Dick Anthony Williams
Born August 9, 1934 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Richard Anthony Williams (August 9, 1934 – February 16, 2012) was an American actor. Williams is best known for his starring performances on Broadway in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show. Williams also had notable roles in 1970s blaxploitation films such as The Mack and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Edward Scissorhands
Dog Day Afternoon
Blood and Bone
Summer Rental
The Deep
The Anderson Tapes
The Star Chamber
Gardens of Stone
The Jerk
Mo' Better Blues
The Players Club
Tap
The Rapture
Grizzly II: Revenge
The Mack
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Brave New World
Hot Boyz
An Almost Perfect Affair
Cast the First Stone
Uptight
The Richard Pryor Special?
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Hollow Image
The Lost Man
Something So Right
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
TV Shows
Ironside
L.A. Law
The Rockford Files
The Shield
Tony Awards
American Playhouse
Due South
Cagney & Lacey
The Larry Sanders Show
Martin
Starsky & Hutch
Hart to Hart
Lou Grant
The Parent 'Hood
Archie Bunker's Place
Roc
Homefront
Nanny and the Professor
Snoops
Stingray
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Heart of the City
Shannon's Deal
Our Family Honor
A Woman Called Moses
One in a Million
King
