanny and the Professor
1 ep.
Love, American Style
as Bill · 2 ep.