Name
Samm-Art Williams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-01-20
Deathday
2024-05-13 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Burgaw, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Samm-Art Williams (born Samuel Arthur Williams; January 20, 1946) is an American playwright and screenwriter, and a stage and film/TV actor and television producer. Much of his work concerns the African-American experience.
He was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his play Home (1979), which moved from the Negro Ensemble Company to a Broadway production in 1980. In the mid-1980s, he received two Emmy nominations for his work for TV series. The Black Rep of St. Louis, Missouri produced the premier of his play The Montford Point Marine (2011).
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A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootou...
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A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenem...
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- 1979 The Wanderers as Roger
- 1989 The Women of Brewster Place as Cecil Garvin
- 1985 Blood Simple as Meurice
- 1980 Dressed to Kill as Subway Cop
- 1983 Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole as Matt Henson
- 1980 Night of the Juggler as Peep Show Bouncer
- 1977 The Baron as Rufus
- 1991 A Rage in Harlem as Gus Parsons
- 1985 Hot Resort as Bill Martin
- 1986 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Jim
- 1977 Summerdog as Officer Brown
- 1982 A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion as Peter Poyas
- 1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ( 1 episode ) as Thug
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Lead DEA Agent
- 1992 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper ( 1 episode ) as Samm
- 1989 The Women of Brewster Place ( 2 episodes ) as Cecil Garvin
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 4 episodes ) as Jim
- 1986 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 4 episodes ) as Jim
