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Hal Williams

Highest Rated: 80% Hardcore (1979)

Lowest Rated: 41% Guess Who (2005)

Birthday: Dec 14, 1938

Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Tall, mustachioed, highly likable African-American staple of 1970s and 80s television, most typically in roles as fairly average joes who explode at the crazed situations around them, only to prove to be warm, teddy bear types in the end. Williams is probably best known as the husband who must cope with an apartment building full of busybody women, especially his wife (played by Marla Gibbs), on the amusing NBC sitcom hit of the late 80s, "227."

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Highest rated movies

80% 67% Hardcore
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41% 49% Guess Who Watchlist
46% Snow 2 Brain Freeze
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60% The Cherokee Kid
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Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
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On the Nickel
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy Satchel Paige
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39% Generation Gap
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The Sky Is Gray
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67% The West Side Waltz
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 46% Snow 2 Brain Freeze Henry Mays (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 39% Generation Gap Mac (Character) - 2008
41% 49% Guess Who Howard Jones (Character) $68.0M 2005
No Score Yet 60% The Cherokee Kid Rev. Peel (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 67% The West Side Waltz Jonno (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy Satchel Paige Roberts (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sky Is Gray Preacber (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Nickel Paul (Character) - 1980
80% 67% Hardcore Big Dick Blaque (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery Boneyard (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sidekicks Max (Character) - 1974

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Sanford and Son Officer Smith (Character) 1972-1977 2024
93% 89% Parks and Recreation Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
22% 83% Moonlight Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moesha Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
20% No Score Yet Minor Adjustments Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet 227 Lester Jenkins (Character) 1985-1990
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Ken Edwards (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimme a Break Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jeffersons Michael (Guest Star),
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1977 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dukes of Hazzard Jonas Jones (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Private Benjamin Sgt. Ted Ross (Character) 1981-1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Harley Foster (Guest Star) 1973 1976 1978 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The White Shadow Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Times Tom (Guest Star) 1974-1975 1978
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1973 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Widge (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1974-1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman George Thomas (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Arthur Jones (Guest Star) 1971 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Girl Unknown (Guest Star) 1970-1971