Dick Anthony Williams - Trivia, Family, Bio

Award-winning star of Hollywood and Broadway who was one of the first prominent black actors. He also played Allen in Edward Scissorhands.

Before Fame

He was in a Chicago-based singing group called the Williams Brothers Quartet before moving to Los Angeles.

Trivia

He played Pretty Tony, a pimp, in the blaxploitation film, The Mack.

Family Life

He had two children with actress Gloria Edwards.

Associated With

He was in a documentary about the lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.