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Best John Williams Movies Ranked

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John Williams Acting Filmography (34)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002·Self (archive footage)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978·Mansfield
No Deposit, No Return
1976·Jameson
Lost in the Stars
1974·Judge
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1972·Arthur Frankland
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968·Gen. Francis Mayhew
A Flea in Her Ear
1968·Dr. Finache
Double Trouble
1967·Gerald Waverly
The Last of the Secret Agents?
1966·J. Fredrick Duval
Dear Brigitte
1965·Peregrine Upjohn
Harlow
1965·Jonathan Martin
Pygmalion
1963·Colonel Pickering
Five Fingers : Dossier
1961·Nicolas Constantine
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961·Stevens
Midnight Lace
1960·Inspector Byrnes
Visit to a Small Planet
1960·Delton
The Young Philadelphians
1959·Gilbert Dickinson
Witness for the Prosecution
1957·Brogan-Moore
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957·Irving La Salle Jr.
Island in the Sun
1957·Colonel Whittingham
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956·John T. 'Jack' Blessington
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956·Brig. Russell
To Catch a Thief
1955·H. H. Hughson
Dial M for Murder
1954·Chief Inspector Hubbard
Sabrina
1954·Thomas Fairchild
The Student Prince
1954·Lutz
Thunder in the East
1952·General Sir Henry Harrison
The Lady and the Bandit
1951·Archbald Puffin
Kind Lady
1951·Mr. Foster
A Woman's Vengeance
1948·Prosecuting Counsel
The Goose Steps Out
1942·Maj. Bishop
The Foreman Went to France
1942·'English' Army Captain
The Next of Kin
1942·General Cooper (uncredited)
The Big Blockade
1942·Voice over (uncredited)