Fred Williams
Fred Williams (born February 9, 1938 in Munich ; as Friedrich Wilhelm Locher ) is a German actor .
Life
Williams worked primarily in European productions in the 1960s and 1970s. The sporty, elegant and handsome actor was often seen in films by Federico Fellini , José Bénazéraf and Jess Franco .
In addition to his film work, he was also known in Italy for countless "photoromanzo", illustrated love dramas in magazines. In 1973 the WDR produced a documentary about it with the title Once you will love me too - About the meaning of magazine novels , on which he also participated.
He later retired from acting. In 2007, he spoke the audio commentary on the German DVD's first release, Nachts When Dracula Wakes Up, and was featured in the short American video documentary Handsome Harker in 2015 , about his work with Jess Franco and Christopher Lee and other people involved in the movie Night when Dracula Wakes Up .
Fred Williams is married and has one son. He has his retirement home in Seeshaupt on Lake Starnberg .
Filmography
- 1962: The Iron Capitano (Il capitano di ferro)
- 1962: Il giorno più corto
- 1962: In chains to the scaffold (Il fornaretto di Venezia)
- 1964: Cocü (Il magnifico cornuto)
- 1964: Cover Girls - The very expensive girls (Cover Girls)
- 1965: Sandra (Vaghe dell 'Orsa ...)
- 1965: The gentlemen
- 1965: Julia and the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti)
- 1965: Angélique and the King (Angélique et le roy)
- 1966: The Nibelungs Part 1: Siegfried von Xanten
- 1967: The Nibelungs Part 2: Kriemhild's Revenge
- 1967: Ladies, Ladies (Le dolci signore)
- 1968: Rinaldo Rinaldini (TV series)
- 1968: Cathérine - A life for love (Cathérine)
- 1968: Salto Mortale : Guest performance in Seville (TV series)
- 1969: Madame and her niece
- 1969: Isabella - With a bare chest and a pointed sword (Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli)
- 1969: At night when Dracula wakes up (El conde drácula)
- 1969: Cuadecuc - Vampire (documentary)
- 1970: She killed in ecstasy
- 1970: The devil came from Akasava
- 1970: Duel for three (TV series)
- 1971: Soho's Death Avenger
- 1971: Dr. M strikes
- 1972: Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio) (TV series)
- 1972: A woman remains a woman (TV movie)
- 1973: Reading Processes (TV film)
- 1973: One day you will love me too - On the importance of magazine novels (documentary film)
- 1973: Fermi tutti! È una rapina
- 1974: Motive love : Adieu Claude
- 1974: Milano: il clan dei Calabresi
- 1974: The Sex Playboy (Le jouisseur)
- 1974: Les nonnes en folie / Les chatouilleuses
- 1974: Les emmerdeuses
- 1974: Les incestueuses
- 1974: Les lesbiennes
- 1974: Voir Malte et mourir
- 1975: The Sting (Gli amici di Nick Hezard)
- 1976: Le lunghe notti della Gestapo
- 1976: The Arnhem Bridge (A Bridge Too Far)
- 1977: Reporter's Story (TV series)
- 1982: Liebesblut (short film)
- 1983: Fellini's Ship of Dreams (E la nave va)
- 1989: Löwengrube - Sommerfrische - Summer 1939 (TV series)
- 1990: Marriages in court - In the Riehle versus Riehle affair (TV series)
- 1991: In the Shadow of the Summit - Driven Hunt (TV series)
- 2015: Handsome Harker (Documentation)
literature
- 1999: Splatting Image Issue 39 & 40 'I went to Rome to experience something! - An interview with Fred Williams' by Michael Cholewa.
Web links
- Fred Williams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fred Williams at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli: Dictionnaire del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema . Gremese 2006, pp. 207/208
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Williams, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Locher, Friedrich Wilhelm (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |