Hal Williams, 1985

Item Overview

Title

Hal Williams, 1985

Alternative title

Black Entertainers, photographed in the 1980s

Date Created

March 14, 1985

Date

1985-03-14

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Halroy Candis "Hal" Williams is an African American actor, best known for his recurring role as Police Officer Smith ("Smitty") on Sanford and Son and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband of Marla Gibbs' character, on 227.
Publicity photo of actor Hal Williams.

Caption

Written on back of photo: I cal / Hal Williams / Sent. Sports / 3/14/85

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Written on back of photo: Group of early actors and actresses including Clarence Muse, Rex Ingraham [sic]. Madame Sul-te-wan, Louise Beavers, Maidie Norman. Mildred Blount (center) designed historical women's hats for the movies. / Harry Adams photo, 1958 ?.

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American actors