Personal Info
Birth date
1934-08-09 (91 Years)
Day of death
2012-02-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
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.
Filmography
Law & Order
7.4
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The X-Files
8.377
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.JAG
7.313
Overview:
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.The Shield
8.2
Overview:
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.Tony Awards
5.9
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.Chicago Hope
7.2
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.The Rockford Files
7.6
Overview:
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.Starsky & Hutch
7.2
Overview:
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.L.A. Law
7.11
Overview:
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.Edward Scissorhands
7.719
Overview:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.Hart to Hart
6.9
Overview:
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.Due South
7.539
Overview:
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.Cagney & Lacey
6.985
Overview:
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.Martin
7.682
Overview:
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.Lou Grant
7.3
Overview:
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.Blood and Bone
7.359
Overview:
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.Archie Bunker's Place
6.5
Overview:
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983. In its first season, the show performed so well that it knocked Mork & Mindy out of its new Sunday night time slot.The Parent 'Hood
7.3
Overview:
The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July 25, 1999. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglas. Originally to have been titled Father Knows Nothing, the series was one of the four sitcoms that aired as part of the original Wednesday night two-hour lineup that helped launch The WB network.Dog Day Afternoon
7.847
Overview:
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
4.6
Overview:
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or anybody else in the neighborhood, and decides to investigate the case himself.The Rapture
5.856
Overview:
A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God – only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.The Lost Man
4
Overview:
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."Nanny and the Professor
6
Overview:
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.The Mack
6.5
Overview:
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.The Gifted
3
Overview:
Psychic descendents of an African tribe reunite to save Earth. 5000 years ago certain members of the Dogon tribe in West Africa were granted psychic powers by good aliens to counterbalance the effects of Ogo, a bad alien intent on taking over Earth and killing all life to remake the planet for his own purposes. Descendents of the tribe who inherit the psychic powers are given an ancient book to read and pass on. Every 32 years, in connection with the orbiting of the star Sirius B, Ogo returns to kill a few more of the psychics in his ongoing bid for power.Summer Rental
6.133
Overview:
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.Homefront
5.4
Overview:
Homefront is an American television drama series created and produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Warner Bros. Television for ABC. The show was set in the fictional city of River Run, Ohio in 1945, 1946, and 1947. The show's theme song, "Accentuate the Positive", was written by Johnny Mercer and performed by Jack Sheldon. Forty-two episodes were broadcast in the United States over two seasons from 1991 to 1993. TV Guide, Abigail Van Buren, and fans showed determination in getting ABC to continue the show for a third season before it was cancelled.Acting
2020Grizzly II: Revenge as Charlie
2009Blood and Bone as Roberto
2007Steam as August
2002Mackin’ Ain’t Easy as Self
2002The Shield (2 Episodes) as Reverend Neal Cook
2000X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Frank Radler
2000Hot Boyz as Harold
1998The Players Club as Mr. Armstrong
1995JAG (1 Episode) as Special Agent Lang
1995The Parent 'Hood (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Due South (1 Episode) as ATF Agent MacFadden
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Agent Reggie Purdue
1993Percy & Thunder as Caswell Baker
1993The Gifted as Daniel
1992Martin (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991The Rapture as Henry
1991Homefront (42 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Roc (1 Episode) as Ray Boyd
1990Edward Scissorhands as Officer Allen
1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Sam Burdette
1990Mo' Better Blues as Big Stop Williams
1990Shannon's Deal (1 Episode) as McGuire
1989Cast the First Stone as Jackson Phillips
1989Snoops (1 Episode) as Andrew Devilar
1989The Meeting as Malcolm X
1989Tap as Francis
1987Gardens of Stone as Slasher Williams
1986Heart of the City (13 Episodes) as Ed Van Duzer
1986L.A. Law (1, 2 Episode) as Charles Jackson, Franklin Hovey
1985Our Family Honor (13 Episodes) as Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones
1985Summer Rental as Dan Gardner
1985Stingray (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985Challenge of a Lifetime as Dr. Hume
1983Through Naked Eyes as Det. Wylie
1983Night Partners as Instructor
1983The Star Chamber as Detective Paul Mackey
1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Unknown
1983Keeping On as Samuel Taylor
1982Something So Right as Morris Elliot
1982Sister, Sister as Rev. Richard Henderson
1982This Is Kate Bennett... as Leonard Hayes
1982Cagney & Lacey (1 Episode) as Sly
1981The Sophisticated Gents (3 Episodes) as Ralph Joplin
1981A Gun in the House as Det. Frank Campbell
1980The Night the City Screamed as Jim Downs
1980Brave New World as Helmholz Watson
1980Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980One in a Million (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979The Jerk as Taj
1979Archie Bunker's Place (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Hart to Hart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Hollow Image as Danny
1979An Almost Perfect Affair as Jackson
1979Some Kind of Miracle as Dr. Hopstone
1978A Woman Called Moses (2 Episodes) as John Tubman
1978King (3 Episodes) as Malcolm X
1977Freeman as Freeman
1977The Storyteller as Anthony
1977Lou Grant (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977The Deep as Slake
1977The Richard Pryor Special? as Writer
1976The Long Night as Paul
1975Deadly Hero as District Attorney Winston
1975Dog Day Afternoon as Limo Driver
1975Starsky & Hutch (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974The Rockford Files (1 Episode) as Maceo Prentiss
1973Five on the Black Hand Side as Preston
1973Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Joe Creole
1973The Mack as Pretty Tony
1971Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? as Malthus
1971The Anderson Tapes as Spencer
1970Nanny and the Professor (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969The Lost Man as Ronald
1968Uptight as Corbin
1967Ironside (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Performer