Dick Anthony Williams Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dick 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.He also had an extensive resume as an actor in films and on television. His best-known film roles include Pretty Tony in The Mack, the easy-going limo driver in Dog Day Afternoon, Denzel Washington's father in Mo' Better Blues and sympathetic Officer Allen in Edward Scissorhands. In television, he was a regular on the short-lived post World War II-era ABC primetime soap opera Homefront Abe Davis during the early 1990s. In 1996, he played the father of Larry's assistant Beverley in an episode of The Larry Sanders Show.Williams married Gloria Edwards, an actress, who died in 1988, and he had two children with her.Williams also starred in a documentary film "The Meeting", about two African-American political leaders (Malcolm X and Martin L. King, Jr.) discussing the fate of black people in America.
He is survived by his children Mona, Jason, and Mikah.
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Co-founder of the New Federal Theatre (NFT) in New York.
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On Broadway, earned consecutive Tony Award nominations as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic): in 1974 for "What the Wine Sellers Buy" and in 1975 for "Black Picture Show,:
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hot Boyz
2000
Video
Harold
The Parent 'Hood
1999
TV Series
Dr. Lathum
A Room Without Doors
1998
Short
Clem
The Players Club
1998
Mr. Armstrong
The Player
1997
TV Movie
Chicago Hope
1997
TV Series
Charles Wilkes
NYPD Blue
1997
TV Series
Harvey Boutier
JAG
1997
TV Series
Special Agent Lang
Sparks
1996
TV Series
Judge Pettigrew
Due South
1995
TV Series
ATF Agent MacFadden
The Larry Sanders Show
1995
TV Series
Beverly's Father
The Client
1995
TV Series
Whitney Roland
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1995
TV Series
Mr. Prince
Renegade
1995
TV Series
Police Capt. Frank
Law & Order
1994
TV Series
Sam Burdette
The X-Files
1994
TV Series
Agent Reggie Purdue
Roc
1994
TV Series
Ray Boyd
The Gifted
1993
L.A. Law
1990-1993
TV Series
Franklin Hovey / Charles Jackson
Percy & Thunder
1993
TV Movie
Caswell Baker
Homefront
1991-1993
TV Series
Abe Davis
The Rapture
1991
Henry
WIOU
1990-1991
TV Series
Billy Randfield
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Officer Allen
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Big Stop Williams
Shannon's Deal
1990
TV Series
McGuire
Cast the First Stone
1989
TV Movie
Jackson Phillips
A Man Called Hawk
1989
TV Series
Frank Gilbert
American Playhouse
1983-1989
TV Series
Malcolm X / Samuel Taylor
B.L. Stryker
1989
TV Series
Rick Herd
Tap
1989
Francis
Bustin' Loose
1988
TV Series
Dr. Chuck
Gardens of Stone
1987
Slasher Williams
227
1987
TV Series
Det. Fredickson
Heart of the City
1986-1987
TV Series
Lt. Ed Van Duzer
Stingray
1986
TV Series
Det. Kennedy
Our Family Honor
1985
TV Series
Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones / Jonas Jones
Summer Rental
1985
Dan Gardner
Space
1985
TV Mini-Series
Gawain Butler
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985
TV Movie
Dr. Hume
Trapper John, M.D.
1984
TV Series
Brian
Hart to Hart
1984
TV Series
Grayson
Through Naked Eyes
1983
TV Movie
Det. Wylie
Night Partners
1983
TV Movie
Instructor
The Star Chamber
1983
Det. Paul Mackey
The Powers of Matthew Star
1983
TV Series
FBI Agent
Cagney & Lacey
1983
TV Series
Sly
Grizzly II: The Concert
1983
Charlie
Something So Right
1982
TV Movie
Morris Elliot
Archie Bunker's Place
1982
TV Series
Mr. Baker
Sister, Sister
1982
TV Movie
Reverend Richard Henderson
This Is Kate Bennett...
1982
TV Movie
Leonard Hayes
Strike Force
1982
TV Series
Warwick
Lou Grant
1981
TV Series
Tyler Humphries
A Gun in the House
1981
TV Movie
Det. Frank Campbell
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
TV Series
Ralph Joplin
The Night the City Screamed
1980
TV Movie
Jim Downs
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
TV Series
Lester Rollins
Brave New World
1980
TV Movie
Helmholz Watson
The Jeffersons
1980
TV Series
Wayne
One in a Million
1980
TV Series
The Jerk
1979
Taj
Hollow Image
1979
TV Movie
Danny York
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
Andrew Jackson
Some Kind of Miracle
1979
TV Movie
Dr. Hopstone
Sparrow
1978
TV Movie
Martin
James at 16
1978
TV Series
Uncle Raff
Man from Atlantis
1977-1978
TV Series
Jomo
King
1978
TV Mini-Series
Malcolm X
A Woman Called Moses
1978
TV Series
John Tubman
The Storyteller
1977
TV Movie
Anthony
The Rockford Files
1977
TV Series
Maceo Prentiss
Freeman
1977
TV Movie
Freeman
The Deep
1977
Slake
The Long Night
1976
Paul
Deadly Hero
1975
D.A. Winston
Starsky and Hutch
1975
TV Series
Harry Martin
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
Limo Driver
Ironside
1968-1973
TV Series
Reuben / Spokesman
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
Preston (as Richard Williams)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Joe Creole (as Richard Williams)
The Mack
1973
Pretty Tony (as Dick Williams)
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
Malthus (as Dick Williams)
The Anderson Tapes
1971
Spencer (as Dick Williams)
Nanny and the Professor
1970
TV Series
Mr. Williams
The Lost Man
1969
Ronald (as Richard Anthony Williams)
Uptight
1968
Corbin (as Richard Williams)
Dragnet 1967
1968
TV Series
Mondo Mabamba
Breathe
2010/II
Short
Pence
Blood and Bone
2009
Roberto
Players at the Poker Palace
2008
TV Series short
Dick
Steam
2007
August
The Stolen Moments of September
2007
Asa Jamir / Henry Washington
Virgin Again
2004
David
Jonah
2003
Short
Elder Jonah
Black Listed
2003
Video
Missouri
The Shield
2002
TV Series
Reverend Neal Cook
That's Life
2001
TV Series
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bid Whist Party Throwdown
2005
TV Series
Himself
Mackin' Ain't Easy
2002
Video short
Himself
HBO First Look
2000
TV Series documentary
Martin
1995
TV Series
Himself
The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards
1992
TV Special
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite New Television Dramatic Program