Just William

Just William is the first book of children's short stories about William Brown written by Richmal Crompton, published in 1922. Just William is also sometimes used as a title for the series as a whole, and is also the name of various television, film and radio adaptations of the books. The William stories first appeared in Home and Happy Mag..

Films

Several films were made based on the books. The first of these is Just William (1940). Directed by Graham Cutts, and written by Doreen Montgomery and Ireland Wood, it starred Richard Lupino as William Brown and featured Fred Emney as Mr. Brown, Basil Radford as Mr. Sidway, Amy Veness as Mrs. Bott, Iris Hoey as Mrs. Brown, Roddy McDowall as Ginger, Norman Robinson as Douglas, Peter Miles as Henry, David Tree as Marmaduke Bott, Jenny Laird as Ethel Brown, Simon Lack as Robert Brown, and Aubrey Mather as Fletcher.

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1940 - Graham Cutts - Doreen Montgomery - Ireland Wood - Richard Lupino - Fred Emney - Basil Radford - Amy Veness - Iris Hoey - Roddy McDowall - Norman Robinson - Peter Miles - David Tree - Jenny Laird - Simon Lack - Aubrey Mather

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Just William's Luck and William at the Circus were both released in 1948 and were written and directed by Val Guest. They starred William Graham as William Brown and featured Garry Marsh as Mr. Brown, Jane Welsh as Mrs. Brown, Hugh Cross as Robert Brown, Kathleen Stuart as Ethel Brown, A.E. Matthews as The Tramp in Just William's Luck and as Minister in William at the Circus, Muriel Aked as Emily, Maid, Brian Roper as Ginger, Brian Weske as Henry, James Crabbe as Douglas, Michael Balfour as Jenks in JWL, uncredied in WatC, John Powe as Policeman in JWL, uncredited in WatC.

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1948 - Val Guest - William Graham - Garry Marsh - Jane Welsh - Hugh Cross - Kathleen Stuart - A.E. Matthews - Muriel Aked - Brian Roper - Brian Weske - James Crabbe - Michael Balfour - John Powe

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Just William's Luck also featured Audrey Manning as Violet Elizabeth, Leslie Bradley as The Boss, Hy Hazell as Gloria Gail, Patricia Cutts as Gloria's Secretary, Ivan Hyde as Glazier, Joan Hickson as Hubert's Mother, Anne Marie as Masseur, Leslie Hazell as Hubert's Gang, Peter Davis as Hubert's Gang, John O'Hara as Hubert's Gang, Michael Medwin as The Boss's Gang, John Martel as Johnnie, Ivan Craig as The Boss's Gang.

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Audrey Manning - Leslie Bradley - Hy Hazell - Patricia Cutts - Ivan Hyde - Joan Hickson - Anne Marie - Leslie Hazell - Peter Davis - John O'Hara - Michael Medwin - John Martel - Ivan Craig

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William at the Circus also featured Michael Medwin as Reporter, Jon Pertwee as Superintendent, Peter Butterworth as ???, and John Martel as Johnnie.

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Michael Medwin - Jon Pertwee - Peter Butterworth - John Martel

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