Charles Williams - biography

“It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.”

“The famous saying ‘God is love’, it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the ‘otherness’ and terror of God.”

“The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it.  It is about all that, looking back on the history of the Church, one can feel that they have not done.”

“Job plunges into a series of demands on and accusations of God which may be and indeed are epigrams of high intelligence, but are not noticeably patient.”

“The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church.”

“Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.”

“Hell is indefinite.”

“I think in order to move forward into the future, you need to know where you’ve been.”

“It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.”

“Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.”

“Of Adam and Eve: They had what they wanted.  That they did not like it when they got it does not alter the fact that they certainly got it.”

“Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.”

“To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.”

Charles Williams has appeared in the following films:
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Faithless (1932)
Flesh (1932)
Letty Lynton (1932)
Radio Patrol (1932)
Central Airport (1933)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Gambling Ship (1933)
Made on Broadway (1933)
Sitting Pretty (1933)
Dames (1934)
Now I’ll Tell (1934)
Sadie McKee (1934)
The Big Shakedown (1934)
The Crosby Case (1934)
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
The Lost Jungle (1934)
The Show-Off (1934)
This Side of Heaven (1934)
Woman in the Dark (1934)
Four Days’ Wonder (1936)
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
Rose Bowl (1936)
Wedding Present (1936)
As Good as Married (1937)
Behind the Mike (1937)
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
Love Is News (1937)
Love and Hisses (1937)
Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937)
Partners in Crime (1937)
Stand-In (1937)
The Lady Escapes (1937)
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938)
Gateway (1938)
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
Joy of Living (1938)
Man-Proof (1938)
Men with Wings (1938)
Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)
Trade Winds (1938)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Those High Grey Walls (1939)
Convoy (1940)
Enemy Agent (1940)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Primrose Path (1940)
Flying Cadets (1941)
Love on the Dole (1941)
Melody Lane (1941)
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
Reaching for the Sun (1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
Don’t Get Personal (1942)
My Favorite Spy (1942)
Roxie Hart (1942)
The Fleet’s In (1942)
The Great Man’s Lady (1942)
Always a Bridesmaid (1943)
Something to Shout About (1943)
Sarong Girl (1943)
Greenwich Village (1944)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Any More (1944)
Call of the Rockies (1944)
Guest Wife (1945)
Honeymoon Ahead (1945)
Out of This World (1945)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Heldorado (1946)
Passkey to Danger (1946)
Saddle Pals (1947)
Good Sam (1948)
Task Force (1949)
The Accused (1949)
The Woman on Pier 13 (1949)
Paid in Full (1950)
A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
The Twinkle in God’s Eye (1955)


Charles Williams composed the score for the following films:
Jew Süss (1934)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Windbag the Sailor (1936)
Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
Alf’s Button Afloat (1938)
Bank Holiday (1938)
Convict 99 (1938)
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
Owd Bob (1938)
Strange Boarders (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
Girl in the News (1940)
They Came by Night (1940)
Cottage to Let (1941)
Kipps (1941)
The Night Has Eyes (1942)
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Thursday’s Child (1943)
English Without Tears (1944)
The Way to the Stars (1945)
Carnival (1946)
Noose (1948)
The Romantic Age (1949)
Flesh & Blood (1951)


Charles Williams contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Woman in the Dark (1934)
Peau de banane (1963)
Le gros coup (1964)
Les Félins (1964)
Don’t Just Stand There! (1968)
The Pink Jungle (1968)
The Deep (1970)
Fantasia chez les ploucs (1971)
Vivement dimanche! (1983)
Dead Calm (1989)
La Fille des collines (1990)
The Hot Spot (1990)