18-992: Simon Williams may refer to: Simon Williams (actor) (born 1946), English actor best known for playing James Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs Simon Williams (athlete) (born 1967), English shot put and discus athlete Simon Williams (sociologist) (born 1961), professor of sociology at the University of Warwick Simon Williams (bassist) (born 1973), bassist and backup singer to ska-punk band Goldfinger Simon Williams (chess player) (born 1979), English chess player, grandmaster Simon Williams (cricketer) (born 1970), former English cricketer Simon Williams (Royal Navy officer) Simon Channing Williams (1945–2009), British film producer Simon Williams (artist) (born 1973), Welsh comic artist Simon Williams (weightlifter) (1920–?), Jamaican Olympic weightlifter Simon Williams,
36-614: A Minute . In 2002 he appeared in the film The Gathering Storm , and has also appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama Nekromanteia . In 2008, he appeared in an episode of the BBC spy series Spooks as bank owner Sir Francis Denham. In 2009, Williams returned to the fictional world of Holby to make a one-off appearance in Casualty as Professor de Silva, the father of junior doctor Toby de Silva. In 2010, he appeared as Lord Godwyn in
54-501: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Simon Williams (actor) Simon Williams (born 16 June 1946) is a British actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs . Frequently playing upper middle class or aristocratic upper class roles, he is also known for playing Charles Cartwright in the sitcom Don't Wait Up and Charles Merrick in medical drama Holby City . Since 2014, he has played
72-562: Is himself a rebel robot who befriends a human couple, Stevie and Richard. Slim John has extraordinary strength. The plots revolve around the other robots trying to eliminate him, and often include the fact that Slim John and the other robots have limited amounts of power available and need to recharge themselves regularly. Short grammar lessons are transmitted to all the robots at regular intervals via their hand-held communication devices (anticipating personal digital assistants by more than 30 years). These short lessons are presented not only to
90-685: The Actors' Charitable Trust and Denville Hall for more than 30 years, including 15 years as joint chairman with Angela Thorne . He has donated his time and expertise to the Sir Terence Rattigan Charitable Trust, the King George V Fund for Actors and Actresses, and several other charities. Williams made a guest appearance in the fourth season of the Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries , in 2011. The episode
108-735: The Peter Sellers films The Prisoner of Zenda (1979), and The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980). He also played Nigel Pennington-Smythe in the TV reunion film Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1983). In 1996, he voiced the Bishop in The Willows in Winter . In 1981, he played Buddo in the TV series Kinvig . In 1985, Williams replaced Richard Heffer to play Dr. Charles Cartwright in
126-648: The Theatre Workshop . Williams has appeared on stage in many productions, and has also directed a number of plays. He first appeared on television in 1967 in Man in a Suitcase , and in 1969 played the lead role in Slim John . He got his big break in 1971 when he made his first appearance as James Bellamy in the Upstairs, Downstairs episode "Board Wages". Williams would go on to appear in 37 episodes until
144-476: The ghost story Martin's Close for the BBC , in the BBC television series Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2020), and as Joe Biden in the play The 47th by Mike Bartlett (2022). Williams married actress Belinda Carroll , with whom he had two children, Tam and Amy, both actors. They divorced. In 1986 he married actress Lucy Fleming , the daughter of Peter Fleming and Celia Johnson and
162-616: The character of Justin Elliott in the long-running BBC Radio 4 series The Archers . Simon Williams was born in Windsor in 1946. His parents were the actor Hugh Williams and the actress and model Margaret Vyner . His sister Polly, an actress, married his Don't Wait Up co-star and friend Nigel Havers . She died in 2004. His brother is the poet Hugo Williams . Williams was educated at Harrow School . He trained in repertory at Worthing , Birmingham and Bath , and later joined
180-511: The niece of James Bond creator Ian Fleming . Slim John Slim John was a 1969 BBC English Language Instruction serial made for overseas broadcast, in twenty-six episodes of fourteen minutes each, and in black and white. It involves android robots from outer space planning to take over the Earth, starting with London. They work following the directions of an authority called Control. Robot Five, nicknamed Slim John ( Simon Williams ),
198-783: The penultimate episode " All the King's Horses " in 1975. Following this, he appeared in Wodehouse Playhouse . From 1979 to 1981, he played Laurence Lucas in Agony , a role he reprised in 1995 in Agony Again . His film career includes appearances in The Touchables (1968), The Breaking of Bumbo (1970), The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), Three for All (1976), The Incredible Sarah (1976), Jabberwocky (1977), The Uncanny (1977), The Odd Job (1978), and
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234-456: The robots (including Slim John), but in full screen to the viewers. The serial was an educational tool used for English language instruction. It was supported by books and records as an English teaching method. The series was broadcast for years all over the world, in Turkey, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, Yugoslavia and other countries. Hungary, Poland and Romania were
252-643: The series The Mixer , his co-star was Jeremy Clyde of Chad & Jeremy fame. He appeared as Lord Robert St. Simon in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes feature length episode The Eligible Bachelor (1993) and he appeared as Charles Elliot in the 1997 film The Opium War . Williams has also had recurring roles as Gerald Trigg in Law and Disorder in 1994 and Sir Charles Merrick in Holby City from 2000 to 2003. In 2000, he appeared on BBC Radio 's Just
270-651: The sitcom Don't Wait Up , a role Williams continued for three series until 1990. In the meantime, he had also appeared in Juliet Bravo , the Doctor Who serial " Remembrance of the Daleks " as Group captain Gilmore, Minder , and the pilot of The Alleyn Mysteries , in which he played Roderick Alleyn . He also was a guest star on the television series Cluedo where he played murder victim Mr. Chapman. He
288-864: The television series Merlin in the episode "The Changeling" . In 2010, Williams contributed to the CD We Will Remember Them , published by the Royal British Legion , where he read three of the poems. Williams has also written two novels, Talking Oscars and Kill the Lights , and has written several plays. In early November 2007, he performed in Curtain up! Lights up! Cock up! at the Jermyn Street Theatre near Piccadilly Circus in London . Williams has served
306-707: Was a celebrity player on Pass the Buck on Christmas Eve 1986. Williams also played Captain Hastings in several BBC Radio 4 adaptations of Agatha Christie novels, starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot . Williams has appeared in episodes of Bergerac , Dangerfield , dinnerladies , The Scarlet Pimpernel , Dalziel and Pascoe , Bad Girls , The Inspector Lynley Mysteries , Starhunter 2300 , Cutting It , Heartbeat , Family Affairs , Doctors , The Bill , Diamond Geezer 2 , Kingdom and First Among Equals . In 1992 Williams starred in
324-529: Was entitled "Downstairs, Upstairs" in honour of the actor's famous role. Williams has appeared in the audio series Counter-Measures and its follow-up The New Counter-Measures . He has also appeared in a stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire (2012), in the BBC television series Father Brown (2015), in BBC One soap EastEnders (2017), in Alan Bennett's play Allelujah (2018), as Stanton in
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