Dick Anthony Williams

Known for: Acting

Born: 1934-08-09 – 2012-02-16 (aged 77)

From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography (81)

MOVIE★ 3.2
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 7.4
Blood and Bone
2009
as Roberto
MOVIE★ 2.8
Steam
2007
as August
MOVIE★ 4.0
Black Listed
2003
as Missouri
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy
2002
as Self
TV★ 8.2
The Shield
2002
as Reverend Neal Cook
MOVIE★ 7.0
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Sen. Frank Radler
MOVIE★ 4.8
Hot Boyz
2000
as Harold
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Players Club
1998
as Mr. Armstrong
TV★ 7.3
JAG
1995
as Special Agent Lang
TV★ 7.3
The Parent 'Hood
1995
TV★ 7.6
Due South
1994
as ATF Agent MacFadden
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Charles Wilkes
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Agent Reggie Purdue
MOVIE★ 8.0
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Caswell Baker
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Gifted
1993
as Daniel
TV★ 7.5
Martin
1992
as Dick Anthony Williams
TV★ 7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Beverly's Father
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Rapture
1991
as Henry
TV★ 5.6
Homefront
1991
TV★ 7.9
Roc
1991
as Ray Boyd
MOVIE★ 7.7
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Officer Allen
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Sam Burdette
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Big Stop Williams
TV★ 7.7
Shannon's Deal
1990
as McGuire
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cast the First Stone
1989
as Jackson Phillips
TV★ 6.3
Snoops
1989
as Andrew Devilar
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Meeting
1989
as Malcolm X
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tap
1989
as Francis
MOVIE★ 6.2
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Slasher Williams
TV★ 7.5
Heart of the City
1986
as Ed Van Duzer
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Charles Jackson
TV★ 7.7
Our Family Honor
1985
as Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones
MOVIE★ 6.1
Summer Rental
1985
as Dan Gardner
TV★ 7.2
Stingray
1985
MOVIE★ 5.0
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985
as Dr. Hume
MOVIE★ 4.6
Through Naked Eyes
1983
as Det. Wylie
MOVIE★ 7.5
Night Partners
1983
as Instructor
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Star Chamber
1983
as Detective Paul Mackey
MOVIE★ 7.0
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
MOVIE★ 7.0
Keeping On
1983
as Samuel Taylor
MOVIE★ 5.9
Something So Right
1982
as Morris Elliot
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sister, Sister
1982
as Rev. Richard Henderson
MOVIE★ 7.0
This Is Kate Bennett...
1982
as Leonard Hayes
TV★ 6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Sly
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Samuel Traylor
TV★ 8.5
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
as Ralph Joplin
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Gun in the House
1981
as Det. Frank Campbell
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Night the City Screamed
1980
as Jim Downs
MOVIE★ 6.2
Brave New World
1980
as Helmholz Watson
TV★ 6.8
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
TV★ 7.5
One in a Million
1980
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Jerk
1979
as Taj
TV★ 6.5
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
TV★ 6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hollow Image
1979
as Danny
MOVIE★ 5.0
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Jackson
MOVIE★ 10.0
Some Kind of Miracle
1979
as Dr. Hopstone
TV★ 7.0
A Woman Called Moses
1978
as John Tubman
TV★ 6.6
King
1978
as Malcolm X
MOVIE
Sparrow
1978
as Martin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Freeman
1977
as Freeman
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Storyteller
1977
as Anthony
TV★ 7.3
Lou Grant
1977
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Deep
1977
as Slake
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Writer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Long Night
1976
as Paul
MOVIE★ 5.8
Deadly Hero
1975
as District Attorney Winston
MOVIE★ 7.8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Limo Driver
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
TV★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
as Maceo Prentiss
MOVIE★ 7.2
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
as Preston
MOVIE★ 4.8
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Joe Creole
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Mack
1973
as Pretty Tony
MOVIE★ 4.9
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Malthus
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Spencer
TV★ 6.7
Nanny and the Professor
1970
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Lost Man
1969
as Ronald
MOVIE★ 6.8
Uptight
1968
as Corbin
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer