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	Billy Dee Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In January 1996, Williams was arrested for physically abusing his girlfriend during an argument.
		Williams originally took the role knowing that it would land him in a sequel playing the supervillain Two Face, but the studio did not use him when the time came for the third installment, Batman Forever.
		On the television sitcom The Jeffersons, the character of Florence the maid (Marla Gibbs) was a devout fan of Williams', referencing him several times during the course of the series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Dee_Williams (366 words)

	ABC News: Billy Dee Williams to Be in 'Mambo Kings'
		Billy Dee Williams poses next to a poster for the movie "Jim Brown: All American," in a file photo from April 17, 2002, in Los Angeles at the movie's premiere.
		Billy Dee Williams to Be in 'Mambo Kings'
		Billy Dee Williams Will Star in 'The Mambo Kings,' a New Broadway Musical
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=589882 (261 words)

	Stage & Screen: Billy Dee Williams - Talent that Transcend Time
		Billy Dee Williams has been an actor for nearly 50 of his 64 years.
		BILLIE DEE: That is one of the many things about this movie that is very interesting and I've seen it over and over again.
		BILLIE DEE: Henry is a man of courage, a man who loves his family.
	www.blackindc.com /sbwilliams.htm (1804 words)

	Crescent Blues Billy Dee Williams: An Actor's Art
		As himself, Billy Dee Williams paints impressionistic portraits of the Tuskegee Airmen, the heroic African-American pilots whose real-life exploits changed the course of American military history.
		Williams won the prestigious Guggenheim and Hallgarten Awards at 19, but his work on stage and screen soon overtook his interest in the fine arts.
		Juggling exhibit deadlines with writing and acting chores keeps Williams "pretty busy." But shifting from the fine to lively arts is nothing new for the actor, who trained to be a painter.
	www.crescentblues.com /2_4issue/actors_art.shtml (427 words)

	Billy Dee Williams - MovieActors.com
		Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams in New York City, New York on April 6, 1937.
		Williams screen debut came at a young age however, and in 1959 he was cast in the rough'n'tough film "Last Angry Man".
		Initially, however, Williams found success as an artist, having achieved rather credible success; Williams has exhibited priceless oil canvasses and sold many which were purchased for upwards of tens of thousands of dollars.
	www.movieactors.com /actors/billydeewilliams.htm (297 words)

	Star Wars: Community starwars.com at Celebration III
		Everyone's favorite smoothie Billy Dee Williams shared stories about his work as Lando Calrissian in the original trilogy on stage with host Jay Laga'aia in the Sagamore Ballroom.
		As he reminisced about his time on the original trilogy sets, Williams also confessed that Empire has always been his favorite due to the action, the darker story line and of course, because his character was first introduced not just to Princess Leia, but to the fans.
		In fact, instead of training in film and stage, Williams was immersed studying the fine arts as a student at the New York City High School of the Performing Arts and then later at the National Academy of Fine Arts.
	www.starwars.com /community/event/celebration/f20050419/indexp28.html (483 words)

	Billy Dee Williams
		Born in New York City in 1937, Billy Dee Williams has had a long and diverse career that has encompassed acting, painting, writing, and even the release of Undeniable, his own Avon fragrance.
		Williams also starred in such films as Batman, Brian's Song and Nighthawks with Sylvester Stallone.
		Among his myriad interests, Williams has had a long fascination with psychic phenomena and psychic readings and most recently he's teamed up with award-winning author Rob MacGregor to write PSI/Net -- a novel based on an actual government program of psychic spying.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/daala/williams (135 words)

	USATODAY.com - Billy Dee Williams fights minority cancers
		As General Lando Calrissian in Return of the Jedi, Billy Dee Williams successfully led the attack that ultimately destroyed the second Death Star.
		Williams has taken his own health seriously after heeding the warnings in his own family history.
		Williams, who recently appeared on Gideon's Crossing as a character suffering from lung cancer, refuses to let anyone take this problem lying down.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/spotlight/2001-04-17-williams-cancer.htm (1289 words)

