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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 · In 1973, former NFL defensive back Fred Williamson, also known as “the Hammer,” starred in director Larry Cohen’s blaxploitation film Black Caesar (the title is a nod to the 1931 pre-code ...
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 (born March 5, 1938), 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.
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.
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.
Fred Williamson: "I like the life." 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 ...
