Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor, 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. Williams grew up in Central London in a working class family. He served in the Royal Engineers during World War II, where he first became interested in becoming an entertainer. After a short spell in repertory
Kenneth Williams Parkinson's chat show on eight occasions, regaling audiences with anecdotes from his career. Williams was a stand-in host on the "Wogan" talk show in 1986. He voiced the cartoon series "Willo the Wisp" (1981). Williams was a long-serving member of the council and executive committee of the actors' trade union Equity. On 14 October 1962, Kenneth's father, Charlie Williams, was taken to hospital after drinking carbon tetrachloride that had been stored in a cough-mixture bottle. Kenneth, who had never got on well with his father, refused to visit him. The following day, Charlie died and, an hour after being given