Tom Williams: Movies & Box Office

Tom Williams (November 29, 1929 – February 7, 2018) was an American actor associated with the television series Life with Lucy, the animated series Quack Pack, and the science-fiction feature film Return to the Planet of the Apes. The supplied Wikipedia material is a disambiguation page, but its arts-and-entertainment section identifies him specifically as Tom Williams (actor), distinguishing him from the numerous athletes, musicians, politicians, and other public figures who shared his name. Williams's career crossed family sitcoms, children's animation, and feature-film science fiction, giving his screen work a variety that is not immediately apparent from a short reference listing. His credit on Life with Lucy, the American domestic comedy starring Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon, placed him within a popular late-1980s television series about a remarried widow adjusting to life with her family and grandchildren. The reference identifies the production but does not specify Williams's character, recurring appearances, or number of episodes, so those details should not be inferred solely from his association with the show. His work on Quack Pack, the animated Disney series featuring Donald Duck and his nephews, connects him with children's entertainment and the Disney Afternoon programming tradition. Although the supplied entry does not name the character or voice Williams performed, the credit demonstrates that his professional work was not confined to conventional live-action acting. Williams also appeared in Return to the Planet of the Apes, the 1981 science-fiction film that continued the original Planet of the Apes series with a story set in a future where intelligent apes inhabit Earth and astronauts travel between the planet and an orbiting space station. That role placed him within a recognizable science-fiction franchise and provided a markedly different setting from the domestic comedy and animation associated with his other listed credits. Taken together, the three productions illustrate Williams's involvement in American television, animation, and theatrical genre filmmaking. He was born in New York City and pursued a career that developed during the second half of the twentieth century, with his credited work extending from early television performances through the era of Quack Pack and Life with Lucy. His life span of 1929–2018 situates him within the generation of American character actors who appeared across numerous series and productions during that period. For database purposes, the most defensible summary of his career centers on these three named screen credits rather than the unrelated individuals listed elsewhere in the disambiguation entry. The same page includes American football players, Australian rules footballers, rugby internationals, baseball and ice hockey players, jazz musicians, television presenters, and politicians with the name Tom Williams or Tommy Williams, none of whom should be merged into this actor's record. No spouse or children are identified in the provided material, so those personal fields remain unconfirmed. Any additional role, family detail, or chronological credit should be verified against a dedicated biography of the actor rather than inferred from the broader name list.