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Dick Anthony Williams

Dick Anthony Williams

Born: 1934-08-09 • 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.

Filmography
Grizzly II: Revenge poster
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020 • Charlie
Blood and Bone poster
Blood and Bone
2009 • Roberto
Steam poster
Steam
2007 • August
Black Listed poster
Black Listed
2003 • Missouri
No Image
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy
2002 • Self
X-Men: The Mutant Watch poster
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000 • Sen. Frank Radler
Hot Boyz poster
Hot Boyz
2000 • Harold
The Players Club poster
The Players Club
1998 • Mr. Armstrong
Percy & Thunder poster
Percy & Thunder
1993 • Caswell Baker
No Image
The Gifted
1993 • Daniel
The Rapture poster
The Rapture
1991 • Henry
Edward Scissorhands poster
Edward Scissorhands
1990 • Officer Allen
Mo' Better Blues poster
Mo' Better Blues
1990 • Big Stop Williams
Cast the First Stone poster
Cast the First Stone
1989 • Jackson Phillips
The Meeting poster
The Meeting
1989 • Malcolm X
Tap poster
Tap
1989 • Francis
Gardens of Stone poster
Gardens of Stone
1987 • Slasher Williams
Summer Rental poster
Summer Rental
1985 • Dan Gardner
No Image
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985 • Dr. Hume
Through Naked Eyes poster
Through Naked Eyes
1983 • Det. Wylie
Night Partners poster
Night Partners
1983 • Instructor
The Star Chamber poster
The Star Chamber
1983 • Detective Paul Mackey
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers poster
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Keeping On poster
Keeping On
1983 • Samuel Taylor
Something So Right poster
Something So Right
1982 • Morris Elliot
Sister, Sister poster
Sister, Sister
1982 • Rev. Richard Henderson
This Is Kate Bennett... poster
This Is Kate Bennett...
1982 • Leonard Hayes
A Gun in the House poster
A Gun in the House
1981 • Det. Frank Campbell
The Night the City Screamed poster
The Night the City Screamed
1980 • Jim Downs
Brave New World poster
Brave New World
1980 • Helmholz Watson
The Jerk poster
The Jerk
1979 • Taj
Hollow Image poster
Hollow Image
1979 • Danny
An Almost Perfect Affair poster
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979 • Jackson
Some Kind of Miracle poster
Some Kind of Miracle
1979 • Dr. Hopstone
Freeman poster
Freeman
1977 • Freeman
The Storyteller poster
The Storyteller
1977 • Anthony
The Deep poster
The Deep
1977 • Slake
The Richard Pryor Special? poster
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977 • Writer
No Image
The Long Night
1976 • Paul
Deadly Hero poster
Deadly Hero
1975 • District Attorney Winston
Dog Day Afternoon poster
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 • Limo Driver
Five on the Black Hand Side poster
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973 • Preston
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off poster
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 • Joe Creole
The Mack poster
The Mack
1973 • Pretty Tony
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? poster
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971 • Malthus
The Anderson Tapes poster
The Anderson Tapes
1971 • Spencer
The Lost Man poster
The Lost Man
1969 • Ronald
Uptight poster
Uptight
1968 • Corbin