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href="/wiki/File:Kennethwilliams.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Kennethwilliams.jpg/220px-Kennethwilliams.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Kennethwilliams.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="350" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Publicity photo of Williams in the early 1960s</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Kenneth Charles Williams</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1926-02-22</span>)</span>22 February 1926<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Cross,_London" title="King's Cross, London">King's Cross, London</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">15 April 1988<span style="display:none">(1988-04-15)</span> (aged 62)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury" title="Bloomsbury">Bloomsbury</a>, London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Actor</li><li>comedian</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1945–1988</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_(franchise)" title="Carry On (franchise)"><i>Carry On</i> films</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Hancock%27s_Half_Hour" title="Hancock's Half Hour">Hancock's Half Hour</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kenneth Charles Williams</b> (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 <a href="/wiki/Raconteur" class="mw-redirect" title="Raconteur">raconteur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diarist" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarist">diarist</a>. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 <a href="/wiki/Carry_On_(franchise)" title="Carry On (franchise)"><i>Carry On</i> films</a>, and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hancock" title="Tony Hancock">Tony Hancock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Horne" title="Kenneth Horne">Kenneth Horne</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as being a frequent panellist on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>'s comedy panel show <i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i> from its second series in 1968 until his death 20 years later. </p><p>Williams grew up in <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">Central London</a> in a working-class family; he claimed his father spoke <a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">Cockney</a>. He served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> during World War II, where he first became interested in becoming an entertainer. After a short spell in <a href="/wiki/Repertory_theatre" title="Repertory theatre">repertory theatre</a> as a serious actor, he turned to comedy and achieved national fame in <i><a href="/wiki/Hancock%27s_Half_Hour" title="Hancock's Half Hour">Hancock's Half Hour</a></i>. He sustained continued success throughout the 1960s and 1970s with his regular appearances in <i>Carry On</i> films, and subsequently kept himself in the public eye with chat shows and other television work. </p><p>Williams was fondly regarded in the entertainment industry; in his private life, however, he suffered from depression. He kept a series of diaries throughout his life that achieved posthumous acclaim. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February 1926 in Bingfield Street, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Cross,_London" title="King's Cross, London">King's Cross, London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His parents were Charles George Williams, who managed a hairdresser's in the Kings Cross area, and Louisa Alexandra (<i>née</i> Morgan), who worked in the salon. Charles was a Methodist who had "a hatred of loose morals and effeminacy", according to <a href="/wiki/Barry_Took" title="Barry Took">Barry Took</a>, Williams's biographer. Charles thought the theatre immoral and effeminate, although his son aspired to be involved in the profession from an early age.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1935 and 1956, Williams lived with his parents in a flat above his father's barber shop at 57 <a href="/wiki/Marchmont_Street" title="Marchmont Street">Marchmont Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury" title="Bloomsbury">Bloomsbury</a>. Williams had a half-sister, Alice Patricia "Pat", born to his mother in 1923 before she had met Charles and three years before Kenneth was born.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_plaque_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_plaque-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was educated at The Lyulph Stanley Boys' Central Council School,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a state-owned Central school,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Camden_Town" title="Camden Town">Camden Town</a>, North London, and subsequently became apprenticed as a <a href="/wiki/Drawing" title="Drawing">draughtsman</a> to a mapmaker. His apprenticeship was interrupted by <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a>, and he was evacuated to the home of a bachelor veterinary surgeon in <a href="/wiki/Bicester" title="Bicester">Bicester</a>. It provided his first experience of an educated, middle-class life. He returned to London with a new, <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowel</a>-elongated accent.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944, aged 18, he was called up to the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. He became a <a href="/wiki/Sapper" title="Sapper">sapper</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> Survey Section, doing much the same work that he did as a civilian. When the war ended he was in <a href="/wiki/Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon">Ceylon</a> and he opted to transfer to the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Services_Entertainment_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined Services Entertainment Unit">Combined Services Entertainment Unit</a>, which put on revue shows. While in that unit he met <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baxter" title="Stanley Baxter">Stanley Baxter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Vaughan" title="Peter Vaughan">Peter Vaughan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Nichols_(playwright)" title="Peter Nichols (playwright)">Peter Nichols</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both of Williams' parents were born in London, but with a <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">Welsh</a> heritage extending for several generations.