Ed Williams Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Ed Williams, the onetime broadcasting teacher who portrayed Ted Olson, the earnest lab scientist with a pocket protector and a kinky side, on the Police Squad! TV show and original Naked Gun movies, has died. He was 98. Williams died Oct. 2 in Los Angeles, his granddaughter Stephanie Williams told The Hollywood Reporter.