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Dick Anthony Williams

Dick Anthony Williams

20 movies on Netflix

Biography

Dick Anthony Williams was an American actor who began his career in his late teens singing with the Chicago group Williams Brothers Quartet, then moved to Los Angeles to act. Born in Chicago, he grew up in Bronzeville. He became best known for Broadway work in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show, taking a 1974 Drama Desk Award for What the Wine-Sellers Buy, which also earned him a Tony nomination; Black Picture Show brought him Tony and Drama Desk nominations in 1975. His films included Pretty Tony in The Mack (1973), a limo driver in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), the father of Denzel Washington's character in Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Officer Allen in Edward Scissorhands (1990), along with The Anderson Tapes (1971), The Players Club (1998) and Blood and Bone (2009). On television he played Malcolm X in King, the title role in Freeman, and was a regular as Abe Davis on Homefront.

77years old at death

  • Born Chicago
  • Died Van Nuys
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Also credited as Dick A. Williams, Dick Williams and Richard Anthony Williams

Movie Career

Films
20
Career span
49 years1971 to 2020

Genres

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  1. A change of course

    Williams started out in his late teens singing with the Williams Brothers Quartet, a Chicago group. He then relocated to Los Angeles and began acting.

  2. Beyond film

    In 1971 and 1972, Williams took a role in the off-Broadway musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death, written by Melvin Van Peebles and well received by critics.

Dick Anthony Williams movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Edward Scissorhands1990 Drama, Fantasy, Romanceas Officer Allen

    IMDb rating 7.8571K votes

  2. The Jerk1979 Comedyas Taj

    IMDb rating 7.169K votes

  3. Blood and Bone2009as Roberto

    IMDb rating 6.739K votes

  4. The Deep1977as Slake

    IMDb rating 6.316K votes

  5. Summer Rental1985as Dan Gardner

    IMDb rating 6.321K votes

  6. Dog Day Afternoon1975as Limo Driver

    IMDb rating 8.0295K votes

  7. Mo' Better Blues1990as Big Stop Williams

    IMDb rating 6.715K votes

  8. The Anderson Tapes1971as Spencer

    IMDb rating 6.410K votes

Most often with

Sidney Lumet directed two of these films, Carl Reiner two. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Laurence Fishburne, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Laurence FishburneJames Sikking, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with James SikkingAnthony Johnson, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Anthony JohnsonJudyann Elder, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Judyann ElderSidney LumetDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Sidney LumetCarl ReinerDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Carl Reiner

Films together

Box office

What Dick Anthony Williams's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$433 million

13 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 20 films: 13 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 13Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

The Deep1977as Slake$100 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Deep1977as Slake
    $100M23.1% of the total
  2. 2
    The Jerk1979as Taj
    $100M23.1% of the total
  3. 3
    Edward Scissorhands1990as Officer Allen
    $86M19.9% of the total
  4. 4
    Dog Day Afternoon1975as Limo Driver
    $57M13.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Summer Rental1985as Dan Gardner
    $25M5.7% of the total
  6. 6
    The Players Club1998as Mr. Armstrong
    $23M5.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Mo' Better Blues1990as Big Stop Williams
    $16M3.7% of the total
  8. 8
    Tap1989as Francis
    $9.1M2.1% of the total
The Star Chamber (1983), $5.6 millionGardens of Stone (1987), $5.3 millionThe Anderson Tapes (1971), $5.0 millionThe Rapture (1991), $1.3 millionBlood and Bone (2009), $3,492

$17.1 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total

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