Dick Anthony Williams

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

August 9, 1934

died

February 16, 2012

place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

also known as

Richard Williams · Dick Williams · Dick A. Williams · Richard Anthony Williams

total credits

44 movies

Biography

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.

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Known For

Filmography

44 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

Edward Scissorhands
7.7

Edward Scissorhands

1990as Officer Allen
Dog Day Afternoon
7.9

Dog Day Afternoon

1975as Limo Driver
Blood and Bone
7.4

Blood and Bone

2009as Roberto
The Deep
6.1

The Deep

1977as Slake
The Players Club
6.3

The Players Club

1998as Mr. Armstrong
The Jerk
6.9

The Jerk

1979as Taj
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
7.0

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

2000as Sen. Frank Radler
The Rapture
5.7

The Rapture

1991as Henry
The Anderson Tapes
6.1

The Anderson Tapes

1971as Spencer
Mo' Better Blues
6.5

Mo' Better Blues

1990as Big Stop Williams
Summer Rental
6.1

Summer Rental

1985as Dan Gardner
Gardens of Stone
6.2

Gardens of Stone

1987as Slasher Williams
The Mack
6.4

The Mack

1973as Pretty Tony
The Star Chamber
6.1

The Star Chamber

1983as Detective Paul Mackey
Hot Boyz
4.8

Hot Boyz

2000as Harold
Deadly Hero
5.8

Deadly Hero

1975as District Attorney Winston
Grizzly II: Revenge
3.2

Grizzly II: Revenge

2020as Charlie
An Almost Perfect Affair
5.0

An Almost Perfect Affair

1979as Jackson
Five on the Black Hand Side
7.2

Five on the Black Hand Side

1973as Preston
The Storyteller
9.0

The Storyteller

1977as Anthony
Through Naked Eyes
4.6

Through Naked Eyes

1983as Det. Wylie
Brave New World
6.2

Brave New World

1980as Helmholz Watson
Steam
2.8

Steam

2007as August
Night Partners
7.5

Night Partners

1983as Instructor
This Is Kate Bennett...
7.0

This Is Kate Bennett...

1982as Leonard Hayes
The Lost Man
4.2

The Lost Man

1969as Ronald
The Night the City Screamed
6.0

The Night the City Screamed

1980as Jim Downs
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
4.8

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973as Joe Creole
Hollow Image
5.7

Hollow Image

1979as Danny
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
7.0

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983
Cast the First Stone
7.0

Cast the First Stone

1989as Jackson Phillips
Tap
6.8

Tap

1989as Francis
The Richard Pryor Special?
7.2

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977as Writer
Uptight
6.8

Uptight

1968as Corbin
Keeping On
7.0

Keeping On

1983as Samuel Taylor
Some Kind of Miracle
10.0

Some Kind of Miracle

1979as Dr. Hopstone
Percy & Thunder
8.0

Percy & Thunder

1993as Caswell Baker
A Gun in the House
6.8

A Gun in the House

1981as Det. Frank Campbell
Something So Right
5.9

Something So Right

1982as Morris Elliot
Sister, Sister
8.0

Sister, Sister

1982as Rev. Richard Henderson
Black Listed
4.0

Black Listed

2003as Missouri
The Meeting
8.0

The Meeting

1989as Malcolm X
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
4.9

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

1971as Malthus
Freeman
6.0

Freeman

1977as Freeman