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Don Q, Son of Zorro is a 1925 American silent swashbuckler romance film and a sequel to the 1920 silent film The Mark of Zorro. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel Don Q.'s Love Story, written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. [2]
Primarily a comedic actor early in his career, he moved into the adventure genre with the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and found further success in films including Robin Hood (1922) and The Thief of Bagdad (1924).
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Early life
Guy Williams was born of Sicilian parentage on January 14, 1924, as Armando Joseph Catalano in the Washington Heights area of New York City. His parents, insurance broker Attilio Catalano and Clara Arcara, were from the island of Sicily, and were by then living in poverty. Attilio was the son of a wealthy timber grower in Messina, who purchased land in New Jersey. Williams grew up in the Little Italyneighborhood of The Bronx. In Public School 189, Williams stood out in mathematics. Later, he...
First artistic steps
Williams wanted to be an actor, spurred by his good looks and 6'3" height. When he decided not to continue studying, his mother, who later became an executive of a foreign film company, was disappointed because it was expected that he would follow in his father's footsteps as an insurance broker.[citation needed] After working as a welder, cost accountant and aircraft-parts inspector during World War II, Williams became a salesman in the luggage department at Wanamaker's. While there, he deci...
Early Hollywood
Guy Williams appeared in small supporting roles in films, including: 1. The Day The Earth Stood Still(1951) (uncredited) as Radar Operator at beginning of film 2. Bonzo Goes to College(1952) – as Ronald Calkins 3. The Mississippi Gambler(1953) – as Andre 4. The Golden Blade (1953) – as Baghdad's town crier 5. The Man from the Alamo(1953) – as a sergeant 6. Take Me to Town(1953) – as a small hero 7. Highway Patrol(1955) - as Patrolman Hanson 8. I Was a Teenage Werewolf(1957) – as police office...
Later in 1989, while spending solitary months in Argentina, Williams had disappeared. The local police searched his apartment in Recoleta on May 6, 1989, finding his body. He had died of a brain aneurysm. Owing to his great popularity in Argentina, his ashes lay for two years at the Argentine Actors' Society cemetery at La Chacarita Cemetery, Actor...
In 2000, Williams was the first local celebrity inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame. He was represented at the ceremony by his son Steven Catalano (Guy Williams Jr.)In 2001, (August 2), he was posthumously granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7080 Hollywood Blvd after petitions from thousands of his fans in front of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerc...In October 2002, the fans of Williams, with his children Steven and Toni in attendance, dedicated to him a bench in New York's Central Park.In August 2003, Disney enterprise placed a commemorative badge dedicated to Williams in the mansion of the Mission San Luis Rey de Franciaat Oceanside, California, where the Zorro series was filmed...The Genealogy of Guy Williams at WikiTreeGuy Williams at IMDbWith Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Jack McDonald, Donald Crisp. Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.
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- Adventure, Romance
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- 1925-06-15
Then, Fairbanks fakes his own suicide, and sets out to prove his innocence; eventually, he receives help from father "Zorro" (Fairbanks, in a dual role). "Don Q, Son of Zorro" is a tremendous sequel, from Fairbanks and company, who wisely viewed follow-ups as a chance to equal, or improve upon, earlier hits.
Oct 10, 2023 · For Don Q., Son of Zorro (1925) – set in Spain, with Fairbanks playing the dual role of the dashing son falsely accused of assassination and the father hastening across the Atlantic to his aid – he became so expert with the bullwhip that he could use it to snatch cigarettes out of the mouths of startled enemies, to rip a marriage contract ...
Following a series of strokes, Crisp died on May 25, 1974, two months short of his 92nd birthday. By John Charles
