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