Malcolm Williams (July 16, 1870, in Spring Valley, Minnesota – June 10, 1937, in New York, New York) was an American actor and composer.
By February 1896 he had moved to New York City and played Phillip Norwood in Charles Dazey's melodrama The War of Wealth on Broadway at the Star Theatre. The play was inspired by the Panic of 1893. In the 1900 census he was listed as a resident of the Ashland House Hotel on Park Avenue South (4th Ave. then) and 24th St. in New York City.
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Family
Malcolm Edgar Williams was the son of John H. and Sarah Williams. Malcolm married actress Florence Reed in February 1908. They often appeared in Broadway shows together and sometimes collaborated writing music. They had no children.
Broadway
The War of Wealth (1896) as Philip Norwood
Polly of the Circus (1907) as Rev. John Douglass
Madame X (1910) as Laroque
Master of the House as Frederick Hoffman
The Typhoon
The Painted Woman (1913)
The Phantom Rival (1914)
Idol of the Stage (1916)
Roads of Destiny (1918) as Alec Harvey
The Mirage (1920) as Henry M. Galt
The Wisdom Tooth (1926) as Mr. Porter
Beyond the Horizon (1926) as James Mayo
The Breaks (1928) as Manson
Little Accident (1928) as J.J. Overbeck
Selected filmography
The Brute (1914) as Donald Rogers
The Dancing Girl as a Quaker
Idol of the Stage (1916) as Philip Van Kortland
Down East (1917)
Empty Pockets (1918)
The Saphead (1920) (producer)
Lightnin' (1925) (writer)
The First Kiss (1928)
Musical compositions
"I Love My Dolly Best" (1898)
"My watermelon boy" (1899)
"Kiss Me Good-Night, Dear" feature song in 1903 comedy play Merely Mary Ann collaborated with Israel Zangwill