Most Recent Role: Mr. Fitzgerald on Haunted Lives
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Birthday: 2-27-1934
Birth Name: Van Zandt Jarvis Williams
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Birthday: 2-27-1934
Birth Name: Van Zandt Jarvis Williams
Van Williams was going to be a cattle rancher, a family business. He majored in animal husbandry and business at Texas Christian University. However, a move to Hawaii changed his life forever. While working as a diving instructor he met Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, Mike Todd. Because of his good looks he was encouraged to become an actor. He went to Hollywood at Todd's suggestion and...
Most Recent Appearance
"Ghosts R Us/The Legend of Kate Morgan/School Spirit"
Monday 28 October 1991 on CBS
In the first story, employees in a California toy store are bothered by ghosts. An attorney investigates the ghost of murdered woman in a hotel. The last story has the spirits of children terrorizing the crew demolishing their old school.
The voice of the president (a nod to then-president Lyndon Johnson) in the 1967 Batman movie (with the TV series actors) was provided by Van.
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Other Appearances
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Bourbon Street Beat
Kenny Madison |
SurfSide 6
Ken Madison |
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The Green Hornet
Britt Reid / Green Hornet |
The Tycoon
Pat Burns |
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77 Sunset Strip
The Tarnished Idol Wade Saunders |
77 Sunset Strip
Hot Tamale Caper (2) Ken Madison |
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77 Sunset Strip
Hot Tamale Caper (1) Ken Madison |
Barnaby Jones
Circle of Treachery Munson |
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Batman (1966)
The Spell of Tut The Green Hornet [window cameo] |
Batman (1966)
A Piece of the Action Britt Reid / Green Hornet |
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