
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

The Deep

Mo' Better Blues

The Jerk

Summer Rental

The Star Chamber

Gardens of Stone

The Anderson Tapes

Grizzly II: Revenge

An Almost Perfect Affair

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

Tap

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

The Players Club

Hot Boyz

The Rapture

The Night the City Screamed

Brave New World

Uptight

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Cast the First Stone

Five on the Black Hand Side

A Gun in the House

The Lost Man

The Richard Pryor Special?

The Mack
TV Shows

Chicago Hope

L.A. Law

Ironside

The Shield

The Rockford Files

Tony Awards

Cagney & Lacey

Hart to Hart

Starsky & Hutch

The Larry Sanders Show

Lou Grant

Due South

Martin

The Parent 'Hood

Archie Bunker's Place

Nanny and the Professor

Snoops

Homefront

Stingray

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Shannon's Deal

Roc

Heart of the City

A Woman Called Moses

Our Family Honor

The Sophisticated Gents

King























