Al Williams

born: 02 May 1911 Lumberton, North Carolina, United States of America

died: 28 March 1996 Los Angeles County, California, United States of America (age 84)

On his 1935 marriage certificate, he is an actor for MGM. By 1940, he changed gears within the motion picture industry and became a property man (U.S. Census, 20 Apr 1940), with his World War II draft registration card (16 Oct 1940) giving his employer as the Warner Bros. studio; he is still a prop man in the 1950 U.S. Census. Online sources mix his filmography and information up with another Al Williams (b. 28 November 1912 in Waycross, Georgia; d. 03 May 1985 in Los Angeles, California), a black entertainer who was a member of the pioneering Four Step Brothers dance group.

Real name: Alfred George Williams Height: 5'7½"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1937 Pick A Star Cashier Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH1S-Y14 (NC Birth Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7ZQT-YV2M (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFF-FG9 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JV-9K4 (1935 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CX-YCJ (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFS-TR85 (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMN4-N96 (WWII enlistment) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XG7-FZJV (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5H-7P3 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT4Z-HPP (Social Security Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4Q-WGZ3 (Social Security Numident File) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 23 May 2026