Hal Williams


Halroy Candis Williams is an American actor, best known for his recurring roles as Police Officer Smith on Sanford and Son and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband of Marla Gibbs's character, on the NBC sitcom 227 which originally aired from 1985 until 1990. and for his role as Sgt. L.C. Ross in Private Benjamin.

Biography

Born Halroy Candis Williams on December 14, 1934, Williams was raised in Columbus, Ohio. In the early 1960s, Williams began acting in community theater in Ohio. Williams worked as a postal worker and corrections officer before moving to Hollywood to pursue an acting career in 1968.
Williams began pursuing his acting career full-time in 1970. Since then, Willams has appeared in movies such as Paul Schrader's Hardcore, Howard Zieff's Private Benjamin, and Clint Eastwood's The Rookie. In the early to mid-1990s, he starred in many of comic Sinbad's productions, including The Sinbad Show and The Cherokee Kid. In one of his latest films, Williams portrayed the grandfather in the Bernie Mac film Guess Who which was released in 2005.

Personal life

Williams has been married twice and has three children. On April 11, 1975, Williams married Gay Anderson, they later divorced in November 1976. Williams married Renee W. Himes on December 16, 1978 in Los Angeles, California. Williams and Himes divorced in March 1984.

Selected credits

Theater

Film

Television