Samm-Art Williams
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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.583 |
Birthday | 1946-01-20 |
Place of Birth | Burgaw, North Carolina, USA |
Also Known As | Samm Art Williams, Samuel Arthur Williams, |
1979
The Wanderers
7/195
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by R...
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The Wanderers
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
6.9/16
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
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The Women of Brewster Place
1984
Blood Simple
7.244/1419
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings,...
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Blood Simple
1980
Dressed to Kill
6.9/957
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police t...
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Dressed to Kill
1983
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
6/1
Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerning the "conquering" of the North Pole. Robert E. P...
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Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1980
Night of the Juggler
5.9/19
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
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Night of the Juggler
1977
The Baron
4.7/3
A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia.
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The Baron
1991
A Rage in Harlem
5.481/52
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavo...
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A Rage in Harlem
1985
Hot Resort
2.9/11
Young guys on the make get a job at a resort hotel in the Caribbean.
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Hot Resort
1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6.7/3
Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilization.
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