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams sometimes described himself as Welsh, noting his parents' surnames and origins in his diaries and in interviews.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_1995_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams_1995-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 108">: 108 </span></sup>:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968, during the filming of <i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Up_the_Khyber" title="Carry On Up the Khyber">Carry On Up the Khyber</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Snowdonia_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowdonia National Park">Snowdonia National Park</a>, Williams stated that "I always like being back in Wales. I always feel a <i><a href="/wiki/Hiraeth" title="Hiraeth">hiraeth</a></i>, it always comes back to you, once you step back into the place where you have atavistic memories."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year later, Williams would describe a debate in Ireland when he was told he had some nerve showing his "English face in Dublin". Williams dramatically responded with a "very slow take and riposted 'Wanna get your facts right, dear, I'm Welsh'" before rising to his feet and reciting <a href="/wiki/The_Bard_(poem)" title="The Bard (poem)"><i>The Bard. A Pindaric Ode</i></a> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gray" title="Thomas Gray">Thomas Gray</a>. Williams noted that this performance was cut short by applause, for which he was grateful as he did not know any more of the poem.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_1995_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams_1995-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years before his death, Williams guest hosted the <i><a href="/wiki/Wogan" title="Wogan">Wogan</a></i> chatshow; drawing the audience's attention to a display of red roses, Williams commented, "It's <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St George's Day">St George's Day</a> today and the rose is the symbol of St George, the patron saint of England. I wouldn't know anything about it. I'm not English, I'm Welsh." before proclaiming "Mymryn bach o Gymru, Cymru fydd, Cymru sydd – Cymru am byth!" (<i>A little bit of Wales, Wales will be, Wales is – Wales forever!</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-auto_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, he disliked nationalism, and opposed <a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">devolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams's professional career began in 1948 in <a href="/wiki/Repertory_theatre" title="Repertory theatre">repertory theatre</a>. Failure to become a serious dramatic actor disappointed him, but his potential as a comic performer gave him his break when he was spotted playing the <a href="/wiki/Dauphin_of_France" title="Dauphin of France">Dauphin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Shaw" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Shaw">Bernard Shaw</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joan_(play)" title="Saint Joan (play)">St Joan</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a>, in 1954 by radio producer <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Main_Wilson" title="Dennis Main Wilson">Dennis Main Wilson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStevens201059,_77_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevens201059,_77-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Main Wilson was casting <i><a href="/wiki/Hancock%27s_Half_Hour" title="Hancock's Half Hour">Hancock's Half Hour</a></i>, a radio series starring <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hancock" title="Tony Hancock">Tony Hancock</a>. Playing mostly funny voice roles, Williams stayed in the series almost to the end, five years later. His nasal, whiny, <a href="/wiki/Camp_(style)" title="Camp (style)">camp</a>-cockney inflections (epitomised in his "Stop messing about ... !" catchphrase) became popular with listeners. Despite the success and recognition the show brought him, Williams considered theatre, film and television to be superior forms of entertainment. In 1955 he appeared in <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a>'s London stage production <i><a href="/wiki/Moby_Dick%E2%80%94Rehearsed" title="Moby Dick—Rehearsed">Moby Dick—Rehearsed</a></i>. The pair fell out after Williams became annoyed with Welles's habit of repeatedly changing the script.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStevens201083,_135_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevens201083,_135-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Hancock steered his show away from what he considered gimmicks and silly voices, Williams found he had less to do. Tiring of this reduced status, he joined <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Horne" title="Kenneth Horne">Kenneth Horne</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_Our_Ken" title="Beyond Our Ken">Beyond Our Ken</a></i> (1958–1964), and its sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Round_the_Horne" title="Round the Horne">Round the Horne</a></i> (1965–1968). His roles in <i>Round the Horne</i> included <a href="/wiki/Rambling_Syd_Rumpo" title="Rambling Syd Rumpo">Rambling Syd Rumpo</a>, the eccentric <a href="/wiki/Folk_singer" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk singer">folk singer</a>; Dr Chou En Ginsberg, MA (failed), Oriental criminal mastermind; J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock, telephone heavy breather and dirty old man; and Sandy of the camp couple <a href="/wiki/Julian_and_Sandy" title="Julian and Sandy">Julian and Sandy</a> (Julian was played by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Paddick" title="Hugh