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Kent Williams

Acting · Born December 27, 1950 · Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Kent Williams is an American actor. Williams was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. He studied music and theatre at the State University of New York at Oswego, where he graduated in the class of 1973. He is known for his role as an Assistant District Attorney and, later, Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington in the television programs Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and The New Mike Hammer. Williams reunited with Stacy Keach in 1997 when a new Mike Hammer syndicated television show was released under the title Mike Hammer, Private Eye. This time Williams played the role of Deputy Mayor Barry Lawrence.

Kent Williams movies and shows

  • Law & Order1990
  • MacGyver1985
  • Murder, She Wrote1984
  • Quantum Leap1989
  • L.A. Law1986
  • Hill Street Blues1981
  • Touched by an Angel1994
  • American Playhouse1982
  • Cagney & Lacey1982
  • Mike Hammer1984
  • WarGames1983
  • Mike Hammer, Private Eye1997
  • Blue Gender1999
  • The Eagle Has Landed1976
  • Sydney1990
  • Time After Time1979
  • The In-Laws1979
  • Barbarians at the Gate1993
  • The Sister-in-Law1995
  • Murder: By Reason of Insanity1985
  • Honky Tonk Freeway1981
  • Stranger on My Land1988
  • Murder Me, Murder You1983
  • The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer1986