Ellis E. Williams (born June 28, 1951) is an American film and television actor/comedian who is better known for playing "Henry Hughley" (father of Darryl Hughley, played by comedian
D.L. Hughley
Darryl Lynn Hughley (; born March 6, 1963) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Hughley is best known as the original host of BET's ''ComicView'' from 1992 to 1993, the eponymous character on the ABC/ UPN sitcom ''The Hughleys'', and as ...
) on the sitcom, ''
The Hughleys
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''.
Early life
Williams was born and raised in
Brunswick, Georgia, United States.
Career
Williams made his television debut in 1980 on ''
Saturday Night Live
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'', appearing in the chorus of ''
The Pirates of Penzance
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'' when the cast of that
Broadway
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show was the episode's musical guest.
Full cast & crew for "SNL", 20 Dec. 1980, host David Carradine
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In 1984, he appeared in a feature film, ''The Brother From Another Planet'', as well as appearing a TV movie, ''Code Name: Foxfire'' as a street singer. He appeared in Eddie Murphy
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's 1987 documentary stand-up, ''Eddie Murphy Raw
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'', as Eddie
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's uncle.
Then Williams appeared in films such as: ''Second Sight
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'', ''Def by Temptation
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'' and '' Basketball Dreams''. In 1991, he made his first television appearance (since '' SNL'' in 1980), on an episode of ''Law & Order
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'', as Ray Bell, then he appeared in numerous films: '' Hangin' with the Homeboys'' and '' Strictly Business'', opposite Halle Berry, Anne-Marie Johnson
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, Tommy Davidson
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, and Samuel L. Jackson
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. Other films include: ''Me and Veronica'', ''The Saint of Fort Washington'', ''The Little Death'', ''A River Made to Drown In
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'', ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
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'', ''The Glimmer Man
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'', '' Eye for an Eye'', among others.
Williams appeared in numerous sitcoms including: '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', '' Step by Step'', ''Martin Martin may refer to:
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Austr ...
'', ''The Jamie Foxx Show
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'', '' Roc'', ''The Wayans Bros.
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'', '' Any Day Now'' and ''Malcolm in the Middle
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''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
*
Ellis E. Williams
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1951 births
Living people
American male television actors
People from Brunswick, Georgia
Male actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
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