Samm-Art Williams

Born: 1946-01-20

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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Blood Simple

as Meurice
Released: 1984-03-26

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an...

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Dressed to Kill

as Subway Cop
Released: 1980-07-25

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds...

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The Wanderers

as Roger
Released: 1979-07-13

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is...

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A Rage in Harlem

as Gus Parsons
Released: 1991-05-03

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout,...

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Hot Resort

as Bill Martin
Released: 1985-01-01

Young guys on the make get a job at a resort hotel in the Caribbean.

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Night of the Juggler

as Peep Show Bouncer
Released: 1980-06-06

An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.

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The Women of Brewster Place

as Cecil Garvin
Released: 1989-03-19

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Jim
Released: 1986-02-10

Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of...

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The Baron

as Rufus
Released: 1977-01-01

A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to...

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Miami Vice

as Lead DEA Agent
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Thug
First aired: 1990-09-10

Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to...

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