Dick Anthony Williams

Personal Info

Birthday

August 9, 1934

Day of Death

2012-02-16

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Richard Williams

Dick Williams

Dick A. Williams

Richard Anthony Williams

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

Law & Order

The X-Files

JAG

The Shield

The Rockford Files

Due South

L.A. Law

Blood and Bone

Filmography

2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Charlie
2009
Blood and Bone
as Roberto
2007
Steam
as August
2002
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
1993
Percy & Thunder
as Caswell Baker
The Gifted
as Daniel
1991
The Rapture
as Henry
1990
Edward Scissorhands
as Officer Allen
Mo' Better Blues
as Big Stop Williams
1989
Cast the First Stone
as Jackson Phillips
The Meeting
as Malcolm X
Tap
as Francis
1987
Gardens of Stone
as Slasher Williams
1985
Summer Rental
as Dan Gardner
Challenge of a Lifetime
as Dr. Hume
1983
Through Naked Eyes
as Det. Wylie
Night Partners
as Instructor
The Star Chamber
as Detective Paul Mackey
Keeping On
as Samuel Taylor
1982
Something So Right
as Morris Elliot
Sister, Sister
as Rev. Richard Henderson
This Is Kate Bennett...
as Leonard Hayes
1981
A Gun in the House
as Det. Frank Campbell
1980
The Night the City Screamed
as Jim Downs
Brave New World
as Helmholz Watson
1979
The Jerk
as Taj
Hollow Image
as Danny
An Almost Perfect Affair
as Jackson
Some Kind of Miracle
as Dr. Hopstone
1977
Freeman
as Freeman
The Storyteller
as Anthony
The Deep
as Slake
The Richard Pryor Special?
as Writer
1976
The Long Night
as Paul
1975
Deadly Hero
as District Attorney Winston
Dog Day Afternoon
as Limo Driver
1973
Five on the Black Hand Side
as Preston
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Joe Creole
The Mack
as Pretty Tony
1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Malthus
The Anderson Tapes
as Spencer
1969
The Lost Man
as Ronald
1968
Uptight
as Corbin