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
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
L.A. Law
1986
as Charles Jackson / Franklin Hovey
Due South
1994
as ATF Agent MacFadden
The Rockford Files
1974
as Maceo Prentiss
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Hart to Hart
1979
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Sly
Martin
1992
as Dick Anthony Williams
Lou Grant
1977
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Beverly's Father
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Homefront
1991
Stingray
1985
Snoops
1989
as Andrew Devilar
Roc
1991
as Ray Boyd
Shannon's Deal
1990
as McGuire
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
Freeman
1977
as Freeman
Summer Rental
1985
as Dan Gardner
The Rapture
1991
as Henry
Deadly Hero
1975
as District Attorney Winston
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Charlie
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Sen. Frank Radler
Steam
2007
as August
The Mack
1973
as Pretty Tony
The Star Chamber
1983
as Detective Paul Mackey
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Slasher Williams
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Big Stop Williams
Tap
1989
as Francis
Night Partners
1983
as Instructor
The Meeting
1989
as Malcolm X
Hot Boyz
2000
as Harold
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Jackson
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Spencer
The Players Club
1998
as Mr. Armstrong
Brave New World
1980
as Helmholz Watson
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Writer
Uptight
1968
as Corbin
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Joe Creole
This Is Kate Bennett...
1982
as Leonard Hayes
Hollow Image
1979
as Danny
The Night the City Screamed
1980
as Jim Downs
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985
as Dr. Hume
Keeping On
1983
as Samuel Taylor
Something So Right
1982
as Morris Elliot
A Gun in the House
1981
as Det. Frank Campbell
The Storyteller
1977
as Anthony
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
as Preston
Cast the First Stone
1989
as Jackson Phillips
Sister, Sister
1982
as Rev. Richard Henderson
Some Kind of Miracle
1979
as Dr. Hopstone
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Caswell Baker
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Malthus
Black Listed
2003
as Missouri
The Lost Man
1969
as Ronald
Through Naked Eyes
1983
as Det. Wylie
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy
2002
as Self
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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