Paddick">Hugh Paddick</a>). Their double act was characterised by <a href="/wiki/Double_entendre" title="Double entendre">double entendres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polari" title="Polari">Polari</a>, the homosexual argot. </p><p>Williams also appeared in West End <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revues</a> including <i>Share My Lettuce</i> with <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a>, written by <a href="/wiki/Bamber_Gascoigne" title="Bamber Gascoigne">Bamber Gascoigne</a>, and <i>Pieces of Eight</i> with <a href="/wiki/Fenella_Fielding" title="Fenella Fielding">Fenella Fielding</a>. The latter included material specially written for him by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a>, then a student at <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook's "<a href="/wiki/One_Leg_Too_Few" title="One Leg Too Few">One Leg Too Few</a>" and "Interesting Facts" were part of the show and became routines in his own performances. Williams's last revue, in 1961, was <i><a href="/wiki/One_Over_The_Eight" title="One Over The Eight">One Over The Eight</a></i> at the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York%27s_Theatre" title="Duke of York's Theatre">Duke of York's Theatre</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Hancock" title="Sheila Hancock">Sheila Hancock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carry_On_films"><i>Carry On</i> films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Carry On films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams worked regularly in British film during the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, mainly in the <i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_(franchise)" title="Carry On (franchise)">Carry On</a></i> series (1958–1978) with its double entendre humour; and appeared in the series more than any other actor.<sup id="cite_ref-britmovie1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britmovie1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The films were commercially successful but Williams claimed the cast were poorly paid. In his diaries, Williams wrote that he earned more in a <a href="/wiki/St_Ivel" title="St Ivel">St Ivel</a> advert than for any <i>Carry On</i> film, although he was still earning the average Briton's annual salary in a year for the latter. He often privately criticised and "dripped vitriol" upon the films, considering them beneath him, even though he continued to appear in them.<sup id="cite_ref-express_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-express-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became the case with many of the films and shows in which he appeared. He was quick to find fault with his own work, and also that of others. Despite this, he spoke fondly of the <i>Carry On</i>s in interviews. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Rogers" title="Peter Rogers">Peter Rogers</a>, producer of the series, recollected, "Kenneth was worth taking care of because, while he cost very little—£5,000 a film, he made a great deal of money for the franchise."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_and_television_shows">Radio and television shows</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Radio and television shows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams was a regular on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio">BBC Radio</a> <a href="/wiki/Impromptu_speaking" title="Impromptu speaking">impromptu-speaking</a> panel game <i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i> from its second series in 1968 until his death. He frequently got into arguments with host <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Parsons" title="Nicholas Parsons">Nicholas Parsons</a> and other guests on the show. (<a href="/wiki/Russell_Davies" title="Russell Davies">Russell Davies</a>, editor of <i>The Kenneth Williams Letters</i>, explains that Williams's "famous tirades on the programme occurred when his desire to entertain was fuelled by his annoyance."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) He was also remembered for such phrases as "I've come all the way from Great Portland Street" (i.e. one block away) and "They shouldn't have women on the show!" (directed at <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Hancock" title="Sheila Hancock">Sheila Hancock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aimi_MacDonald" title="Aimi MacDonald">Aimi MacDonald</a> and others).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He once talked for almost a minute about a supposed Austrian psychiatrist called Heinrich Swartzberg, correctly guessing that the show's creator, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Messiter" title="Ian Messiter">Ian Messiter</a>, had just made the name up.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams was also a regular on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio">BBC Radio</a> comedy show <i><a href="/wiki/Round_the_Horne" title="Round the Horne">Round the Horne</a>,</i> playing, alongside <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Paddick" title="Hugh Paddick">Hugh Paddick</a>, the characters <a href="/wiki/Julian_and_Sandy" title="Julian and Sandy">Julian and Sandy</a> who spoke in a comedic version of <a href="/wiki/Polari" title="Polari">Polari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On television, he co-hosted his own TV variety series on <a href="/wiki/BBC2" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC2">BBC2</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Dougie_Squires" title="Dougie Squires">Young Generation</a> entitled <i>Meanwhile, On BBC2</i>, which ran for ten episodes from 17 April 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a frequent contributor to the 1973–74 revival of <i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F#United_Kingdom" title="What's My Line?">What's My Line?