John William was born on October 9, 1922 in Grand-Bassam, France [now Côte d'Ivoire]. He was an actor, known for Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960), Thierry la Fronde (1963) and Tête de bois et tendres années (1965). He died on January 8, 2011 in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.