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- Birth nameCharles Adolphus Williams
- Charlie Williams was born on December 23, 1928 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Concrete Cowboys (1979), Man at the Top (1973) and Love Thy Neighbour (1972). He was married to Audrey Crump. He died on September 2, 2006 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK.
- SpouseAudrey Crump(April 1, 1957 - ?) (2 children)
- Played professional football for Doncaster Rovers before achieving fame as a stand-up comedian on TV.
- Born in Yorkshire of Jamaican descent.
- Was the first black comedian to make the big time on British TV.
- Charlie Williams was an English professional footballer who was one of the first black players in British football after the Second World War. Later he became Britain's first well-known black stand-up comedian.
- He played 171 times for Rovers in total, but scored only one goal, in a Second Division game away to Barnsley on 24 March 1956.
- [to a heckler during his stand-up comedy act, referring to racial prejudice against black people such as himself] If you don't shut up, I'll come and live next-door to you.
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