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John Williams (actor)
1903Apr, 15

John Williams (actor)

John Williams, English-American actor (d. 1983)
John Williams (15 April 1903 – 5 May 1983) was a Tony Award-winning English stage, film, and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, as the chauffeur in Billy Wilder's Sabrina (both 1954), and as the second "Mr. French" on TV's Family Affair in its first season (1967).

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Events on 1903

  • 11Feb

    Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)

    Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • 23Feb

    Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

    Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • 1Oct

    Boston Americans

    Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • 13Oct

    Pittsburgh Pirates

    The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • 17Dec

    Wright Flyer

    The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.