</a></i>, hosted the weekly entertainment show <i>International Cabaret</i> and was a regular reader on the children's storytelling series <i><a href="/wiki/Jackanory" title="Jackanory">Jackanory</a></i> on BBC1, hosting 69 episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also narrated and provided all of the voices for the BBC children's cartoon <i><a href="/wiki/Willo_the_Wisp" title="Willo the Wisp">Willo the Wisp</a></i> (1981). </p><p>In 1983, Williams was the subject of an episode of the BBC series <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Roots" title="Comic Roots">Comic Roots</a></i>, in which he revisited the places in London where he grew up and went to school.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 14 October 1962, Williams' father, Charlie Williams, was taken to hospital after drinking <a href="/wiki/Carbon_tetrachloride" title="Carbon tetrachloride">carbon tetrachloride</a> that had been stored in a cough-mixture bottle. He died the following day. An hour after being given the news, Williams went on stage in the West End. Williams was later denied a <a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Visa policy of the United States">visa to the United States</a> when it emerged that <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a> had suspected him of poisoning his father.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Coroner%27s_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Coroner's court">coroner's court</a> recorded a verdict of accidental death due to corrosive poisoning by carbon tetrachloride. Williams said he believed his father had committed suicide, because the circumstances leading to the poisoning seemed unlikely to have happened by misfortune.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStevens2010219_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevens2010219-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a younger man, Williams was a communist, but came to move in a more conservative direction and espoused <a href="/wiki/Toryism" class="mw-redirect" title="Toryism">Toryism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams often said that he was <a href="/wiki/Asexuality" title="Asexuality">asexual</a> and celibate, and his diaries appear to substantiate his claims—at least from his early forties onwards. He lived alone all his adult life and had few close companions apart from his mother, and no significant romantic relationships. His diaries contain references to unconsummated or barely consummated homosexual dalliances, which he describes as "traditional matters" or "tradiola". He befriended gay playwright <a href="/wiki/Joe_Orton" title="Joe Orton">Joe Orton</a>, who wrote the role of Inspector Truscott in <i><a href="/wiki/Loot_(play)" title="Loot (play)">Loot</a></i> (1965) for him. Williams went on holidays to <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> with Orton and his partner, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Halliwell" title="Kenneth Halliwell">Kenneth Halliwell</a>. Other close friends included <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baxter" title="Stanley Baxter">Stanley Baxter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Jackson_(actor)" title="Gordon Jackson (actor)">Gordon Jackson</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Rona_Anderson" title="Rona Anderson">Rona Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Hancock" title="Sheila Hancock">Sheila Hancock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> and her playwright husband, <a href="/wiki/Beverley_Cross" title="Beverley Cross">Beverley Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams was also fond of fellow <i>Carry On</i> regulars <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Windsor" title="Barbara Windsor">Barbara Windsor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Bresslaw" title="Bernard Bresslaw">Bernard Bresslaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Butterworth" title="Peter Butterworth">Peter Butterworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Connor" title="Kenneth Connor">Kenneth Connor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hattie_Jacques" title="Hattie Jacques">Hattie Jacques</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joan_Sims" title="Joan Sims">Joan Sims</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the mid-1950s, Williams lived in a succession of small rented flats in central London. After his father had died, his mother Louisa lived near him, and then in the flat next to his. His last home was in a block of flats called Marlborough House on Osnaburgh Street in <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury" title="Bloomsbury">Bloomsbury</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (since demolished).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams rarely revealed details of his private life although, in two half-hour documentary programmes in 1977 on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_London" title="BBC Radio London">BBC Radio London</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> entitled <i>Carry On Kenneth</i>, he spoke openly to Owen Spencer-Thomas about his loneliness, despondency and sense of underachievement.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died on 15 April 1988 in his flat. His last words, recorded in his diary, were "Oh, what's the bloody point?"<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the cause of death was an overdose of <a href="/wiki/Barbiturate" title="Barbiturate">barbiturates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britmovie1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britmovie1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An inquest recorded an <a href="/wiki/Open_verdict" title="Open verdict">open verdict</a>, because it was not possible to establish whether his death was suicide or an <a href="/wiki/Accidental_death" title="Accidental death">accident</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His diaries reveal that he had often had suicidal thoughts, and some of his earliest diaries record periodic feelings that there was no point in living.