Ed Williams (actor)

Edwin Wallace Williams (born November 26, 1926)^[2] is an American retired actor, who played Ted Olsen on the TV series Police Squad! and in The Naked Gun films.

Ed Williams
Born	(1926-11-26) November 26, 1926 (age 98) San Jose, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1941–2010
Notable work	Police Squad! The Naked Gun

Williams was a broadcasting and speech teacher at Los Angeles City College in Southern California. He retired and then took acting classes. With the help of some contacts, he started acting as a second career.^{[citation needed]}

Despite the success of The Naked Gun films, Williams only had minor roles in other movies, such as The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991) and Carnosaur (1993).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Police Squad!	Ted Olsen	TV series, 6 episodes
1986	Ratboy	Lake Reporter
1988	Going to the Chapel	Reverend Morton
1988	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Ted Olsen
1990	L.A. Law	Ed Tobias
1991	High Strung	Boss
1991	The Giant of Thunder Mountain	Mr. Macgruder
1991	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear	Ted Olsen
1991	Father of the Bride	Reverend
1993	Carnosaur	Dr. Sterling Raven
1994	Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult	Ted Olsen