Dick Anthony Williams
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Charlie
Blood and Bone
2009
as Roberto
Steam
2007
as August
Black Listed
2003
as Missouri
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy
2002
as Self
The Shield
2002
as Reverend Neal Cook
Hot Boyz
2000
as Harold
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Sen. Frank Radler
The Players Club
1998
as Mr. Armstrong
The Parent 'Hood
1995
JAG
1995
as Special Agent Lang
Due South
1994
as ATF Agent MacFadden
Chicago Hope
1994
as Charles Wilkes
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Caswell Baker
The Gifted
1993
as Daniel
The X-Files
1993
as Agent Reggie Purdue
Martin
1992
as Dick Anthony Williams
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Beverly's Father
The Rapture
1991
as Henry
Homefront
1991
Roc
1991
as Ray Boyd
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Officer Allen
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Big Stop Williams
Shannon's Deal
1990
as McGuire
Law & Order
1990
as Sam Burdette
Cast the First Stone
1989
as Jackson Phillips
Tap
1989
as Francis
The Meeting
1989
as Malcolm X
Snoops
1989
as Andrew Devilar
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Slasher Williams
L.A. Law
1986
as Charles Jackson
Heart of the City
1986
as Ed Van Duzer
L.A. Law
1986
as Franklin Hovey
Summer Rental
1985
as Dan Gardner
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985
as Dr. Hume
Stingray
1985
Our Family Honor
1985
as Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones
The Star Chamber
1983
as Detective Paul Mackey
Through Naked Eyes
1983
as Det. Wylie
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Keeping On
1983
as Samuel Taylor
Night Partners
1983
as Instructor
This Is Kate Bennett...
1982
as Leonard Hayes
Sister, Sister
1982
as Rev. Richard Henderson
Something So Right
1982
as Morris Elliot
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Sly
American Playhouse
1982
as Samuel Traylor
American Playhouse
1982
as Professor Carter
American Playhouse
1982
as Malcolm X
A Gun in the House
1981
as Det. Frank Campbell
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
as Ralph Joplin
Brave New World
1980
as Helmholz Watson
The Night the City Screamed
1980
as Jim Downs
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
One in a Million
1980
The Jerk
1979
as Taj
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Jackson
Some Kind of Miracle
1979
as Dr. Hopstone
Hollow Image
1979
as Danny
Hart to Hart
1979
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Sparrow
1978
as Martin
King
1978
as Malcolm X
A Woman Called Moses
1978
as John Tubman
Freeman
1977
as Freeman
The Deep
1977
as Slake
The Storyteller
1977
as Anthony
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Writer
Lou Grant
1977
The Long Night
1976
as Paul
Deadly Hero
1975
as District Attorney Winston
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Limo Driver
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Rockford Files
1974
as Maceo Prentiss
The Mack
1973
as Pretty Tony
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Joe Creole
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
as Preston
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Spencer
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Malthus
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Lost Man
1969
as Ronald
Uptight
1968
as Corbin
Ironside
1967
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer