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  1. Rhys Williams (31 December 1897 – 28 May 1969) was a Welsh character actor. He appeared in 78 films over a span of 30 years and later appeared on several American television series.

  2. Actor: How Green Was My Valley. Moviegoers can be forgiven if they thought that stocky, jaunty Rhys Williams was a jovial Irishman, as he often played that type of character, but his role as a Welsh miner in John Ford's classic How Green Was My Valley (1941) (his film debut) was much closer to home for him, as he was born and raised in Wales.

  3. Rhys Williams. Actor: How Green Was My Valley. Moviegoers can be forgiven if they thought that stocky, jaunty Rhys Williams was a jovial Irishman, as he often played that type of character, but his role as a Welsh miner in John Ford's classic How Green Was My Valley (1941) (his film debut) was much closer to home for him, as he was born and ...

  4. Welsh male actors by medium. British male film actors. Hidden categories: Template Category TOC via Automatic category TOC on category with 101–200 pages. Automatic category TOC generates standard Category TOC.

  5. Rhys Williams (31 December 1897 – 28 May 1969) was a Welsh character actor in films and television, whose career spanned several decades.

  6. Rhys Williams was a Welsh character actor in films and television, whose career spanned several decades. Career. He made his film debut in How Green Was My Valley (1941). This film takes place in rural Wales with him being the only Welsh actor. The film was actually filmed in Hollywood with mainly English and Irish actors.

  7. Oct 19, 2010 · One of Hollywood's most authentic Welshmen, Rhys Williams was best known for his roles as colorful supporting characters in more than seventy films in the 1940s and 1950s.

  8. Birthday: Dec 31, 1897. Birthplace: Merionethshire, Wales, UK. Rhys Williams leapt into a series of acting roles--in many cases, quite literally. The Canadian worked on various productions as a...

  9. This movie takes place in rural Wales with a large cast of Welsh characters, but was actually filmed in Hollywood with Canadian, American, Irish and English actors. Williams, the only genuine Welshman in the cast, was originally hired solely to coach the actors in their Welsh accents; ultimately director John Ford gave Williams a role in the ...

  10. Rhys Williams (31 December 1897 – 28 May 1969) was a Welsh character actor. He appeared in 78 films over a span of 30 years and later appeared on American television series.