Dick Anthony Williams
| Dick Anthony Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Anthony Williams August 9, 1934 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 16, 2012 (aged 77) Van Nuys, California U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Hyde Park High School Herzl Junior College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968–2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Edwards (m. 1974–88) (2 children) |
Dick Anthony Williams (born Richard Anthony Williams; August 9, 1934 – February 16, 2012) was an American actor. Williams is known for his starring performances on Broadway in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show. Williams won the 1974 Drama Desk Award for his performance in What the Wine-Sellers Buy, for which he was also nominated for a Tony Award, and was nominated in 1975 for both a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Black Picture Show.
Born Richard Anthony Williams in Chicago, Williams was an actor in films and on television. His best-known film roles include Pretty Tony in The Mack (1973), the limo driver in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Denzel Washington's father in Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Officer Allen in Edward Scissorhands (1990), and his other film credits include Uptight (1968), The Anderson Tapes (1971), Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (1971), Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973), Five on the Black Hand Side (1973), Deadly Hero (1975), The Deep (1977), An Almost Perfect Affair (1979), The Jerk (1979), The Night the City Screamed (1980), The Star Chamber (1983) and Gardens of Stone (1987).
In television, Williams guest starred in the Season 1 episode of Starsky & Hutch, "Kill Huggy Bear." He played the title character in the Phillip Hayes Dean drama Freeman, broadcast on PBS in October 1977. In the 1978 six-hour NBC docudrama King, about the life of Martin Luther King Jr., Williams played the role of Malcolm X. He guest starred on a number of TV shows including The Rockford Files, Cagney & Lacey, Lou Grant (TV series) and Hart to Hart.
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