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  2. Mar 8, 2006 · To play the tortured comedian Kenneth Williams, Michael Sheen had to go beyond the flared nostrils and the cries of 'Matron', he tells James Rampton.

  3. Williams was played by Adam Godley in Terry Johnson 's play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, which premiered at the National Theatre in 1998. Godley reprised the role in the subsequent film adaptation, Cor, Blimey! In 2006, Williams' life was the subject of the television play Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!.

  4. Apr 2, 2006 · Michael Sheen plays comedian and actor Kenneth Williams in this film that was adapted from Williams’ diaries and originally shown on BBC Four. In this article, Michael discusses how he lost weight to play the role and becoming obsessed with Kenneth Williams while preparing for the film.

  5. Apr 14, 2018 · When Kenneth died from an overdose of barbiturates (‘my hoard of poison’) washed down with alcohol, the coroner brought in an open verdict. But the truth is that Kenneth Williams, at 62, was at the end of his tether.

  6. Features John Lahr, Mary Spargo, Jeremy Swan, Peter Shellard, Michael Anderson and more. For the first time ever, all four beneficiaries of Kenneth Williams 's last will and testament appear on screen in a new film by Wes Butters.

  7. Jul 27, 2017 · In real life both Williams and Hawtrey took entirely different approaches to their sexuality. By all accounts Charles relished who he was and what that meant, becoming a well-known and flamboyant figure when he set up home in the seaside town of Deal in Kent.

  8. Mar 5, 2006 · Kenneth Williams's extraordinary voice, outrageous double entendres and nostril-widening mannerisms made him an amazing one-off among British comedians. Now a bravura performance by Michael...