William Edward Phipps was an American actor and producer, sometimes credited simply as William Phipps, known for his roles in films and on television.
Promotional headshot, 1951
The War of the Worlds is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. The first film adaptation of H. G. We
William Edward Phipps
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Theatrical release poster
A Martian cylinder crashes into the farmhouse where Dr. Forrester and Sylvia Van Buren have taken refuge.
Dr. Forrester discusses with fellow scientists ways to defeat the Martians after a powerful atomic bomb blast fails to penetrate the Martians' electromagnetic "umbrella".
A manta-like Martian fighting machine hovers on invisible magnetic legs, armed with a cobra-like heat ray and a pair of "skeleton beams" on the sides