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Treat Williams

Birth name: Richard Williams

Birth date: 01.12.1951

Treat Williams is the Connecticut-born, prep-school-educated actor who first made a serious commitment to his craft during his days at Pennsylvania's Franklin and Marshall College. Working summers with the nearby Fulton Repertory Theatre at Lancaster in the heart of Amish country, Williams performed the classics as well as contemporary dramas and musicals. After graduating, Williams--whose first name, incidentally, is a family surname on his mother's side--headed for Manhattan where he understudied the Danny Zuko role in "Grease." After working in the The Andrews Sisters musical "Over There," he made his film debut as a cop in Deadly Hero (1976), then returned to "Grease," this time in the starring role. While he took leaves for two small film roles, in The Ritz (1976) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976), it was his stage work in "Grease" that led to his cinematic breakthrough in Hair (1979). Spotted by director Milos Forman, Williams was asked to read for the role of Berger, the hippie. It took 13 auditions to land the part, but the film's release catapulted Williams into stardom. He then portrayed a GI on the make in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) and starred in the romantic comedy Why Would I Lie? (1980) before tackling the role of Danny Ciello, the disillusioned New York City cop who blew the whistle on his corrupt colleagues in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City (1981). He followed that with The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981), in which he played the legendary plane hijacker who successfully eluded capture (by Robert Duvall); Flashpoint (1984), in which he and Kris Kristofferson starred as a pair of maverick border patrolmen who come upon a large cache of stolen money; Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), in which he played a Jimmy Hoffa-like labor organizer; and Smooth Talk (1985), a screen adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going?" Television viewers have seen Williams in a prestigious pair of dramas, Dempsey (1983) (TV), a three-hour story of the hard-living heavyweight champ, and John Erman's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic "A Streetcar Named Desire," which pitted Williams' Stanley Kowalski against Ann-Margret's Blanche Dubois. Williams has also returned to Broadway sporadically -- first to appear in "Once in a Lifetime" while filming "Hair," and in 1981 to play the role of the pirate king in "The Pirates of Penzance."

