Dick Anthony Williams

Known for: Acting
Born: August 9, 1934, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: February 16, 2012
Movies: 49

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.7

Edward Scissorhands

1990

7.9

Dog Day Afternoon

1975

6.9

The Jerk

1979

7.4

Blood and Bone

2009

6.1

The Deep

1977

6.5

Mo' Better Blues

1990

7.0

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

2000

6.1

Summer Rental

1985

6.1

The Anderson Tapes

1971

6.0

The Star Chamber

1983

Filmography

2020	Grizzly II: Revenge	Charlie
2009	Blood and Bone	Roberto
2007	Steam	August
2003	Black Listed	Missouri
2002	Mackin’ Ain’t Easy	Self
2000	X-Men: The Mutant Watch	Sen. Frank Radler
2000	Hot Boyz	Harold
1998	The Players Club	Mr. Armstrong
1993	Percy & Thunder	Caswell Baker
1993	The Gifted	Daniel
1991	The Rapture	Henry
1990	Edward Scissorhands	Officer Allen
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Big Stop Williams
1989	Cast the First Stone	Jackson Phillips
1989	The Meeting	Malcolm X
1989	Tap	Francis
1987	Gardens of Stone	Slasher Williams
1985	Summer Rental	Dan Gardner
1985	Challenge of a Lifetime	Dr. Hume
1983	Through Naked Eyes	Det. Wylie
1983	Night Partners	Instructor
1983	The Star Chamber	Detective Paul Mackey
1983	For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983	Keeping On	Samuel Taylor
1982	Something So Right	Morris Elliot
1982	Sister, Sister	Rev. Richard Henderson
1982	This Is Kate Bennett...	Leonard Hayes
1981	A Gun in the House	Det. Frank Campbell
1980	The Night the City Screamed	Jim Downs
1980	Brave New World	Helmholz Watson
1979	The Jerk	Taj
1979	Hollow Image	Danny
1979	An Almost Perfect Affair	Jackson
1979	Some Kind of Miracle	Dr. Hopstone
1978	Sparrow	Martin
1977	Freeman	Freeman
1977	The Storyteller	Anthony
1977	The Deep	Slake
1977	The Richard Pryor Special?	Writer
1976	The Long Night	Paul
1975	Deadly Hero	District Attorney Winston
1975	Dog Day Afternoon	Limo Driver
1973	Five on the Black Hand Side	Preston
1973	Slaughter's Big Rip-Off	Joe Creole
1973	The Mack	Pretty Tony
1971	Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?	Malthus
1971	The Anderson Tapes	Spencer
1969	The Lost Man	Ronald
1968	Uptight	Corbin

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