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> His authorised biography argues that Williams did not take his own life but died of an accidental overdose. He had doubled his dosage of antacid without discussing it with his doctor. That, combined with the mixture of medication, is the widely accepted cause of death. He had a stock of painkilling tablets and it is argued that he would have taken more of them if he had been intending suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStevens2010_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevens2010-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (December 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He was cremated at <a href="/wiki/East_Finchley_Cemetery" title="East Finchley Cemetery">East Finchley Cemetery</a>, and his ashes were scattered in the memorial gardens. Williams left an estate worth just under £540,000 (approximately equivalent to £1,829,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diaries_and_biographies">Diaries and biographies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Diaries and biographies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2008 <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">Radio 4</a> broadcast the two-part <i>The Pain of Laughter: The Last Days of Kenneth Williams</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-painoflaughter_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-painoflaughter-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programmes were researched and written by <a href="/wiki/Wes_Butters" title="Wes Butters">Wes Butters</a> and narrated by <a href="/wiki/Rob_Brydon" title="Rob Brydon">Rob Brydon</a>. Butters purchased a collection of Williams's personal belongings from the actor's godson, Robert Chidell, to whom they had been bequeathed.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first of the programmes said that, towards the end of his life and struggling with depression and ill health, Williams abandoned Christianity following discussions with the poet <a href="/wiki/Philip_Larkin" title="Philip Larkin">Philip Larkin</a>. Williams had been brought up a <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wesleyan">Wesleyan</a> and then a <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a>, though he spent much of his life struggling with Christianity's teachings on homosexuality.<sup id="cite_ref-painoflaughter_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-painoflaughter-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Kenneth Williams Unseen</i> by Wes Butters and Russell Davies, the first Williams biography in 15 years, was published by HarperCollins in October 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An authorised biography, <i>Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams</i>, by Christopher Stevens,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was published in October 2010. This drew for the first time on the full Williams archive of diaries and letters, which had been stored in a London bank for 15 years following publication of edited extracts.<sup id="cite_ref-johnmurray_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnmurray-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The biography notes that Williams used a variety of handwriting styles and colours in his journals, switching between different hands on the page.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portrayals">Portrayals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Williams-marchmont-street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Williams-marchmont-street.jpg/170px-Williams-marchmont-street.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Williams-marchmont-street.jpg/255px-Williams-marchmont-street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Williams-marchmont-street.jpg/340px-Williams-marchmont-street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1110" data-file-height="1929" /></a><figcaption>Williams' <a href="/wiki/Blue_plaque" title="Blue plaque">blue plaque</a> at 57 Marchmont Street</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/David_Benson" title="David Benson">David Benson</a>'s 1996 <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Fringe" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Fringe">Edinburgh Fringe</a> show <i>Think No Evil of Us: My Life with Kenneth Williams</i> saw Benson playing Williams; after touring, the show ran in London's West End. Benson reprised his performance at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe and continues to tour.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams was played by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Godley" title="Adam Godley">Adam Godley</a> in <a href="/wiki/Terry_Johnson_(dramatist)" title="Terry Johnson (dramatist)">Terry Johnson</a>'s play <i><a href="/wiki/Cleo,_Camping,_Emmanuelle_and_Dick" title="Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick">Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick</a></i>, which premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">National Theatre</a> in 1998. Godley reprised the role in the subsequent film adaptation, <i><a href="/wiki/Cor,_Blimey!" title="Cor, Blimey!">Cor, Blimey!</a></i> </p><p>In 2006, Williams' life was the subject of the television play <i><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Williams:_Fantabulosa!" title="Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!">Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a> portrayed Williams.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recognition">Recognition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A flat in the Osnaburgh Street block in which Williams lived from 1972 until his death was bought by Rob Brydon and <a href="/wiki/Julia_Davis" title="Julia Davis">Julia Davis</a> for the writing of their comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/Human_Remains_(TV_series)" title="Human Remains (TV series)">Human Remains</a></i>. The building was demolished in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams is commemorated by a <a href="/wiki/Blue_plaque" title="Blue plaque">blue plaque</a> at the address of his father's barber shop, 57 Marchmont Street, London, where he lived from 1935 to 1956. The plaque was unveiled on 11 October 2009 by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Phillips" title="Leslie Phillips">Leslie Phillips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pertwee" title="Bill Pertwee">Bill Pertwee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Parsons" title="Nicholas Parsons">Nicholas Parsons</a>, with whom Williams performed.