This early television adaptation of the stories by Richmal Crompton featured young schoolboy William Brown (Keith Crane) and the Outlaws – his friends Ginger (David Barry), Douglas (Michael Saunders) and Henry (John Symonds) – and their everyday adventures.
At home, William frequently fell foul of his placid mother (Sylvia Marriott), stern father (Frank Sieman), his elder sister, Ethel (Shirley Lawrence) and brother, Robert (Cavan Malone), and a never-ending supply of elderly aunts.
Hubert Lane (Keith Davis) was William’s sworn arch-enemy.
William Brown
Keith Crane Ginger
David Barry (Meurig Wyn Jones) Douglas
Michael Saunders Henry
John Symonds Hubert Lane
Keith Davis Mrs Brown
Sylvia Marriott Ethel Brown
Shirley Lawrence Mr Brown
Frank Sieman Violet Elizabeth Bott
Jeanette Phillips (1)
Margaret Sawyer (2) Claude
Howard Vaughn Robert Brown
Cavan Malone Doctor Whitehead
Frank Henderson Aunt Louie
Hedi Schnabel Mrs Lane
Pauline Loring
Episodes
Violet Elizabeth Wins | Claude Finds a Companion | William and the Ebony Hairbrush | The Brown Check Sports Coat | Aunt Louie’s Birthday Present | William and the Three-Forty | William the Bold | William’s Lucky Day | William and the Tramp | Cats and White Elephants | Esmeralda Takes a Hand | The Begging Letter | William Meets a Professor
