Samm-Art Williams

Acting

Samm-Art Williams

Born January 20, 1946 · Burgaw, North Carolina, USA

Died May 13, 2024 · aged 78

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-198…

Known For

Blood SimpleBlood Simple · 1985
Blood Simple
7.21985
MovieCrimeDrama
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, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Dressed to KillDressed to Kill · 1980
Dressed to Kill
6.91980
MovieThrillerMystery
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
The WanderersThe Wanderers · 1979
The Wanderers
6.91979
MovieDrama
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 Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
A Rage in HarlemA Rage in Harlem · 1991
A Rage in Harlem
5.51991
MovieCrimeComedy
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 unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · 1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6.61986
MovieDramaFamily
Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilization.
Hot ResortHot Resort · 1985
Hot Resort
3.01985
MovieComedy
Several young American men go to St Kitts for a summer job at a resort hotel, hoping to earn money for college and meet women. They clash with a group of wealthy Ivy League rowers there to film a soup commercial.
Night of the JugglerNight of the Juggler · 1980
Night of the Juggler
6.81980
MovieActionCrime
When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionA House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion · 1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
7.01982
MovieHistoryDrama
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.

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