Emlyn Williams
Gender: Male
Born: 26th November 1905
Died: 25th September 1987
Nationality: Wales
Movies: Jamaica Inn, The Citadel, Another Man's Poison, Hatter's Castle, Ivanhoe, Web of Evidence, I, Claudius, Men of Tomorrow, The Stars Look Down, The Frightened Lady, David Copperfield, They Drive by Night, Major Barbara, The Wreck of the Mary Deare, Three Husbands, Broken Blossoms, City of Beautiful Nonsense, The Last Days of Dolwyn, Girl in the News, The Scarf, Evensong, This England, Broken Blossoms
George Emlyn Williams, CBE (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1987), known as Emlyn Williams, was a Welsh dramatist and actor.
He was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family in Mostyn, Flintshire.
Aged 11 he won a scholarship to Holywell Grammar School. At the end of his time at the grammar school he won a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford and joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS).
In 1927, he joined a repertory company and began his stage career. By 1930, he had branched out into writing with works such as A Murder Has Been Arranged and The Late Christopher Bean. He became an overnight star, however, with his thriller Night Must Fall (1935), in which he also played the lead role of a psychopathic murderer. The play was noted for its exploration of the killer's complex psychological state, a step forward for its genre. It was made into a film in 1937 with Robert Montgomery, and again in 1964 with Albert Finney. It has been frequently revived, including on Broadway in 1999 with Matthew Broderick and most recently in the West End with Jason Donovan.
His other great play was very different: The Corn is Green (1938), partly based on his own childhood in Wales.
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