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Hal Williams

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Hal Williams

Dec 14, 1938 – Jul 15, 202657 titles 22 movies · 35 TV
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Biography

Halroy Candis Williams was an American actor, best known for his recurring roles as Police Officer Smith on Sanford and Son, Harley Foster on The Waltons, 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.

Born

Dec 14, 1938 – Jul 15, 2026

Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Roles across career

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1955 1 title(s)

1966 1 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1972 4 title(s)

1973 1 title(s)

1974 5 title(s)

1975 2 title(s)

1976 2 title(s)

1978 2 title(s)

1979 3 title(s)

1980 5 title(s)

1981 3 title(s)

1982 2 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 2 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)