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Leonard Williams (born West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire 1914, died London 15 November 1962) was an English actor. He was best known for playing Sergeant Percy Twentyman on the police television series Z-Cars. According to Brian Blessed he was "the joker of the cast", who spent his time on set making his colleagues laugh.

Williams also played the characters of Theodore Craythorpe & Harry Whittle in the BBC radio comedy series The Clitheroe Kid. He also made regular appearances opposite Harry Worth on television. He died of a heart attack at his flat in Lexham Gardens, Kensington. He was father to two children; Leon & Marianne, and was husband to Imelda. He was the nephew of actor George Carney.

Selected filmography

• The Magnet (1950)
• Orders Are Orders (1954)
• Make Me an Offer (1954)
• The Passing Stranger (1954)
• The Love Match (1955)
• Ramsbottom Rides Again (1955)
• Timeslip (1955)
• Behind the Headlines (1956)
• The Gay Dog (1959)

References

1. "Leonard Williams". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019.
2. Blessed, Brian (2015). Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder Than Life Story. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 346.
3. "The Clitheroe Kid". 1 January 1962. p. 25 – via BBC Genome.
4. "Here's Harry: The Voice". 8 June 1961. p. 49 – via BBC Genome.
5. "'Z-Cars' Actor Dies before Rehearsal". The Daily Telegraph. 16 November 1962.

External links

• Leonard Williams at IMDb

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