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Mini Bio. Former Oakland Raiders/Kansas City Chiefs football star who rose to prominence as one of the first African-American male action stars of the "blaxploitation" genre of the early 1970s, who has since gone on to a long and illustrious career as an actor, director, writer, and producer!
Dec 7, 2021 · Nearly five decades after the movie’s release, Williamson, 83, spoke to Vulture about Cohen’s no-permit, guerrilla style and how New York City provides a neighborhood full of free extras ...
Aug 20, 2019 · Fred “The Hammer” Williamson is an African American actor-director-writer-producer who built and sustained a long career as a black action hero from the “blaxploitation” era of the 1970s to well into the twenty-first century.
Frederick Robert Williamson, also known as "the Hammer", is an American actor and former professional football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League (AFL) during the 1960s. Williamson has had a busy film career, starring as Tommy Gibbs in the 1973 crime drama film Black Caesar and its sequel Hell Up in Harlem.
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson (born March 5, 1938) is an American actor, architect, and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s.
Photo by Jean Aretz. Longform interview with actor and movie director Fred Williamson about blaxploitation, his work in Italy with Enzo Castellari on THE BRONX WARRIORS, his work with Larry Cohen and why he slapped Gary Busey.
Roger Ebert May 17, 1983. Tweet. One of Williamson's moneymakers. Fred Williamson sits on the terrace of the Majestic Hotel, his shirt open to the waist, gold chains around his neck, a fine Havana cigar in his hand, preparing to sell his 18th movie at the Cannes Film Festival, and he thinks out loud: "Where are my boys singing doo-wop down on ...
