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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-08-09 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dick Anthony Williams

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2020

2009

Blood and Bone as Roberto

2007

Steam as August

2002

The Shield as Reverend Neal Cook

2000

Hot Boyz as Harold
X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Frank Radler

1998

The Players Club as Mr. Armstrong

1995

JAG as Special Agent Lang

1994

Due South as ATF Agent MacFadden

1993

Percy & Thunder as Caswell Baker
The Gifted as Daniel
The X-Files as Agent Reggie Purdue

1992

1991

The Rapture as Henry
Roc as Ray Boyd

1990

Edward Scissorhands as Officer Allen
Mo' Better Blues as Big Stop Williams
Shannon's Deal as McGuire
Law & Order as Sam Burdette

1989

Cast the First Stone as Jackson Phillips
Tap as Francis
The Meeting as Malcolm X
Snoops as Andrew Devilar

1987

Gardens of Stone as Slasher Williams

1986

L.A. Law as Charles Jackson
Heart of the City as Ed Van Duzer
L.A. Law as Franklin Hovey

1985

Summer Rental as Dan Gardner
Our Family Honor as Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones

1983

The Star Chamber as Detective Paul Mackey
Through Naked Eyes as Det. Wylie
Keeping On as Samuel Taylor
Night Partners as Instructor

1982

This Is Kate Bennett... as Leonard Hayes
Sister, Sister as Rev. Richard Henderson
Something So Right as Morris Elliot

1981

A Gun in the House as Det. Frank Campbell
The Sophisticated Gents as Ralph Joplin

1980

Brave New World as Helmholz Watson

1979

The Jerk as Taj
Some Kind of Miracle as Dr. Hopstone
Hollow Image as Danny

1978

King as Malcolm X
A Woman Called Moses as John Tubman

1977

Freeman as Freeman
The Deep as Slake
The Storyteller as Anthony

1976

1975

Deadly Hero as District Attorney Winston
Dog Day Afternoon as Limo Driver

1974

The Rockford Files as Maceo Prentiss

1973

The Mack as Pretty Tony

1971

1970

1969

The Lost Man as Ronald

1968

Uptight as Corbin

1967

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer