Lawrence Paul Williams (10 August 1905 – 8 October 1996) was a British motion picture art director.
Biography
Lawrence P. Williams was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) on 10 August 1905.[1]
He married actress Queenie Leonard on 11 December 1936. The two divorced in 1947, and he remarried to Margaret Veda Elaine "Peggy" Garratt on 1 August of that year. They remained married until her death in 1990.[1]
Williams died in Chinnor, South Oxfordshire on 8 October 1996, after a short illness.[1]
Filmography
- So Well Remembered (1947)
- Brief Encounter (1945) (as L.P. Williams)
- Forever and a Day (1943) (uncredited)
- Sunny (1941)
- No, No, Nanette (1940) (as L.P. Williams)
- Irene (1940) (as L.P. Williams)
- Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
- Sixty Glorious Years (1938) (as L.P. Williams)
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) (as L.P. Williams)
- Victoria the Great (1937)
- Our Fighting Navy (1937)
- The Queen's Affair (1934)
- Nell Gwyn (1934) (as L.P. Williams)
- Yes, Mr. Brown (1933) (as L.P. Williams)
- The King's Cup (1933)
- Thark (1932)
- A Night Like This (1932)
- Plunder (1931)
- Carnival (1931) (as L. P. Williams)
- The Speckled Band (1931) (as L.P. Williams)
- Canaries Sometimes Sing (1930)
- School for Scandal (1930)
- Tons of Money (1930)
- On Approval (1930)
- Wolves (1930)
Art department
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) (associate art director) (as L.P. Williams)
- Tom Brown's School Days (1940) (associate art director) (as L.P. Williams)
- Vigil in the Night (1940) (associate art director) (as L.P. Williams)
- The Loves of Robert Burns (1930) (assistant art director)
- The Woman in White (1929) (assistant art director)
- The Bondman (1929) (assistant art director)
- When Knights Were Bold (1929) (assistant art director)
References
- ^ a b c Surowiec, Catherine A. "Williams, Lawrence Paul [Bill]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63301. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
- Lawrence P. Williams at IMDb
- Art & Design in The British Film #30- Lawrence Paul Williams
