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Dopo alcuni piccoli ruoli in televisione, Williams fu notato da un talent scout al ''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'' nel 1954. Nel marzo 1955 firmò un contratto con la [[Universal Pictures]] (U-I),<ref name="cn033055">{{cita news |titolo=In the News |pubblicazione=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |data=30 marzo 1955 |città=Hollywood, California |p=16 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> e nel maggio di quell'anno recitò nel film ''[[Scialuppe a mare]]''.<ref name="cn052155">{{cita news |titolo=Production Schedule |pubblicazione=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |data=21 maggio 1955 |città=Hollywood, California |p=25 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Colpita dalla sua interpetazione, la U-I lo fece recitare in ''[[Tramonto di fuoco]]'' nel luglio 1955.<ref name="lat071555">{{cita news |titolo=Katzman Seeking Deal With Arnold |pubblicazione=Los Angeles Times |data=15 luglio 1955 |città=Los Angeles, California |p=18 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Nell'agosto <!-1955 la U-I stipulò un nuovo contratto con Williams,<ref name="vt081355">{{cita news |titolo=Actor Grant Williams Gets New Contract |pubblicazione=Valley Times |data=13 agosto 1955 |città=North Hollywood, California |p=8 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> e nel settembre di quell'anno egli iniziò a lavorare sul set de ''[[La rivolta dei cowboys]]''.<ref name="cn091755">{{cita news |titolo=Production Schedule |pubblicazione=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |data=17 settembre 1955 |città=Hollywood, California |p=9 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

U-I then gave Williams a new contract in August,<ref name="vt081355">{{cite news |title=Actor Grant Williams Gets New Contract |work=Valley Times |date=August 13, 1955 |___location=North Hollywood, California |page=8 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and by September 1955 he was working on ''Gun Shy'', later released as ''[[Showdown at Abilene]]''.<ref name="cn091755">{{cite news |title=Production Schedule |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=September 17, 1955 |___location=Hollywood, California |page=9 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

His next film was the ''noir'' thriller ''[[Outside the Law (1956 film)|Outside the Law]]'' (1956), followed by some small uncredited roles, and by the CinemaScope romantic comedy ''[[Four Girls in Town]]'' (1957).<ref name="nyt011757">{{cite news |title='Four Girls in Town' |work=The New York Times |date=January 17, 1957 |___location=New York, New York |page=32 |via = [[NYTimes.com]]}}</ref>

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Williams starred as Scott Carey in his seventh film, the [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[science fiction film]] ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Man]]'' (1957), with [[Randy Stuart]] playing his wife, Louise. Despite good reviews and the success of the film, his career continued with only lackluster roles. [[Universal Pictures]] dropped his contract in 1959,<ref>Williams' contract actually expired sometime in 1957, for in 1959 he was making two films for Associated Producers Incorporated/20th Century Fox: ''[[Lone Texan]]'' (1959) and ''[[13 Fighting Men]]'' (1960).</ref> and he signed in 1960 with [[Warner Brothers]], where he had a continuing role as the private detective Greg McKenzie on ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'', co-starring [[Robert Conrad]], [[Anthony Eisley]], and [[Connie Stevens]].

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Filmmaker [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]], who directed Willams in three pictures, remarked on the trajectory of the actor's career:

{{blockquotequote |The studios didn’t give him the right parts and his career never quite took off. Hollywood wanted a [[Robert Taylor (American actor)| Robert Taylor]] or a [[Rock Hudson]], not a blond guy with blue eyes. And he was a bit too pretty for character roles. [[Universal Studios | Universal]] should have moved him up to “A” pictures, but they kept him in the “B” pictures. The same thing happened when he went to [[Warner Bros.]] He got typed—it’s happened to all of us in this business at one time or another.”<ref>Reemes, 1988 p. 85</ref>}}

Al momento della sua morte, nel 1985, gestiva una scuola di recitazione a Los Angeles.<ref name=":0" />