George Brigars Williams

George Brigars Williams (8 January 1929 to 1 August 2016) was a Ghanaian actor whose career ran from the London stage to Ghanaian film and television.

Early life

He was born in Sekondi to Nora and Francis Awoonor Williams, and had family ties to the Awoonor Williams and Awoonor-Renner families. He attended Aggrey Memorial Secondary School, Achimota School and Adisadel College (1941 to 1945), then studied in Britain at Nelson College and Balham and Tooting College of Commerce before training as an actor at the Stage Craft Centre in London.

Career

In Britain he acted in Julian Green's South at the Arts Theatre and in the musical ballet Caribbean Heatwave in Jersey, made programmes for the BBC West African Service and recorded with jazz musicians including Joe Harriott and Shake Keane. In Ghana his films included Last Hope, Genesis Chapter X, Black Sunday, Dirty Deal, Bloody Mary and My Sister's Honor, and he starred in the award-winning soap Ultimate Paradise. He also taught acting at the Accra Film School.

Death

He died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on 1 August 2016, aged 87. He was married with five children.