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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 ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' ...
''. Since 2014, he has played the character of Justin Elliott in the long-running
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series ''
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''.


Early life and education

Simon Williams was born in
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in 1946. His parents were the actor
Hugh Williams Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (6 March 1904 – 7 December 1969) was a British actor and dramatist of Welsh descent. Early life and career Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (nicknamed "Tam") was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex to Hugh Dafydd Antho ...
and the actress and model
Margaret Vyner Margaret Leila Vyner, also known by her married name Margaret Williams (3 December 1914 in Armidale, New South Wales – 30 October 1993 in Reading, England) was an Australian-born model and actress who appeared in British films. She collabora ...
. His sister Polly, an actress, married his ''Don't Wait Up'' co-star and friend
Nigel Havers Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951) is an English actor and presenter. His film roles include Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film ''Chariots of Fire'', which earned him a BAFTA nomination; as Dr. Rawlins in the 1987 Steven Spielb ...
. She died in 2004. His brother is the poet
Hugo Williams Hugo Williams (born Hugh Anthony Mordaunt Vyner Williams on 20 February 1942) is an English poet, journalist and travel writer. He received the T. S. Eliot Prize in 1999 and Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2004. Family and early life Will ...
. Williams was educated at
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. He trained in
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at
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,
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and
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, and later joined the
Theatre Workshop Theatre Workshop is a theatre group whose long-serving director was Joan Littlewood. Many actors of the 1950s and 1960s received their training and first exposure with the company, many of its productions were transferred to theatres in the West ...
.


Career

Williams has appeared on stage in many productions, and has also directed a number of plays. He first appeared on television in 1967 in ''
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'', and in 1969 played the lead role in ''
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''. 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 the penultimate episode " All the King's Horses" in 1975. Following this, he appeared in ''
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''. From 1979 to 1981, he played Laurence Lucas in ''
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'', a role he reprised in 1995 in ''
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''. His film career includes appearances in '' The Touchables'' (1968), ''
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'' (1970), ''
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'' (1971), ''
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'' (1976), ''
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'' (1976), ''
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'' (1977), '' The Uncanny'' (1977), ''
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'' (1978), and the
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films ''
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'' (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 ''
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''. In 1985, Williams replaced
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to play Dr. Charles Cartwright in the sitcom '' Don't Wait Up'', a role Williams continued for three series until 1990. In the meantime, he had also appeared in ''
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'', the ''
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'' serial "
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" as
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Gilmore, ''
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'', and the pilot of '' The Alleyn Mysteries'', in which he played
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. He also was a guest star on the television series ''
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'' where he played murder victim Mr. Chapman. He was a celebrity player on '' Pass the Buck'' on Christmas Eve 1986. Williams also played
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in several
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adaptations of
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novels, starring John Moffatt as
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. Williams has appeared in episodes of '' Bergerac'', '' Dangerfield'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Bad Girls'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Starhunter 2300'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Diamond Geezer 2'', '' Kingdom'' and ''
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''. In 1992 Williams starred in the series ''The Mixer'', his co-star was
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of
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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
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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 ''
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'' from 2000 to 2003. In 2000, he appeared on
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's ''
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''. 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
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to make a one-off appearance in ''
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'' as Professor de Silva, the father of junior doctor Toby de Silva. In 2010, he appeared as Lord Godwyn in the television series ''
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'' in the episode "The Changeling". In 2010, Williams contributed to the CD ''We Will Remember Them'', published by the
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, 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
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near
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in
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.London Theatre Guide – Online : News October 2007
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and
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for more than 30 years, including 15 years as joint chairman with
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. He has donated his time and expertise to the Sir
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Charitable Trust, the
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Fund for Actors and Actresses, and several other charities. Williams made a guest appearance in the fourth season of the
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'', in 2011. The episode 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 ''
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'' (2012), in the BBC television series ''
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'' (2015), in
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soap ''
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'' (2017), in Alan Bennett's play ''Allelujah'' (2018), as Stanton in the
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, in the BBC television series '' Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators'' (2020), and as
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in the play ''The 47th'' by Mike Bartlett (2022).


Personal life

Williams married actress
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, with whom he had two children, Tam and Amy, both actors. They divorced. In 1986 he married actress
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, the daughter of Peter Fleming and
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and the niece of ''
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'' creator
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.


References


External links


Simon Williams
at the
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Simon 1946 births Living people English dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors Fleming family People educated at Harrow School Male actors from Windsor, Berkshire