Harry Williams (songwriter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harry Williams (songwriter)

American composer, lyricist, and film director/producer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1879

Place of Birth: Faribault, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 15-May-1922

Profession: actor, composer, songwriter, lyricist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Harry Hiram Williams (August 23, 1879 – May 15, 1922) was an American composer, lyricist, and publisher of popular music from 1903 until his death in 1922. One of his early hits, written in 1905 with Egbert Van Alstyne, is "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree".
He also produced story ideas and directed silent movies with Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios, according to Sennett's biography The King of Comedy.