Kent Williams

Acting

Born December 27, 1950, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Kent Williams is an American actor. Williams was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. He studied music and theatre at the State University of New York at Oswego, where he graduated in the class of 1973. He is known for his role as an Assistant District Attorney and, later, Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington in the television programs Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and The New Mike Hammer. Williams reunited with Stacy Keach in 1997 when a new Mike Hammer syndicated television show was released under the title Mike Hammer, Private Eye. This time Williams played the role of Deputy Mayor Barry Lawrence.

Filmography

• Blue Gender
• Mike Hammer, Private Eye
• 1995The Sister-in-Law — Jeff Powers
• Touched by an Angel — Oliver MacGregor
• 1993Barbarians at the Gate — Tom Hill
• 1993Rubdown — Armstrong
• Law & Order — Hank Coburn
• Sydney
• Quantum Leap — Collins
• 1988Question of Faith — Doctor Simms
• 1988Stranger on My Land
• 1987Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall — Steve Cook
• L.A. Law — David Sheppard
• 1986The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer — Barrington
• MacGyver — Clinton Ferris
• 1985Murder: By Reason of Insanity — Dick Crowell
• Mike Hammer — Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington
• 1984More Than Murder — Lawrence D. Barrington
• Murder, She Wrote — Freddie Layton
• 1983Murder Me, Murder You — Lawrence D. Barrington
• 1983WarGames — Cabot
• American Playhouse — Steve Cook (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')
• Cagney & Lacey — Peter Blair
• 1982The Day the Bubble Burst
• 1981A Small Killing — Michael
• Hill Street Blues — Bernard
• 1981Honky Tonk Freeway — Kelly's Guest
• 1980Act of Love — Dr. Mitchell
• 1980Blinded by the Light
• 1980Heart Beat — Ogden
• 1979The In-Laws — Ski Mask
• 1979Time After Time — Assistant
• 1976The Eagle Has Landed — Mallory (uncredited)
• The Starlost: The Invasion — Captain