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Kenneth Williams

1926 - 1988

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Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was a British actor and comedian. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 Carry On films, and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as being a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4's comedy panel show Just a Minute from its second series in 1968 until his death 20 years later. Williams grew up in Central London in a working-class family; he said his father spoke Cockney. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Williams is the 7,886th most popular actor (down from 7,641st in 2019), the 5,749th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,393rd in 2019) and the 892nd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Kenneth Williams ranks 7,886 out of 13,578. Before him are Eason Chan, Don Messick, Maurice LaMarche, Ann Doran, Bessie Barriscale, and Josephine Tewson. After him are Piotr Adamczyk, Jessica Steen, Jason Earles, Marie Wilson, Margaret Wycherly, and Tracy Letts.

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Among people born in 1926, Kenneth Williams ranks 518. Before him are J. I. Packer, Sonja Åkesson, Margreth Weivers, Joan Lorring, Alfonso Silva, and Don Messick. After him are J. P. Donleavy, Aldo Tarlao, Bruce Harlan, Karl Gordon Henize, André Testut, and Doris Belack. Among people deceased in 1988, Kenneth Williams ranks 262. Before him are Alexander Bashlachev, E. B. Ford, Frans Peeraer, Ron Staniforth, Irene Rich, and Bonita Granville. After him are Nikolai Sologubov, Daws Butler, Bob Steele, Brook Benton, Stanley Skewes, and Zubeida.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Williams ranks 5,751 out of 8,785. Before him are Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), Walter Smith (1948), John Evan (1948), Helen Bannerman (1862), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), and Josephine Tewson (1931). After him are Val Guest (1911), Peter Doherty (1913), Gary McKinnon (1966), Margaret Wycherly (1881), Des'ree (1968), and Sonya Walger (1974).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Williams ranks 892. Before him are John Le Mesurier (1912), Kenneth Connor (1918), Michael Jayston (1935), Richard Greene (1918), Emma Chambers (1964), and Josephine Tewson (1931). After him are Margaret Wycherly (1881), Sonya Walger (1974), Reginald Denny (1891), Sybil Thorndike (1882), Finn Cole (1995), and Katie Leung (1987).

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