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Hal Williams is a Actor American born on 14 december 1938 at Columbus (USA)

Hal Williams

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Birth name Halroy Candis Williams
Nationality USA
Birth 14 december 1938 (85 years) at Columbus (USA)

Harold "Hal" Williams (born December 14, 1938) is an American actor, best known for his recurring role as Police Officer Smith ("Smitty") on Sanford and Son, and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband of Marla Gibbs's character, on the NBC sitcom 227.

Williams started out in the acting business in 1969. Since then, he has appeared in movies such as Paul Schrader's Hardcore, Howard Zieff's Private Benjamin (he also portrayed the role of Sgt L.C. "Ted" Ross in the television series of the same name), and Clint Eastwood's The Rookie. He was controversially fired from The Jimmy Stewart Show in 1971 at the insistence of its star, James Stewart. In the early to mid-1990s, he starred in many of comic Sinbad's productions, including The Sinbad Show and The Cherokee Kid. He played the grandfather in the Bernie Mac film Guess Who.

His other television credits include Moonlight, Moesha, Suddenly Susan, Minor Adjustments, L.A. Law, Night Court, Magnum, P.I., Hill Street Blues, Gimme a Break, The Jeffersons, The Dukes of Hazzard, T.J. Hooker, The Waltons, Knots Landing, The White Shadow, What's Happening!!, Good Times, Quincy, M.E., Kung Fu, S.W.A.T.,Gunsmoke, ""Sanford and Son"", 227, and That Girl.

Williams is also the host of the annual Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation nationally-televised telethon.

Biography

Hal Williams monte sur scène en 1969. Dès lors, il est apparu dans des comédies dont Hardcore, Private Benjamin , et La Relève. Dans les années 1990, il tient le premier rôle dans les Sinbad's productions, dont The Sinbad Show et The Cherokee Kid . Plus récemment, il joue le grand-père dans Black/White.

Best films

Guess Who (2005)
(Actor)

Usually with

Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite
(2 films)
Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader
(1 films)
Jeannie Epper
Jeannie Epper
(2 films)
Harvey Miller
Harvey Miller
(1 films)
Paris Barclay
Paris Barclay
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hal Williams (12 films)