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_plaque_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_plaque-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 February 2014, on what would have been Williams' 88th birthday, an <a href="/wiki/English_Heritage" title="English Heritage">English Heritage</a> blue plaque was unveiled at Farley Court off <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Road" title="Marylebone Road">Marylebone Road</a>, where Williams lived between 1963 and 1970. Speaking at the ceremony, his <i>Carry On</i> co-star Barbara Windsor said: "Kenny was a one-off, a true original".<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EngHet_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EngHet-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Performances">Performances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Performances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage">Stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <p><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Theatre_and_Concert_Hall" title="Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall">Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall</a> Singapore (1946) </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Keys_to_Baldpate_(play)" title="Seven Keys to Baldpate (play)">Seven Keys to Baldpate</a></i> (début)</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Newquay" title="Newquay">Newquay</a> Repertory Players (1948) in order of performance: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Mrs._Fraser_(play)" title="The First Mrs. Fraser (play)">The First Mrs. Fraser</a></i></li> <li><i>The Sacred Heart</i></li> <li><i>Night Must Fall</i></li> <li><i>This Blessed Plot</i></li> <li><i>George and Margaret</i></li> <li><i>Fools Rush In</i></li> <li><i>The Bread Winner</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pink_String_and_Sealing_Wax" title="Pink String and Sealing Wax">Pink String and Sealing Wax</a></i></li> <li><i>The Dover Road</i></li> <li><i>The Long Mirror</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Private_Lives" title="Private Lives">Private Lives</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frieda_(play)" title="Frieda (play)">Frieda</a></i></li> <li><i>The Poltergeist</i></li> <li><i>Jupiter Laughs</i></li> <li><i>Grand National Night</i></li> <li><i>The Sacred Flame</i></li> <li><i>High Temperature</i></li> <li><i>The Light of Heart</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest" title="The Importance of Being Earnest">The Importance of Being Earnest</a></i></li></ul> <p>The Dolphin Players (1948) in order of performance: </p> <ul><li><i>On Approval</i></li> <li><i>Candida</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Inspector_Calls" title="An Inspector Calls">An Inspector Calls</a></i></li> <li><i>Tobias and the Angel</i></li></ul> <p>Other plays: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joan_(play)" title="Saint Joan (play)">Saint Joan</a></i> at the Arts Theatre and New Theatre, London (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moby_Dick%E2%80%94Rehearsed" title="Moby Dick—Rehearsed">Moby Dick—Rehearsed</a></i> at the Duke of York's Theatre, London (1955)</li> <li><i>The Buccaneer</i> at the Apollo Theatre, London (1956)</li> <li><i>Hotel Paradiso</i> at the Winter Garden Theatre, London (1956)</li> <li><i>Share My Lettuce</i> (revue) at the <a href="/wiki/Lyric_Theatre_(Hammersmith)" title="Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)">Lyric Theatre</a>, Hammersmith, Comedy Theatre and <a href="/wiki/Garrick_Theatre" title="Garrick Theatre">Garrick Theatre</a>, London (1957)</li> <li><i>Cinderella</i> (pantomime) at the <a href="/wiki/London_Coliseum" title="London Coliseum">London Coliseum</a> (1958)</li> <li><i>Pieces of Eight</i> (revue) at the Apollo Theatre, London (1959)</li> <li><i>One Over the Eight</i> (revue) at the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York%27s_Theatre" title="Duke of York's Theatre">Duke of York's Theatre</a>, London (1961)</li> <li><i>The Private Ear</i> and <i>The Public Eye</i> at the Globe Theatre, London (1962)</li> <li><i>Gentle Jack</i> at the Queen's Theatre, London (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loot_(play)" title="Loot (play)">Loot</a></i> – UK Tour (1965)</li> <li><i>The Platinum Cat</i> at <a href="/wiki/Wyndham%27s_Theatre" title="Wyndham's Theatre">Wyndham's Theatre</a>, London (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Brassbound%27s_Conversion" title="Captain Brassbound's Conversion">Captain Brassbound's Conversion</a></i> at the Cambridge Theatre, London (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Fat_Friend" title="My Fat Friend">My Fat Friend</a></i> at the Globe Theatre, London (1972)</li> <li><i>Signed and Sealed</i> at the Comedy Theatre, London (1976)</li> <li><i>The Undertaking</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Fortune_Theatre" title="Fortune Theatre">Fortune Theatre</a>, London (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loot_(play)" title="Loot (play)">Loot</a></i> (directed) at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and Arts Theatre, London (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Entertaining_Mr_Sloane" title="Entertaining Mr Sloane">Entertaining Mr Sloane</a></i> (directed) at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London (1981)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Monday Matinee: <i><a href="/wiki/Passport_to_Pimlico" title="Passport to Pimlico">Passport to Pimlico</a></i> (6 October 1952), <i><a href="/wiki/Light_Programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Programme">Light Programme</a></i> - (as Benny)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hancock%27s_Half_Hour" title="Hancock's Half Hour">Hancock's Half Hour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_Our_Ken" title="Beyond Our Ken">Beyond Our Ken</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Round_the_Horne" title="Round the Horne">Round the Horne</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julian_and_Sandy" title="Julian and Sandy">Julian and Sandy</a></i></li> <li><i>The Betty Witherspoon