Hal Williams

Hal Williams
Williams at The Waltons 40th Anniversary, 2012.
Born	Halroy Candis Williams (1938-12-14) December 14, 1938 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–present
Spouse(s)	Renee Himes (m. 1978–84) Gay Anderson (m. 1975–76)
Website	actorhalwilliams.com

Halroy Candis "Hal" Williams (born December 14, 1938) is an American actor, best known for his recurring role as Police Officer Smith ("Smitty") on Sanford and Son (1972–76) and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband of Marla Gibbs's character, on the NBC sitcom 227 (1985–90).

Williams started out in the acting business in 1969. Since then, he has appeared in movies such as Paul Schrader's Hardcore, Howard Zieff's Private Benjamin (he also portrayed the role of Sgt L.C. "Ted" Ross in the television series of the same name), and Clint Eastwood's The Rookie. He was controversially fired from The Jimmy Stewart Show in 1971 at the insistence of its star, James Stewart.^[1] In the early to mid-1990s, he starred in many of comic Sinbad's productions, including The Sinbad Show and The Cherokee Kid. He played the grandfather in the Bernie Mac film Guess Who.

His other television credits include Moonlight, Moesha, Suddenly Susan, Minor Adjustments, L.A. Law, Night Court, Magnum, P.I., Hill Street Blues, Gimme a Break, The Jeffersons, The Dukes of Hazzard, T.J. Hooker, The Waltons, Knots Landing, The White Shadow, What's Happening!!, Good Times, Quincy, M.E., Kung Fu, S.W.A.T., Gunsmoke and That Girl.

Williams is also the host of the annual Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation nationally-televised telethon.

Selected credits

Theatre

References

External links

• Hal Williams at the Internet Movie Database
• Williams talks about his role in Bernie Mac movie "Guess Who" on movies.about.com website