
Dick Anthony Williams
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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.
Known for
Credits

Edward Scissorhands (1990)
as Officer Allen

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
as Limo Driver

Blood and Bone (2009)
as Roberto

Gardens of Stone (1987)
as Slasher Williams

Tap (1989)
as Francis

The Jerk (1979)
as Taj

The Deep (1977)
as Slake

Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Charlie

Hot Boyz (2000)
as Harold

Uptight (1968)
as Corbin

Summer Rental (1985)
as Dan Gardner

Black Listed (2003)
as Missouri

The Anderson Tapes (1971)
as Spencer

Freeman (1977)
as Freeman

The Star Chamber (1983)
as Detective Paul Mackey
Sparrow (1978)
as Martin

Something So Right (1982)
as Morris Elliot

The Rapture (1991)
as Henry

Mo' Better Blues (1990)
as Big Stop Williams

The Players Club (1998)
as Mr. Armstrong

An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
as Jackson

X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)
as Sen. Frank Radler

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
as Joe Creole

The Lost Man (1969)
as Ronald

The Mack (1973)
as Pretty Tony

Brave New World (1980)
as Helmholz Watson

Through Naked Eyes (1983)
as Det. Wylie
Challenge of a Lifetime (1985)
as Dr. Hume

Deadly Hero (1975)
as District Attorney Winston

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
Actor

Some Kind of Miracle (1979)
as Dr. Hopstone

Night Partners (1983)
as Instructor

Keeping On (1983)
as Samuel Taylor

Cast the First Stone (1989)
as Jackson Phillips

Steam (2007)
as August

The Meeting (1989)
as Malcolm X

The Night the City Screamed (1980)
as Jim Downs

Mackin’ Ain’t Easy (2002)
as Self

A Gun in the House (1981)
as Det. Frank Campbell

Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
as Preston

The Storyteller (1977)
as Anthony

This Is Kate Bennett... (1982)
as Leonard Hayes

The Gifted (1993)
as Daniel

The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)
as Writer

Hollow Image (1979)
as Danny

Percy & Thunder (1993)
as Caswell Baker

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
as Malthus

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Rev. Richard Henderson

The Long Night (1976)
as Paul





