Williams' credits included producer on two movies with Stanley Kubrick, as well as six films for director Frank Oz.
[1] He began his career in filmmaking by working inside the mailroom of Associated British Pictures when he was a teenager.
[1] Williams also worked as a production manager for the British television series, The Prisoner (1967–68), a project associated with actor Patrick McGoohan.
[1] Williams also produced The Big Sleep (1978), a remake of the 1946 film; Flash Gordon (1980); Ragtime (1981); The Bounty (1984), starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins; Manhunter (1986), which was directed by Michael Mann; and Daredevil (2003), a superhero film starring Ben Affleck.
[1] His additional production credits included The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993); and Blood and Wine (1996).