Guy Williams (actor)

Guy Williams
Williams at his arrival in Argentina, April 1973
Born
Armando Joseph Catalano

(1924-01-14)January 14, 1924
DiedApril 30, 1989(1989-04-30) (aged 65)
OccupationActor
Years active1947–1973
Spouse
Janice Cooper
(m. 1948; div. 1983)
Children2

Armando Joseph Catalano (January 14, 1924 – April 30, 1989[1]), better known as Guy Williams, was an American actor. He played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s.[2]

Among his most notable achievements were two TV series: Zorro in the title role, and as the father of the Robinson family on the popular sci-fi series Lost in Space.

During most of the 1970s, Guy Williams frequently visited and worked in television shows in Argentina, where he was most revered.[3] He retired in the early 1980s in Buenos Aires, where he died of a brain aneurysm in 1989.

  1. ^ "A Brief Biography of Guy Williams". The Guy Williams Webshrine. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2013. His body was found on Saturday May 6, 1989, but he had already been dead for a number of days; he was last seen alive on April 30; his death date has often been reported as May 7, but this was already a day after his body was found, and probably almost a week after he actually died.
  2. ^ "Guy Williams Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  3. ^ Raimon, Marcelo (May 7, 1999). "La pirueta final del auténtico Zorro" [The final pirouette of the authentic Zorro]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. Retrieved December 2, 2020.