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Very difficult since most episodes don't have composer credits.
have you considered writing to Williams himself?
Although I doubt that he would remember too..
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Even if IMDB doesn't have any composer credits, maybe the actual episodes do?
That's what I'm saying.
i have seen some episodes, but none had composer credits.
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but none had composer credits.
From February 1953 through May 1958, very few of these episodes had original music, which is why there were no composer credits. Original weekly scoring commenced with onset of the 1958-1959 season, when Elmer Bernstein wrote a new theme for the series and began contributing the first of roughly 30 original episode scores, themes from which were released on a Columbia LP called, unsurprisingly, "Themes from General Electric Theater." You can read more about the scoring of this series on pages 147-148 of Jon Burlingame's book "TV's Biggest Hits" (which you should have on your bookshelf if you're at all interested in TV music from this period).
Williams began contributing occasional scores for this series in 1960. (I've found sources that indicate he may have scored at least three episodes during the latter half of the 1959-1960 season, but don't have firm evidence.) Toward the beginning of the 1960-1961 season, he scored "Journal of Hope" (mentioned above), "Good-by My Love" and "Journey to a Wedding." And in early 1962, he scored "Ten Days in the Sun." He likely worked on at least one or two more episodes around this time, but the four mentioned here are the only ones I've been able to verify.
A wonderful feature of this show during the original-scoring period was the use of a theme from the episode score over the end credits. Williams' music for "Journal of Hope" somewhat prefigures his Alcoa Premiere theme composed a year later.
"Good-by My Love" (starring Ronald Reagan) features a tender theme for strings and piano over the opening and closing credits, with some laid-back jazz source cues alongside some occasional dramatic moments during the score proper.
"Journey to a Wedding" boasts a lovely melody:
while "Ten Days in the Sun" has playful, bustling music for a Chicago tailor (Ed Wynn) who makes a surprise visit to his son in California.
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Thank you very much for all those information! 
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Here's the End Credits from "Journey to a Wedding".
it's indeed a lovely melody, which reminds me a bit of Heidi.
http://picosong.com/F6WR/
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Well, it seems Intrada's cd with Elmer Bernstein themes for GE was just announced..
Maybe there is hope for Williams then?
Although I see this was released as an LP.
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