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Dick Anthony Williams Biography (1938-)

Born August 9, 1938, in Chicago, IL; married Gloria Edwards. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1937.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer

Birth Details

August 9, 1938

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (New York debut) Title role, Big Time Buck White, Village South Theatre, New York City, 1968
• Nigger Nightmare, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Omar Butler I, Jamimma, Henry Street Playhouse, New York City, 1972
• Rico, What the Wine Sellers Buy, New Federal Theatre, New York City, 1973, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, later New Theatre for Now, Los Angeles, both 1974
• Alexander, Black Picture Show, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1975
• Al Seaver, We Interrupt This Program, Ambassador Theatre, New YorkCity, 1975
• Bobby Foster, The Poison Tree, Ambassador Theatre, 1976
• Stage Work
• Director, The Pig Pen, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1970
• Coproducer (with Woodie King), Black Girl, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1971
• Director, In New England Winter, Henry Street Playhouse, 1971
• Producer, A Recent Killing, New Federal Theatre, 1973
• Film Appearances
• Ronald, The Lost Man, 1969
• (As Dick Richard) Malthus, Who Killed Mary What's 'ername? (also known as Death of a Hooker), Cannon, 1971
• (As Dick Richard) Spencer, The Anderson Tapes, Columbia, 1971
• (As Dick Richard) Pretty Tony, The Mack (also known as The Mackand His Pack), 1973
• Limo driver, Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros., 1975
• Paul, The Long Night, 1976
• District Attorney Winston, Deadly Hero, AVCO-Embassy, 1976
• Slake, The Deep, Columbia, 1977
• Andrew Jackson, An Almost Perfect Affair, Paramount, 1979
• Taj, The Jerk, Universal, 1979
• Detective Paul Mackey, The Star Chamber, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• Dan Gardner, Summer Rental, 1985
• Slasher Williams, Gardens of Stone, 1987
• Francis, Tap, 1989
• Big Stop Williams, Mo' Better Blues, 1990
• Officer Allen, Edward Scissorhands, 1990
• Henry, The Rapture, 1991
• Mr. Armstrong, The Players Club, New Line Cinema, 1998
• Harold, Hot Boyz, Artisan Entertainment, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Title role, Freeman, 1977
• Anthony, The Storyteller, NBC, 1977
• John Tubman, A Woman Called Moses, NBC, 1978
• Danny York, Hollow Image, ABC, 1979
• Dr. Hopstone, Some Kind of Miracle, CBS, 1979
• Helmholtz Watson, Brave New World, NBC, 1980
• Jim Downs, The Night the City Screamed, ABC, 1980
• Ralph Joplin, The Sophisticated Gents, NBC, 1981
• Detective Campbell, A Gun in the House, CBS, 1981
• Reverend Richard Henderson, Sister, Sister, NBC, 1982
• Morris Elliot, Something So Right, CBS, 1982
• Leonard Hayes, This Is Kate Bennett, ABC, 1982
• Detective Wylie, Through Naked Eyes, ABC, 1983
• Instructor, Night Partners, CBS, 1983
• Dr. Hume, Challenge of a Lifetime, ABC, 1985
• Jonas Jones, Our Family Honor, 1985
• Heart of the City, 1986
• Jackson Phillips, Cast the First Stone (also known as Cast theFirst Stone: The Diane Martin Story), NBC, 1989
• Rick Herd, Royal Gambit, ABC, 1989
• Caswell Baker, Percy and Thunder, TNT, 1993
• After All, BET, 1999
• Series
• Ed Van Duzer, Heart of the City, 1986
• Abe Davis, Homefront, ABC, 1991-92
• Specials
• Malcolm X, The Meeting, PBS, 1989
• Mr. Prince, What about Your Friends?, CBS, 1995
• Clem, A Room without Doors, Showtime, 1999
• X-Men: The Mutant Watch, Fox, 2000
• Miniseries
• Malcolm X, King, NBC, 1978
• Gawain Butler, James A. Michener's "Space," CBS, 1985
• Episodic
• Mondo Mabamba, "Public Affairs-DR-07," Dragnet 1967, 1968
• Harry Martin, "Kill Huggy Bear," Starsky and Hutch, 1975
• "It's Easier to Pass an Elephant through the Eye of a Needle than a Bad Check in Bel Aire," Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, 1980
• Wayne, "Brother Tom," The Jeffersons, 1980
• Grayson, "The Dog Who Knew Too Much," Hart to Hart, 1984
• "I Do, I Don't," Trapper John, M.D., 1984
• "That Terrible Swift Sword," Stingray, 1986
• "Carolann," B.L. Stryker, 1989
• Jackson, L.A. Law, NBC, 1989
• Beverly's father, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992
• Franklin Hovey, "Safe Sex," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993
• Franklin Hovey, "Pacific Rimshot," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993
• Ray Boyd, "Citizen Roc: Parts 1 & 2," Roc, Fox, 1994
• Agent Reggie Purdue, "Young at Heart," The X-Files, Fox, 1994
• Sam Burdette, "White Rabbit," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
• "All the Players Came," Martin, Fox, 1995
• Whitney Roland, John Grisham's The Client, CBS, 1995
• Beverly's father, "Beverly and the Prop Job," The Larry Sanders Show, 1995
• Agent McFadden, "Bird in the Hand," Due South, CBS, 1995
• Judge Crandall, "One on One," Sparks, UPN, 1996
• Special Agent Mike Lang, "Code Blue," JAG, CBS, 1997
• Harvey Boutier, "Dead Man Talking," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997
• Charles Wilkes, "All in the Family," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997
• Doctor, "Hood Sweet' Hood: Part 2," The Parent 'Hood, 1999