Hal Williams

Actor

Born: December 14, 1938 (87 years old)

Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Biography

Halroy Candis Williams is 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.

Filmography (41)

• Generation Gap (2008, ★ 7.2)
• Magnum, P.I. (1980, ★ 7.3)
• Good Times (1974, ★ 8)
• Kung Fu (1972, ★ 7.7)
• L.A. Law (1986, ★ 7.1)
• What's Happening!! (1976, ★ 7.4)
• Quincy, M.E. (1976, ★ 7.5)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989, ★ 8)
• Hardcore (1979, ★ 6.7)
• Flight (2012, ★ 6.9)
• 227 (1985, ★ 6.7)
• The Jeffersons (1975, ★ 7.3)
• Gunsmoke (1955, ★ 6.7)
• Sanford and Son (1972, ★ 7.5)
• Hill Street Blues (1981, ★ 7.6)
• Moesha (1996, ★ 6.9)
• Cannon (1971, ★ 6.6)
• Moonlight (2007, ★ 7.3)
• The Waltons (1972, ★ 7.2)
• The White Shadow (1978, ★ 7.1)
• Parks and Recreation (2009, ★ 8)
• The Magician (1973, ★ 6.7)
• A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019, ★ 7.1)
• Night Court (1984, ★ 7.3)
• Matlock (2024, ★ 7)
• Roots: The Next Generations (1979, ★ 7.5)
• Guess Who (2005, ★ 6)
• Private Benjamin (1980, ★ 5.9)
• Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2009, ★ 5.6)
• The Rookie (1990, ★ 5.9)