Show</i></li> <li><i>Kenneth Williams Playhouse</i></li> <li><i>Kenneth Williams Cabaret</i></li> <li><i>The Secret Life of Kenneth Williams</i></li> <li><i>Oh Get On with It</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stop_Messing_About" title="Stop Messing About">Stop Messing About</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows" title="The Wind in the Willows">The Wind in the Willows</a></i></li> <li><i>Post Mortem</i> by Stuart Jackman</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diary_of_a_Madman_(Nikolai_Gogol)" title="Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)">Diary of a Madman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol" title="Nikolai Gogol">Nikolai Gogol</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Trent%27s_Last_Case_(1952_film)" title="Trent's Last Case (1952 film)">Trent's Last Case</a></i> (1952) as Horace Evans, the gardener (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Song" title="Valley of Song">Valley of Song</a></i> (1953) as Lloyd The Haulage</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera_(film)" title="The Beggar's Opera (film)">The Beggar's Opera</a></i> (1953) as Jack The Pot Boy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Innocents_in_Paris" title="Innocents in Paris">Innocents in Paris</a></i> (1953) as window dresser at London airport (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seekers_(1954_film)" title="The Seekers (1954 film)">The Seekers</a></i> (1954) as Peter Wishart</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat_(1956_film)" title="Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)">Three Men in a Boat</a></i> (1956) as <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_Maze" title="Hampton Court Maze">Hampton Court Maze</a> Attendant (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Sergeant" title="Carry On Sergeant">Carry On Sergeant</a></i> (1958) as James Bailey</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Nurse" title="Carry On Nurse">Carry On Nurse</a></i> (1959) as Oliver Reckitt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Teacher" title="Carry On Teacher">Carry On Teacher</a></i> (1959) as Edwin Milton</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tommy_the_Toreador" title="Tommy the Toreador">Tommy the Toreador</a></i> (1959) as Vice-Consul</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Constable" title="Carry On Constable">Carry On Constable</a></i> (1960) as Constable Stanley Benson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_Mine_Mink" title="Make Mine Mink">Make Mine Mink</a></i> (1960) as Freddie Warrington</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/His_and_Hers_(film)" title="His and Hers (film)">His and Hers</a></i> (1961) as Policeman; uncredited airport reporter's overdubbed voice</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_the_Wind_(1961_film)" title="Raising the Wind (1961 film)">Raising the Wind</a></i> (1961) as Harold Chesney</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Regardless" title="Carry On Regardless">Carry On Regardless</a></i> (1961) as Francis Courtenay</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twice_Round_the_Daffodils" title="Twice Round the Daffodils">Twice Round the Daffodils</a></i> (1962) as Henry Halfpenny</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Cruising" title="Carry On Cruising">Carry On Cruising</a></i> (1962) as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Jack" title="Carry On Jack">Carry On Jack</a></i> (1963) as Captain Fearless</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Spying" title="Carry On Spying">Carry On Spying</a></i> (1964) as Desmond Simpkins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Cleo" title="Carry On Cleo">Carry On Cleo</a></i> (1964) as <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Cowboy" title="Carry On Cowboy">Carry On Cowboy</a></i> (1965) as Judge Burke</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Screaming!" title="Carry On Screaming!">Carry On Screaming!</a></i> (1966) as Dr Watt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Lose_Your_Head" title="Don't Lose Your Head">Don't Lose Your Head</a></i> (1966) as Citizen Camembert</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Follow_That_Camel" title="Follow That Camel">Follow That Camel</a></i> (1967) as Commandant Burger</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Doctor" title="Carry On Doctor">Carry On Doctor</a></i> (1967) as Dr Kenneth Tinkle</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Up_the_Khyber" title="Carry On Up the Khyber">Carry On Up the Khyber</a></i> (1968) as the Khasi of Khalabar</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Camping" title="Carry On Camping">Carry On Camping</a></i> (1969) as Dr Kenneth Soaper</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Again_Doctor" title="Carry On Again Doctor">Carry On Again Doctor</a></i> (1969) as Frederick Carver</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Loving" title="Carry On Loving">Carry On Loving</a></i> (1970) as Percival Snooper</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Henry" title="Carry On Henry">Carry On Henry</a></i> (1971) as <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_at_Your_Convenience" title="Carry On at Your Convenience">Carry On at Your Convenience</a></i> (1971) as WC Boggs</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Matron" title="Carry On Matron">Carry On Matron</a></i> (1972) as Sir Bernard Cutting</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Abroad" title="Carry On Abroad">Carry On Abroad</a></i> (1972) as Stuart Farquhar</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Dick" title="Carry On Dick">Carry On Dick</a></i> (1974) as Captain Desmond Fancey</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Behind" title="Carry On Behind">Carry On Behind</a></i> (1975) as Professor Roland Crump</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_Carry_On!" title="That's Carry On!">That's Carry On!