Dick Anthony Williams
Known for Acting · 79 credits
- Born
- 1934-08-09
- Died
- 2012-02-16
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Richard Williams · Dick Williams · Dick A. Williams · Richard 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
TV Shows (31)
Law & Order
1990
as Sam Burdette
The X-Files
1993
as Agent Reggie Purdue
JAG
1995
as Special Agent Lang
Ironside
1967
Chicago Hope
1994
as Charles Wilkes
The Shield
2002
as Reverend Neal Cook
L.A. Law
1986
as Charles Jackson / Franklin Hovey
The Rockford Files
1974
as Maceo Prentiss
Due South
1994
as ATF Agent MacFadden
Hart to Hart
1979
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Sly
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Lou Grant
1977
Martin
1992
as Dick Anthony Williams
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Beverly's Father
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Homefront
1991
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Stingray
1985
Snoops
1989
as Andrew Devilar
Shannon's Deal
1990
as McGuire
Roc
1991
as Ray Boyd
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Heart of the City
1986
as Ed Van Duzer
Our Family Honor
1985
as Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones
King
1978
as Malcolm X
A Woman Called Moses
1978
as John Tubman
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
as Ralph Joplin
One in a Million
1980
Movies (48)
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Officer Allen
Blood and Bone
2009
as Roberto
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Limo Driver
The Jerk
1979
as Taj
The Deep
1977
as Slake
The Rapture
1991
as Henry
Summer Rental
1985
as Dan Gardner
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Sen. Frank Radler
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Big Stop Williams
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Charlie
The Players Club
1998
as Mr. Armstrong
The Star Chamber
1983
as Detective Paul Mackey
Steam
2007
as August
Tap
1989
as Francis
Deadly Hero
1975
as District Attorney Winston
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Slasher Williams
The Mack
1973
as Pretty Tony
Freeman
1977
as Freeman
Hot Boyz
2000
as Harold
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Spencer
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Jackson
Brave New World
1980
as Helmholz Watson
The Night the City Screamed
1980
as Jim Downs
Night Partners
1983
as Instructor
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Joe Creole
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Writer
Hollow Image
1979
as Danny
Something So Right
1982
as Morris Elliot
This Is Kate Bennett...
1982
as Leonard Hayes
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
A Gun in the House
1981
as Det. Frank Campbell
Uptight
1968
as Corbin
The Meeting
1989
as Malcolm X
Some Kind of Miracle
1979
as Dr. Hopstone
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
as Preston
Keeping On
1983
as Samuel Taylor
Sister, Sister
1982
as Rev. Richard Henderson
Cast the First Stone
1989
as Jackson Phillips
The Storyteller
1977
as Anthony
The Lost Man
1969
as Ronald
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Caswell Baker
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985
as Dr. Hume
Through Naked Eyes
1983
as Det. Wylie
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Malthus
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy
2002
as Self
Black Listed
2003
as Missouri
The Gifted
1993
as Daniel
The Long Night
1976
as Paul
About Dick Anthony Williams
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. With 79 credits spanning from 1956 to 2020, Dick Anthony Williams has appeared in 48 films and 31 TV shows.
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- Edward Scissorhands (1990) — as Officer Allen
- Blood and Bone (2009) — as Roberto
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — as Limo Driver
- The Jerk (1979) — as Taj
- The Deep (1977) — as Slake
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