Nye Williams

born: 21 September 1892 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

died: 17 January 1960 San Francisco, California, United States of America (heart attack, age 67)

American actor and athlete who was one of many early Rolin/Roach alumni to have been a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, along with Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Noah Young, Mark Jones, Maynard Laswell, and others.

Real name: Nye H. Williams Height: 5'6"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1919 Spring Fever Busy Bee customer 1919 He Leads, Others Follow [?] 1919 Soft Money [?] 1919 Count The Votes [?] 1919 Pay Your Dues [?] 1919 His Only Father [?] 1919 Bumping Into Broadway [?] 1919 Captain Kidd's Kids [?] 1919 From Hand To Mouth [?] Acknowledgements: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDM6-GZ4 (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDC2-YZN (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQDL-8GK (1895 MN Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9SX-ZXH (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP3M-FWN (1905 MN Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2G4-KVP (1910 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVV-DG8 (WWI draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQK-5BF (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV4-5C2 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CN-6P5 (1940 Census) Nye H Williams, "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLLS-PSNW (1954 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGT2-SXS (CA Death Index) Nye H Williams, "California, U.S., San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K47-NP7P (Social Security Numident File) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WS8T-B2MM (U.S. Veterans Adm. Master Index) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608076026/ (Los Angeles Express, 22 Jan 1916) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608097319/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 28 Jul 1916) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608093991/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 14 Jun 1917) https://archive.org/details/camera1919losa/page/n236/mode/1up?q=%22nye+wil+liams%22&view=theater (Camera!, 20 Jul 1919) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38874565/ (Pasadena Independent, 12 Jan 1960) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/379979594/ (Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan 1960) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/458327578/ (San Francisco Examiner, 19 Jan 1960) https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22nye+williams%22&p_place=CA (Newspapers.com, search) Jesse Brisson (research and bio notes; identification in Spring Fever) This page was last updated on: 04 December 2023