</a></i> (1977) as Presenter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1978_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1978) as Sir Henry Baskerville</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Emmannuelle" title="Carry On Emmannuelle">Carry On Emmannuelle</a></i> (1978) as Emile Prevert</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thief_and_the_Cobbler" title="The Thief and the Cobbler">The Thief and the Cobbler</a></i> (1993) as Goblet / Tickle (voice) (final film role)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i>Wogan's Radio Fun</i> ((1987) Julian and Sandy sketch with Hugh Paddick</li> <li><i>International Cabaret</i> (1966–1974) as Himself – Host</li> <li><i>The Kenneth Williams Show</i> (1970–1976) as Himself</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jackanory" title="Jackanory">Jackanory</a></i> (1968–1986) as Storyteller</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Willo_the_Wisp" title="Willo the Wisp">Willo the Wisp</a></i> (all voices, 1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Galloping_Galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Galloping Galaxies">Galloping Galaxies</a></i> (1985–1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Audience_with_Kenneth_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="An Audience with Kenneth Williams">An Audience with Kenneth Williams</a></i> (1983) as Himself</li> <li><i>Bilko on Parade</i> (1984) as Narrator <i>(<a href="/wiki/Phil_Silvers" title="Phil Silvers">Phil Silvers</a>)</i></li> <li><i>Parkinson in Australia</i> (1981) as Himself</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="What's My Line">What's My Line</a>?</i></li> <li><i>Some You Win</i> as Himself</li> <li><i>Whizzkids Guide</i> (1981) as Himself</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tomorrow%27s_World" title="Tomorrow's World">Tomorrow's World</a></i> (1981) as Himself</li> <li><i>Let's Make a Musical</i> (1977) as Himself</li> <li><i>Going Places</i> (1975) as Presenter</li> <li><i>Meanwhile, on BBC2</i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Join_Jim_Dale" title="Join Jim Dale">Join Jim Dale</a></i> (1969) as Himself</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wednesday_Play" title="The Wednesday Play">The Wednesday Play</a></i> (1964) as Himself</li> <li><i>BBC Sunday Night Theatre</i> (1952–1958) as Captain Chalford / The Angel</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joan_(play)" title="Saint Joan (play)">Saint Joan</a></i> (1958) as <a href="/wiki/Charles_VII_of_France" title="Charles VII of France">The Dauphin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Freedom" title="Sword of Freedom">Sword of Freedom</a></i></li> <li><i>The School</i></li> <li><i>Dick and the Duchess</i> (1957) as Clive</li> <li><i>The Armoured Car</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Misalliance" title="Misalliance">Misalliance</a></i> (1954) as Bentley Summerhays</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Countdown_(game_show)" title="Countdown (game show)">Countdown</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recordings">Recordings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Kenneth Williams on Pleasure Bent</i> 1967, Decca LK 4856. Music by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Dicks" title="Ted Dicks">Ted Dicks</a>, lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Myles_Rudge" title="Myles Rudge">Myles Rudge</a>. Arrangements and musical direction by Barry Booth, sound supervision by Roger Cameron.</li> <li><i>The World of Kenneth Williams</i> 1970, Decca SPA 64. Stereo edition of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s.</li> <li><i>The Bona World of Julian and Sandy</i> 1976, DJM DJF20487</li> <li><i>Castle on Luke Street</i> 1978, Sanctuary Records, SU0803. <a href="/wiki/Roy_Castle" title="Roy Castle">Roy Castle</a> narrated eight stories from the David Lewis Series of books on side 1. Williams recorded "Lost and Found" on side 2. <a href="/wiki/Dora_Bryan" title="Dora Bryan">Dora Bryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Nimmo" title="Derek Nimmo">Derek Nimmo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thora_Hird" title="Thora Hird">Thora Hird</a> narrated one story each.</li> <li>Williams also released several albums as <a href="/wiki/Rambling_Syd_Rumpo" title="Rambling Syd Rumpo">Rambling Syd Rumpo</a>.</li> <li>Kenneth Williams read eight <i><a href="/wiki/Just_William" title="Just William">Just William</a></i> stories for Argo in the early 1980s.</li> <li>An audio reading of <i><a href="/wiki/Monkey_(novel)" title="Monkey (novel)">Monkey</a></i>, Arthur Waley's translation of <a href="/wiki/Journey_to_the_West" title="Journey to the West">Journey to the West</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Nimbus_Records" title="Nimbus Records">Nimbus Records</a> (1981). Re-released on MP3 CD:NI5888, in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Parlour Poetry: Comic, Patriotic and Improving Verse from the Victorian Age</i>: (1978): Saydisc Label: SDL294: CD Re-release: 2009.</li></ul> <p>There are also several recordings of <i>Round the Horne</i><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Just a Minute</i> that include Williams.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Acid Drops</i> (1980) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/641946857">641946857</a></li> <li><i>Back Drops</i> (1983) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/917385026">917385026</a></li> <li><i>Just Williams</i> (1985) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC 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(identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/909213173">909213173</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Williams&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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London: HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-638092-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-638092-4"><bdi>978-0-00-638092-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 February</span> 2023</span>. <q>Anyway, my mother was a Morgan, and my father was a Williams, so I suppose the ancestry can be said to be Welsh. But I don't like nationalism. The very IDEA of devolution is mad. I don't even like the sound of the Welsh language, and I think their insistence on retaining it is barmy. 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