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.

Filmography

• 2020Grizzly II: Revenge — Charlie
• 2009Blood and Bone — Roberto
• 2007Steam — August
• 2003Black Listed — Missouri
• The Shield — Reverend Neal Cook
• 2000Hot Boyz — Harold
• 2000X-Men: The Mutant Watch — Sen. Frank Radler
• 1998The Players Club — Mr. Armstrong
• JAG — Special Agent Lang
• The Parent 'Hood
• Chicago Hope — Charles Wilkes
• Due South — ATF Agent MacFadden
• 1993Percy & Thunder — Caswell Baker
• 1993The Gifted — Daniel
• The X-Files — Agent Reggie Purdue
• Martin — Dick Anthony Williams
• The Larry Sanders Show — Beverly's Father
• Homefront
• Roc — Ray Boyd
• 1991The Rapture — Henry
• 1990Edward Scissorhands — Officer Allen
• Law & Order — Sam Burdette
• 1990Mo' Better Blues — Big Stop Williams
• Shannon's Deal — McGuire
• 1989Cast the First Stone — Jackson Phillips
• Snoops — Andrew Devilar
• 1989Tap — Francis
• 1989The Meeting — Malcolm X
• 1987Gardens of Stone — Slasher Williams
• Heart of the City — Ed Van Duzer
• L.A. Law — Charles Jackson, Franklin Hovey
• 1985Challenge of a Lifetime — Dr. Hume
• Our Family Honor — Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones
• Stingray
• 1985Summer Rental — Dan Gardner
• 1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
• 1983Keeping On — Samuel Taylor
• 1983Night Partners — Instructor
• 1983The Star Chamber — Detective Paul Mackey
• 1983Through Naked Eyes — Det. Wylie
• American Playhouse — Samuel Traylor, Professor Carter, Malcolm X
• Cagney & Lacey — Sly
• 1982Sister, Sister — Rev. Richard Henderson
• 1982Something So Right — Morris Elliot
• 1982This Is Kate Bennett... — Leonard Hayes
• 1981A Gun in the House — Det. Frank Campbell
• The Sophisticated Gents — Ralph Joplin
• 1980Brave New World — Helmholz Watson
• One in a Million
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
• 1980The Night the City Screamed — Jim Downs
• 1979An Almost Perfect Affair — Jackson
• Archie Bunker's Place
• Hart to Hart
• 1979Hollow Image — Danny
• 1979Some Kind of Miracle — Dr. Hopstone
• 1979The Jerk — Taj
• A Woman Called Moses — John Tubman
• King — Malcolm X
• 1978Sparrow — Martin
• 1977Freeman — Freeman
• Lou Grant
• 1977The Deep — Slake
• 1977The Richard Pryor Special? — Writer
• 1977The Storyteller — Anthony
• 1976The Long Night — Paul
• 1975Deadly Hero — District Attorney Winston
• 1975Dog Day Afternoon — Limo Driver
• Starsky & Hutch
• The Rockford Files — Maceo Prentiss
• 1973Five on the Black Hand Side — Preston
• 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-Off — Joe Creole
• 1973The Mack — Pretty Tony
• 1971The Anderson Tapes — Spencer
• 1971Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? — Malthus
• Nanny and the Professor
• 1969The Lost Man — Ronald
• 1968Uptight — Corbin
• Ironside

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2002Mackin’ Ain’t Easy — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer