
Kent Williams
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-12-27 in Harlem, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For

Law & Order
as Hank Coburn

Murder, She Wrote
as Freddie Layton

MacGyver
as Clinton Ferris

Quantum Leap
as Collins

Hill Street Blues
as Bernard

L.A. Law
as David Sheppard

Touched by an Angel
as Oliver MacGregor

Cagney & Lacey
as Peter Blair

Mike Hammer
as Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

WarGames
as Cabot

The Eagle Has Landed
as Mallory (uncredited)

Blue Gender

Time After Time
as Assistant

The In-Laws
as Ski Mask

Honky Tonk Freeway
as Kelly's Guest

Sydney

Barbarians at the Gate
as Tom Hill

Murder Me, Murder You
as Lawrence D. Barrington

Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Dick Crowell