He was an African American actor. Williams was born on the South Side of Chicago and spent four years of his childhood in a hospital being treated for polio. In an interview with The Chicago Tribune, he said being hospitalized had its advantages. He began acting in Chicago while working as a member of a singing group called the Williams Brothers Quartet. In the early s, Williams and the director Woodie King Jr. Jackson, Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington.
Dick Anthony Williams, a prolific actor who created enduring roles in blaxploitation films during the s while simultaneously securing his reputation on the New York stage with Tony-nominated performances and a Drama Desk Award, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was His death was confirmed by a family friend, Samantha Wheeler. No cause was given.
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