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Kenneth Charles Williams was an English actor, best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 Carry On films, and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.Williams grew up in Central London in a working-class family. He served in the Royal Engineers during World War II, where he first became interested in becoming an entertainer. After a short spell in repertory theatre as a serious actor, he turned to comedy and achieved national fame in Hancock's Half Hour. He sustained continued success throughout the 1960s and '70s with his regular appearances in Carry On films, and subsequently kept himself in the public eye with chat shows and other television work.

Though Williams was fondly regarded in the entertainment industry, he suffered from depression. He kept a series of diaries throughout his life that achieved posthumous acclaim.



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✵ 22. February 1926 – 15. April 1988
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Famous Kenneth Williams Quotes

“Living with someone always means a denial of self in SOME way and I suppose I have always known it was something I couldn't accomplish. So I've always stayed on the sidelines. Getting the pleasure vicariously. It's not wholly satisfactory, but then of course no lives are, and you know what I think about indiscriminate sex and promiscuous trade. I think it's the beginning of a long, long road to despair.”

Kenneth Williams

Letter, quoted in The Observer, Sunday 10 October 2010.
Source: Kenneth Williams: secret loves behind the life of a tormented man, The Observer, 10 October 2010 http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/10/kenneth-williams-biography-christopher-stevens,

“Oh – what's the bloody point?”

Kenneth Williams

Last diary entry, 14 April 1988.

“He was very difficult to work with. When he felt like it, it was just bliss. But he could be hideous.”

Kenneth Williams

Fenella Fielding
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Source: The lady vanishes: What ever happened to Fenella Fielding?, The Independent, 26 February 2008 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-lady-vanishes-what-ever-happened-to-fenella-fielding-785265.html,

“It's frightening to think with modern medicine and all the technique available to them they can't really help you. In the old days, you know, you were better off because nowadays, they are all specialists. Everyone's becoming better and better at less and less. Eventually someone's going to be superb, at nothing.”

Kenneth Williams

YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDtwc9HA7s&feature=g-vrec&context=G2e1b344RVAAAAAAAABg

“All problems have to be solved eventually by ONESELF, and that's where all your lovely John Donne stuff turns out to be a load of crap because, in the last analysis, A MAN IS AN ISLAND”

Kenneth Williams

Letter, quoted in The Observer, Sunday 10 October 2010.

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