For the Consul-General of Kashgar, see Frederick Williamson.
Fred Williamson
Williamson in 2010
Born
Frederick Robert Williamson
(1938-03-05) March 5, 1938 (age 86)[1][2][3]
Gary, Indiana, U.S.[1]
Other names
The Hammer
Black Caesar
Education
Friedrich Froebel High School[4]
Occupations
Actor
film director
producer
Years active
1968–present
Spouses
Ginette Lavonda
(m. 1960; div. 1967)
[5]
Linda Williamson
(m. 1988)
[5]
Children
3[6] or 6[4]
American football player
American football career
No. 24
Position:
Defensive back
Personal information
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College:
Northwestern
Undrafted:
1960
Career history
Pittsburgh Steelers (1960)
Oakland Raiders (1961–1964)
Kansas City Chiefs (1965–1967)
Career highlights and awards
AFL champion (1966)
3× AFL All-Star (1961, 1962, 1963)
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:
36
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Frederick Robert Williamson (born March 5, 1938),[1][2] 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.[2][7][8] 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.[2] Williamson also had roles in other 1970s blaxploitation films such as Hammer (1972), That Man Bolt (1973)[2] and Three the Hard Way (1974).
^ abcCite error: The named reference Bo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abcdeMelvin Donalson (2010). Black Directors in Hollywood. UOT. ISBN 9780292782242. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^Vincent LoBrutto. TV in the USA: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [3 volumes]. ISBN 9781440829734. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^ ab"Indiana Football Hall of Fame". Indiana Football. 1996. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^ abHarold D. Edmunds (2015). The Hammer: An American Hero. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781524515034. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^"At Home, Fred's A Nice, Nice Guy". Google Books. EBONY Magazine/Johnson Publishing Company. January 1975. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^Roger Ebert (May 17, 1983). "Fred Williamson: "I Like the Life."". The Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
^"Fred Williamson". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
Mike Ehrmantraut. Svenson has co-starred in a number of films with FredWilliamson. They include, The Inglorious Bastards (1978), Deadly Impact (1984)...
directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, FredWilliamson, Jackie Basehart, and Ian Bannen. The film, which concerns a group...
starring former football player FredWilliamson, who also wrote and co-produced the film. It is the first film for which Williamson was credited as screenwriter...
in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as FredWilliamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Richard Roundtree, and Ron O'Neal. It is the...
John Saxon as FBI Agent Stanley Chase Danny Trejo as Razor Charlie FredWilliamson as Frost John Hawkes as Pete Bottoms Tito & Tarantula as The Titty...
blaxploitation Western film directed by Larry Spangler and starring FredWilliamson. It is the sequel to 1972's The Legend of Nigger Charley. It is followed...
Cracker is a 1989 American action-crime film directed by and starring FredWilliamson. The movie was written by Jaron Summers based on his own novel and...
Lockers troupe on Soul Train along with Fred Berry (star of TV sitcom What's Happening!!). At age nine, Williamson relocated to Los Angeles with his family...
blaxploitation Western film directed by Martin Goldman and starring FredWilliamson in the title role. The story of a trio of escaped slaves, it was released...
in Harlem is a 1973 blaxploitation American neo-noir film, starring FredWilliamson and Gloria Hendry. Written and directed by Larry Cohen, it is a sequel...
starring Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, FredWilliamson and Jim Kelly. This was the second of three films Brown, Williamson, and Kelly would star in, following...
Cooper. Rochon made her film debut in 1985, when she starred opposite FredWilliamson in Fox Trap. In 1987, she played the role of Debby in the film The...
In 1972, Kennedy had a part in FredWilliamson's action film Hammer. In 1976, Kennedy appeared in another FredWilliamson film, Mean Johnny Barrows. Kennedy...
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