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Actor

Flight
Flight (2012)
, 2h19
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood
Roles Whip's Dad (voice)
Rating72% 3.6462053.6462053.6462053.6462053.646205
Airline pilot captain Whip Whitaker (Washington) uses cocaine to wake up after a night of very little sleep in his Orlando hotel room. He pilots SouthJet Flight 227 to Atlanta which experiences severe turbulence at takeoff. Copilot Ken Evans (Geraghty) takes over while Whip discreetly mixes vodka in his orange juice and takes a nap. He is jolted awake as the plane goes into a steep dive. Unable to regain control, Whip is forced to make a controlled crash landing in an open field and loses consciousness on impact.
Generation Gap, 1h35
Directed by Bill L. Norton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Edward Asnere, Rue McClanahan, Danielle Savre, Catherine Mary Stewart, Jack Conley, Ralph Waite
Roles Mac
Rating64% 3.242593.242593.242593.242593.24259
Suite aux bagarres multiples pour lesquelles il est renvoyé de l'école, sa mère envoie son fils chez son grand-père pour l'été à Greenville. Ce dernier étant colonel durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale tente de corriger son petit-fils.
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, 1h35
Directed by Robert Berlinger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors April Scott, Jonathan Bennett, Sherilyn Fenn, Willie Nelson, Harland Williams, Randy Wayne
Rating44% 2.232062.232062.232062.232062.23206
Les adolescents et cousins Bo et Luke Duke passent leurs premières vacances dans le comté de Hazzard dans la ferme de leur oncle Jesse qui fait de l'alcool en toute illégalité...
Guess Who
Guess Who (2005)
, 1h45
Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Ashton Kutcher, Bernie Mac, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott, Hal Williams, Robert Curtis Brown
Roles Howard Jones
Rating59% 2.950512.950512.950512.950512.95051
Theresa Jones (Zoe Saldana) takes her boyfriend, Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher) home to meet her parents on the occasion of her parents' 25th wedding anniversary, planning to reveal that they are engaged. However, what Theresa has also left out is that Simon is white. Her father, Percy (Bernie Mac), dislikes Simon almost immediately because of his race (Joneses are black). Wishing to impress Percy, Simon lies to him about being a NASCAR Pit driver for Jeff Gordon, not realizing that Percy is one of his biggest fans. After catching Theresa and Simon in a compromising position, Percy tries to force Simon into a hotel, but all the hotels in town are booked. Instead, he allows Simon to sleep in his basement on the couch, where Percy also sleeps.
The Cherokee Kid, 1h31
Directed by Paris Barclay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Sinbad, James Coburn, Burt Reynolds, Lorraine Toussaint, Gregory Hines, A Martinez
Roles Rev. Peel
Rating59% 2.9964552.9964552.9964552.9964552.996455
When greedy land-grabber, Bloomington (Coburn), destroys his family, Isaiah (Sinbad), knows nothing about the world, but vows to someday get revenge. He learns about good and evil by being forced to rob a bank and then capturing the gang. He learns how to live off the land from Otter Bob (Reynolds), the "Best Mountain Man in Texas". He learns about friendship and loyalty after saving the life of Cortina (Martinez), the "Hero of the Mexican People". He learns how to shoot from Nat Love (Hudson). He learns about love from Stagecoach Mary (Lewis). It finally comes down to a showdown with the notorious Undertaker (Hines), who's working for Bloomington. But there's something about The Undertaker that makes this worse since there's a rumor that he killed Isaiah's brother, Jedediah.
The Rookie
The Rookie (1990)
, 2h1
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, Tom Skerritt, Hal Williams
Roles Powell
Rating59% 2.950062.950062.950062.950062.95006
LAPD Detective Sgt. Nick Pulovski and his partner, Powell, are assigned to the case of taking down the criminal empire of a German felon, Strom, who engages in grand theft auto and chop shop operations. During an encounter with Strom and his men, who are loading a semi-trailer truck with stolen cars, Powell is murdered. Nick, despite efforts to catch the criminals on the highway, ends up losing them.
The Escape Artist, 1h34
Directed by Caleb Deschanel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, John P. Ryan
Roles Cop at Mayor's Office
Rating60% 3.049823.049823.049823.049823.04982
Young and self-confident Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) is the teen-aged son of the late Harry Masters, the "greatest escape artist except for Houdini". Danny himself is an accomplished magician and escape artist. He leaves home to join Uncle Burke and Aunt Sibyl in their magic/mentalist act; Sibyl welcomes him but Burke is unenthusiastic.
Private Benjamin, 1h49
Directed by Howard Zieff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Goldie Hawn, Craig T. Nelson, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker
Roles Sgt. L.C. Ross
Rating61% 3.098383.098383.098383.098383.09838
Judy Benjamin (Goldie Hawn) a 28-year-old whose lifelong dream is to "marry a professional man", joins the U.S. Army after her new husband (Albert Brooks) dies on their wedding night during sex. Adrift, Benjamin realizes that she has never been independent in her entire life, and she meets a sneaky recruiting sergeant, Jim Ballard (Harry Dean Stanton), who leads her to believe military life will provide the "family" she seeks. He also tells her that the service is glamorous, comparing it to a spa vacation. She has a rude awakening upon arriving in boot camp. Judy wants to quit almost immediately, and is astonished to learn that she cannot, contrary to the assertions of her recruiting sergeant.
Hardcore
Hardcore (1979)
, 1h43
Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Films about pornography, Films about psychiatry
Actors George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent, Larry Block, Gary Graham
Roles Big Dick Blaque
Rating69% 3.497033.497033.497033.497033.49703
Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott) is a prosperous local businessman in Grand Rapids, Michigan who has strong Calvinist convictions. A single parent, Van Dorn is the father of a seemingly quiet, conservative teenage girl, Kristen, who inexplicably disappears when she goes on a church-sponsored trip to Bellflower, California. Andy Mast (Peter Boyle), a strange private investigator from Los Angeles, is then hired to find her, eventually turning up an 8mm stag film of his daughter with two young men.
Herbie Rides Again, 1h28
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn, John McIntire, Liam Dunn
Rating57% 2.858572.858572.858572.858572.85857
Ruthless real estate magnate Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn) is pursuing his newest indoor shopping center, the 130-story Hawk Plaza. His only obstacle is an archaic firehouse inhabited by "Grandma" Steinmetz (Helen Hayes), widow of its former owner, Fire Captain Steinmetz, and aunt of mechanic Tennessee Steinmetz who appeared in The Love Bug; her displaced neighbor, flight attendant Nicole Harris (Stefanie Powers); and their sentient machines: Herbie the Love Bug, an orchestrion that chooses its own songs, and a retired cable car known as "Old No. 22". It is explained that Tennessee has gone to Tibet to visit his ailing philosophy teacher, while Herbie's former owner, Jim Douglas, has gone to Europe.