Guy Williams (actor) - Homages

Homages

1. In 2000, Williams was the first local celebrity inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame, of New York City. He was represented at the ceremony by his son, Steven Catalono (Guy Williams Jr.)
2. In 2001, (August 2), he was posthumously granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7080 Hollywood Blvd, after petitions from thousands of his fans in front of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 2000.
3. In October 2002, the fans of Williams, with his children Steven and Janice in attendance, dedicated to him a bench in New York's Central Park.
4. In August 2003, Disney enterprise placed a commemorative badge dedicated to Williams in the mansion of the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia at Oceanside, California, where the Zorro series was filmed in 1957.
5. The impression of a US Postage Stamp commemorative of Guy Williams was cancelled due to the change of the US Postal Service's protocol, though the fans had been campaigning for the stamp since 1998.

A number of books have been written which feature Williams, particularly in his role as Zorro. This includes the Zorro Television Compansion, detailing the making of The Walt Disney Company series. as well as a 2005 biography by Antoinette Girgenti Lane, title Guy Williams: The Man Behind the Mask. A collection of original Zorro short stories, some inspired specifically by Guy Williams, was edited by Richard Dean Starr and released in 2008. It includes an introduction by Guy Williams, Jr. (with Matthew Baugh) and an afterword by Isabel Allende. The cover art on the trade paperback edition by Douglas Klauba was an homage to Guy Williams.