
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

Blood and Bone (2009)
as Roberto

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
as Limo Driver

The Deep (1977)
as Slake

The Jerk (1979)
as Taj

The Players Club (1998)
as Mr. Armstrong

The Rapture (1991)
as Henry

The Lost Man (1969)
as Ronald

Summer Rental (1985)
as Dan Gardner

Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Charlie

Mo' Better Blues (1990)
as Big Stop Williams

The Star Chamber (1983)
as Detective Paul Mackey

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

Gardens of Stone (1987)
as Slasher Williams

The Mack (1973)
as Pretty Tony

The Anderson Tapes (1971)
as Spencer

Deadly Hero (1975)
as District Attorney Winston

Hot Boyz (2000)
as Harold

Keeping On (1983)
as Samuel Taylor

Hollow Image (1979)
as Danny

Brave New World (1980)
as Helmholz Watson

Tap (1989)
as Francis

Steam (2007)
as August

Uptight (1968)
as Corbin

An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
as Jackson

The Meeting (1989)
as Malcolm X

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Rev. Richard Henderson

Night Partners (1983)
as Instructor

The Storyteller (1977)
as Anthony

Cast the First Stone (1989)
as Jackson Phillips

The Night the City Screamed (1980)
as Jim Downs

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

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
as Joe Creole
The Gifted (1993)
as Daniel

Percy & Thunder (1993)
as Caswell Baker

Through Naked Eyes (1983)
as Det. Wylie

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

Something So Right (1982)
as Morris Elliot

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

Black Listed (2003)
as Missouri

Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
as Preston

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

The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)
as Writer
Challenge of a Lifetime (1985)
as Dr. Hume

Freeman (1977)
as Freeman

Some Kind of Miracle (1979)
as Dr. Hopstone

Mackin’ Ain’t Easy (2002)
as Self
The Long Night (1976)
as Paul





