Peter Williams (American actor)
# Peter Williams (American actor)

Peter Williams (1915–2003) was an American-born British film, theatre and television actor. He is best known for his role as private detective Don Carter in the long-running British crime series Shadow Squad in the late 1950s. He was married to Helen "Toto" Irving, and had two children.

## Selected filmography

### Film

* Brass Monkey (1948)
* Bless 'Em All (1948)
* The Straw Man (1953)
* Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
* The Ladykillers (1955)
* Richard III (1955)
* Private's Progress (1956)
* The Man Who Never Was (1956)
* The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
* Dunkirk (1958)
* On the Beach (1959)
* Two Letter Alibi (1962)

### Television

* Strange Experiences (1955–56)
* Shadow Squad (1957)
* Ivanhoe (1958)
* Pathfinders in Space (1960)
* Barnaby Rudge (1960)
* City Beneath the Sea (1962)
* The Human Jungle (1963)
* Gideon's Way (1965)
* Redcap (1966)
* Man in a Suitcase (1968)
* The Champions (1968)
* The Main Chance (1970)
* Pretenders (1972)
* I, Claudius (1976)

## Selected stage work

* Daphne Laureola - Old Vic & Broadway (1949 & 1950)
* Henry V - Stratford (1951)
