Dick Anthony Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-08-09 (78 years old)

Deathday

2012-02-16

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.

Acting

1990

Edward Scissorhands

as Officer Allen

1977

Freeman

as Freeman

1991

The Rapture

as Henry

1977

The Deep

as Slake

1979

The Jerk

as Taj

2009

Blood and Bone

as Roberto

1971

1983

The Star Chamber

as Detective Paul Mackey

1987

Gardens of Stone

as Slasher Williams

1973

The Mack

as Pretty Tony

2020

1980

Brave New World

as Helmholz Watson

2000

Hot Boyz

as Harold

1998

The Players Club

as Mr. Armstrong

1973

1969

The Lost Man

as Ronald

2007

Steam

as August

1976

1983

Through Naked Eyes

as Det. Wylie

1975

Deadly Hero

as District Attorney Winston

1981

A Gun in the House

as Det. Frank Campbell

1993

Percy & Thunder

as Caswell Baker

1982

This Is Kate Bennett...

as Leonard Hayes

2000

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

as Sen. Frank Radler

1979

Some Kind of Miracle

as Dr. Hopstone

1975

Dog Day Afternoon

as Limo Driver

1977

The Storyteller

as Anthony

1989

Cast the First Stone

as Jackson Phillips

1990

Mo' Better Blues

as Big Stop Williams

1982

Sister, Sister

as Rev. Richard Henderson

1993

The Gifted

as Daniel

1968

Uptight

as Corbin

1985

Summer Rental

as Dan Gardner

1989

Tap

as Francis

1983

Keeping On

as Samuel Taylor

1983

Night Partners

as Instructor

1989

The Meeting

as Malcolm X

1979

Hollow Image

as Danny

1982

Something So Right

as Morris Elliot

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