Lawrence P. Williams

Lawrence P. Williams
Born
Lawrence Paul Williams

(1905-08-10)10 August 1905
Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
Died8 October 1996(1996-10-08) (aged 91)
Chinnor, South Oxfordshire, England
OccupationArt director
Years active1929–1947
Spouses
(m. 1936; div. 1947)
    Peggy Garratt
    (m. 1947; died 1990)
    Children1

    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

    1. ^ 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.)