Filmography

# Heartland (2007) (TV) (post-production) .... Nathaniel Grant # Searching for Mickey Fish (2006) (post-production) .... Luis Gordon # "Everwood" .... Dr. Andrew "Andy" Brown ... aka Our New Life in Everwood (UK: new syndication title) - Foreverwood: Part 1 (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Andrew "Andy" Brown - Foreverwood: Part 2 (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Andrew "Andy" Brown - Goodbye, Love (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Andrew "Andy" Brown - Reckoning (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Andrew "Andy" Brown - Enjoy the Ride (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Andrew "Andy" Brown (84 more) # Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) .... Collins # Hollywood Ending (2002) .... Hal Jaeger # "Going to California" - The Amarillo Round-up and Other Assorted Misdemeanors (2002) TV Episode .... Officer Terrence 'Terry' Miller # Guilty Hearts (2002) (TV) .... Stephen Carrow # Venomous (2002) .... Dr. David Henning # Gale Force (2002) (V) .... Sam Garrett # "UC: Undercover" - Teddy C (2002) TV Episode .... Teddy Collins # Skeletons in the Closet (2001) .... Will Reed # The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001) (V) .... Karl Thomasson # The Circle (2001/I) .... Mr. Spencer Runcie ... aka Fraternity (Canada: English title) (USA: video title) ... aka Fraternité, La (Canada: French title) # Critical Mass (2000) .... Mike Jeffers # Crash Point Zero (2000) .... Agent Jason Ross ... aka Extreme Limits # Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) (TV) .... Theodore Lytton # The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999) (TV) .... Karl Thomasson # 36 Hours to Die (1999) (TV) .... Noah Stone ... aka Sursis: 36 heures (Canada: French title) # The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) .... Pat Cappadora # Every Mother's Worst Fear (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Mitch Carson # The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998) (TV) .... Karl Thomasson ... aka The Substitute II ... aka The Substitute: Out of Siberia # Escape: Human Cargo (1998) (TV) .... John McDonald ... aka Escape (Canada: English title) # Deep Rising (1998) .... John Finnegan # The Devil's Own (1997) .... Billy Burke # The Phantom (1996) .... Xander Drax # Mulholland Falls (1996) .... Colonel Nathan Fitzgerald # The Late Shift (1996) (TV) .... Michael Ovitz # Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) .... Critical Bill # Johnny's Girl (1995) (TV) .... Johnny # In the Shadow of Evil (1995) (TV) .... Jack Brenner # The Taming Power of the Small (1995) # Mister Dog (1995) # Texan (1994) (TV) .... Man in Chinos # Parallel Lives (1994) (TV) .... Peter Barnum # Where the Rivers Flow North (1994) .... Champ's Manager # Vault of Horror I (1994) (TV) # Hand Gun (1994) .... George McCallister # "Good Advice" (1993) TV Series .... Jack Harold (1993-1994) # "Road to Avonlea" ... aka Avonlea ... aka Tales from Avonlea (USA: video title) - Moving On (1993) TV Episode .... Zak Morgan # Bonds of Love (1993) (TV) .... Robby Smith # Deadly Matrimony (1992) (TV) .... Alan Masters ... aka Shattered Promises # "Batman" ... aka Batman: The Animated Series (USA: promotional title) ... aka The Adventures of Batman & Robin (USA: new title) - Moon of the Wolf (1992) TV Episode (voice) .... Professor Milo - Cat Scratch Fever (1992) TV Episode (voice) .... Professor Milo # The Water Engine (1992) (TV) .... Dave Murray # "Tales from the Crypt" ... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt - None But the Lonely Heart (1992) TV Episode .... Howard Prince # Till Death Us Do Part (1992) (TV) .... Alan Palliko ... aka Married for Murder # Final Verdict (1991) (TV) .... Earl Rogers # "Eddie Dodd" (1991) TV Series .... Eddie Dodd # Max and Helen (1990) (TV) .... Max Rosenberg # "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" (1990) (mini) TV Series .... Ray Carson # Oltre l'oceano (1990) ... aka Beyond the Ocean (USA) # Russicum - I giorni del diavolo (1989) .... Mark Hendrix ... aka Russicum ... aka The Third Solution (USA) # Heart of Dixie (1989) .... Hoyt Cunningham # Third Degree Burn (1989) (TV) .... Scott Weston # Dead Heat (1988) .... Roger Mortis # Sweet Lies (1988) .... Peter Nicholl # Echoes in the Darkness (1987) (TV) .... Rick Guida # "Faerie Tale Theatre" ... aka Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre (USA) - The Little Mermaid (1987) TV Episode .... Prince Andrew # J. Edgar Hoover (1987) (TV) .... J. Edgar Hoover # Notte degli squali, La (1987) .... David Ziegler ... aka Night of the Sharks ... aka Noche del tiburón, La (Spain) # The Men's Club (1986) .... Terry, Medical Doctor # Smooth Talk (1985) .... Arnold Friend # Some Men Need Help (1985) (TV) .... Hudley T. Singleton III # Flashpoint (1984) .... Ernie Wyatt # A Streetcar Named Desire (1984) (TV) .... Stanley Kowalski # Once Upon a Time in America (1984) .... James Conway O'Donnell ... aka C'era una volta in America (Italy) # Dempsey (1983) (TV) .... Jack Dempsey # Stangata napoletana (1983) .... Ferdinando detto Giugiù ... aka Neapolitan Sting (USA) ... aka Trastola, La (Italy: subtitle) # The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) .... D.B. Cooper ... aka Pursuit # Prince of the City (1981) .... Daniel Ciello # Why Would I Lie? (1980) .... Cletus # Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (uncredited) .... Jess Allashane (Echo Base trooper)/Jerrol Blendin (Cloud City trooper) ... aka Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (USA: video box title) ... aka The Empire Strikes Back (USA: short title) # 1941 (1979) .... Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski # Hair (1979) .... Berger # The Eagle Has Landed (1976) .... Capt. Clark # Deadly Hero (1976) .... Billings # Marathon Man (1976) (uncredited) .... Central Park jogger # The Ritz (1976) .... Michael Brick