	Billy Dee Williams
		It was William's mother, an elevator operator at the Lyceum Theater where the play was produced, who brought him before the producers after she heard that they needed a child.
		As a teen, Williams studied drama at the prestigious High School of Music and Art in New York; he also studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts and then at the Harlem Actors Workshop where he was tutored by Sidney Poitier.
		Through the 1990s, Williams career has slowed and but for a few television movies in 1993, his appearances have become sporadic.
	tracy_prinze.tripod.com /theentertainerswelove/id29.html (271 words)

	BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
		Recently, Billy Dee Williams was nominated for an "Independent Spirit Award" for his role in "The Visit", portraying a father whose son is dying of AIDS in prison.
		Billy Dee is also an accomplished artist whose paintings are displayed around the globe including the USA, Japan, and Canada.
		Billy Dee joined director Tim Burton to be the first actor ever to portray HARVEY DENT in the 1989 film BATMAN.
	www.coolwatersprods.com /id6.html (556 words)

	Billy Dee Williams @ Filmbug
		Billy Dee Williams has been a romantic leading man, an action super-hero, a cowboy, a policeman, federal agent, heroic friend and much more in his outstanding career.
		At the age of seven, Billy Dee Williams made his debut on Broadway in The Firebrand of Florence, a production whose title may have been prophetic for Williams, who went on to make a name for himself in theatre, television and feature films.
		Tell us what you think of Billy Dee Williams in the Filmbug forum...
	www.filmbug.com /db/29685 (269 words)

	KQED Forum: Billy Dee Williams
		Billy Dee Williams, Actor and artist Williams' films include "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Lady Sings the Blues." He'll be presented with the San Francisco Black Film Festival's Pioneer Award on June 13.
	www.kqed.org /epArchive/R306121000 (66 words)

	GodDAMN! That's Some Good Site!
		This test was personally prepared by Billy Dee Williams and involves actual situations in which he proved his smoothness.
		Billy Dee Williams fervently tries to finish off the forty he just stole from Chewbacca before Chewie can kill him in retaliation.
		Let's face it, those Colt 45 commercials with Billy Dee Williams and Fab Five Freddie were some of the coolest commercials around.
	bfcgroup.com /helluvatough/moremalt.htm (389 words)

	Billy Dee Williams News
		Movie stars Billy Dee Williams and Robin Givens are among the cast in a play that opened Wednesday night at the Paramount Theatre.
		Billy Dee Williams to Be in 'Mambo Kings'
		A Hollywood production company is back in Huntsville working on a movie that stars Billy Dee Williams.
	www.topix.net /who/billy-dee-williams (407 words)

	Billy Dee Williams Body Page
		illy Dee Williams grew up in Harlem with a family that encouraged his artistic abilities and fostered an enthusiasm for all forms of cultural expression.
		Williams calls his paintings abstract reality to express the underlying principles behind them.
		Ironically, it was the need to earn money to buy paints and canvas that brought Williams his extensive credits in both television and film.
	bdwworldart.com /bdw.html (159 words)

	ABC 33/40 Alabama's News Leader - Billy Dee Williams to Be in 'Mambo Kings'
		Billy Dee Williams, Esai Morales, Latin Grammy winner Albita and Justina Machado will star in "The Mambo Kings," a new Broadway musical about two Cuban brothers and their journey from 1950s Havana to the posh nightclubs of Manhattan.
		Billy Dee Williams to Be in 'Mambo Kings'
		ABC 33/40 Alabama's News Leader - Billy Dee Williams to Be in 'Mambo Kings'
	beta.abc3340.com /news/stories/0305/214116.html (295 words)

	Billy Dee Williams Current Month TV Schedule
		Starring Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Nigel Davenport, Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell, Catherine Mary Stewart, Edward Fox, Persis Khambatta.
		Starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T Callahan, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Scatman Crothers, Milton Selzer, Ned Glass, Paul Hampton.
		Billie Holiday goes from Harlem brothel maid to heroin-addicted singing star, losing the man she loves.
	www.tv-now.com /stars/bdeewill.html (515 words)

