
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

The Deep (1977)
as Slake

The Anderson Tapes (1971)
as Spencer

The Jerk (1979)
as Taj

The Players Club (1998)
as Mr. Armstrong

Summer Rental (1985)
as Dan Gardner

Gardens of Stone (1987)
as Slasher Williams

Mo' Better Blues (1990)
as Big Stop Williams

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

The Star Chamber (1983)
as Detective Paul Mackey

Tap (1989)
as Francis

Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Charlie

Brave New World (1980)
as Helmholz Watson

The Rapture (1991)
as Henry

Hot Boyz (2000)
as Harold

Through Naked Eyes (1983)
as Det. Wylie

The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)
as Writer
Sparrow (1978)
as Martin

Uptight (1968)
as Corbin

The Mack (1973)
as Pretty Tony

Black Listed (2003)
as Missouri

Deadly Hero (1975)
as District Attorney Winston

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

The Lost Man (1969)
as Ronald

An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
as Jackson

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

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

Hollow Image (1979)
as Danny

The Storyteller (1977)
as Anthony

Something So Right (1982)
as Morris Elliot

Cast the First Stone (1989)
as Jackson Phillips

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

Steam (2007)
as August

Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
as Preston

Keeping On (1983)
as Samuel Taylor

Freeman (1977)
as Freeman

Some Kind of Miracle (1979)
as Dr. Hopstone
Challenge of a Lifetime (1985)
as Dr. Hume

The Night the City Screamed (1980)
as Jim Downs

The Meeting (1989)
as Malcolm X

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Rev. Richard Henderson

Percy & Thunder (1993)
as Caswell Baker

Mackin’ Ain’t Easy (2002)
as Self

Night Partners (1983)
as Instructor

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
as Malthus
The Gifted (1993)
as Daniel
The Long Night (1976)
as Paul





