Dick Anthony Williams Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Dick Anthony Williams (August 9, 1934 - February 16, 2012) was an American actor. Williams is known for his starring performances on Broadway in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show. He is also remembered for playing the character of Pretty Tony in The Mack, which starred Max Julien and Richard Pryor and portrayed Denzel Washington's father in Mo' Better Blues. Williams won the 1974 Drama Desk Award for his performance in What the Wine-Sellers Buy, for which he was also nominated for a Tony Award, and was nominated in 1975 for both a Tony and a Drama Desk Award... MORE

Dick Anthony Williams (August 9, 1934 - February 16, 2012) was an American actor. Williams is known for his starring performances on Broadway in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show. He is also remembered for playing the character of Pretty Tony in The Mack, which starred Max Julien and Richard Pryor and portrayed Denzel Washington's father in Mo' Better Blues. Williams won the 1974 Drama Desk Award for his performance in What the Wine-Sellers Buy, for which he was also nominated for a Tony Award, and was nominated in 1975 for both a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Black Picture Show He also has an extensive resume as an actor in films and on television. He was a regular on the short-lived post World War II-era ABC primetime soap opera Homefront as Abe Davis during the early 1990s. Williams married Gloria Edwards, an actress, who died in 1988, and had two children with her. LESS