Comedy actor. Born Bingfield Street, N1. David Benson's 6 minute video of David Benson's Kenneth Williams walk showing the Argyle Square area of London where Kenneth grew up. And the BBC iPlayer has as its first item 8 minutes of him commenting on the wider Bloomsbury area in 1975, when it was undergoing great change. And another.
He died in his flat in Marlborough House, NW1, where he had lived for 16 years.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kenneth Williams
The plaque is located in the foyer of the New Diorama Theatre.
Kenneth Williams, 1926 - 1988, comedy actor lived here, 1972 - 1988. The Dea...
British film pioneer. Born in Fife, raised in Edinburgh. Came south as a master chemist. Became interested in photography and X-ray photography. 1896 he introduced the first programme of films t...
Theatre manager and film cameraman. Born in Roydon, Essex. Details of his life are sketchy, but he is supposed to have managed a theatre in Northampton before taking over the newly built Brixton Th...
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played Mr. Salt in the 1971 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'. Died following a fall from a horse while filming in Spain.
Film director. Born Paris to an anarchist father. Vigo's two important films are Zero for Conduct (1933) and L'Atalante (1934). Vigo's anarchism is discussed at Libcom. Died Paris.
Born Yorkshire. Raised as a Methodist. Became a minister in the East End, a chaplain in WW1. Became Superintendent of the Lambeth Mission in London in 1922, and was there 32 years. Wrote many hymns...