	Star Wars: Biography Billy Dee Williams
		Billy Dee Williams Lando Calrissian to Star Wars fans has worked in the film industry since 1959.
		Williams spent the next several years doing small television and film roles and the occasional off-Broadway play.
		After several more parts, both onscreen and off, Williams won the role of Cloud City's Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back.
	www.starwars.com /bio/billydeewilliams.html (181 words)

	MobyGames - Billy Dee Williams
		Billy Dee Williams has been credited on games developed by the following companies: Raven Software Corporation.
		Billy Dee Williams has been credited with the roles Sound.
		Billy Dee Williams was credited on a game in 2002.
	www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,59816 (154 words)

	Ailing Billy Dee Williams Withdraws from The Mambo Kings, Broadway.com Buzz
		Billy Dee Williams has withdrawn from the The Mambo Kings "due to an aggravated hip condition," according to a production spokesperson.
		Williams became famous in the early 1970s after earning great acclaim and an Emmy nomination for his performance as football star Gale Sayers in the ABC television movie Brian&.
		Williams previously appeared on Broadway in The Cool World, A Taste of Honey, Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright, Hallelujah, Baby!, I Have a Dream and Fences.
	www.broadway.com /Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=512003 (426 words)

	Billy Dee Williams
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		See Sport Billy for the show ofthis name.
		Anthony A. Williams (born 1951), Mayor of Washington
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	SacObserver.com [SOUL] Billy Dee Williams Stars In Local Play
		Williams played Gayle Sayers in the 1971 based-on-a-true-story television movie "Brian's Song." The movie tells the story of how Sayers' friendship with fellow Chicago Bears rookie Brian Piccolo transcended racial lines, and how Piccolo's fight against cancer spurred Sayers to live up to his potential on and off the football field.
		Williams admits that younger actors have replaced him on the A-list of African American actors, but insists that he's not planning his retirement party just yet.
		Williams took turns as the suave Calrissian in "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 and again in "Star Wars: Episode VI -Return of the Jedi" in 1983.
	www.sacobserver.com /soul/031204/billy_dee_williams_hips.shtml (703 words)

	may 2001 blackfilm.com billy dee williams - the legend speaks on 'the visit'
		billy dee williams - the legend speaks on 'the visit'
		BILLY DEE WILLIAMS - The Legend Speaks on "The Visit"
		BILLY DEE WILLIAMS : The Legend Speaks on “The Visit”
	www.blackfilm.com /0305/features/i-billydeewilliams.shtml (1076 words)

	PopMatters Film Interviews Billy Dee Williams - The Visit
		Currently, Williams is talking about The Visit, Jordan Walker-Pearlman's feature debut, about a young man (Hill Harper) dying of AIDS in prison, trying to reconcile with his father, Henry, played by Billy Dee Williams.
		Still, Williams is probably best known for his movies: Brian's Song (1971), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Bingo Long and the Traveling All-Stars (1976), and of course, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
		Not only is he a renowned tv, film, and stage performer, but he's also a singer (he sang on the group-hug track,"Voices That Care") and an accomplished artist: when we spoke on the phone in February, he was preparing to travel to Tokyo for a gallery show of his paintings.
	www.popmatters.com /film/interviews/williams-billie-dee.html (2005 words)

	Playbill News: Billy Dee Williams Exits Broadway-Bound Mambo Kings Musical
		Billy Dee Williams has withdrawn from the upcoming musical The Mambo Kings according to producers of the Broadway-bound show.
		Williams would have marked his return to the Broadway stage after appearing in the 1987 original run of August Wilson's Fences and the 1976 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Williams was to play nightclub impresario Fernando Perez.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/92878.html (613 words)

	Billy Dee Williams - Hotel Resource Book Store
		Billy Dee Williams - Hotel Resource Book Store
		Store Home / VHS / Billy Dee Williams
	www.hotelresource.com /bookstore/actorsearch_Billy%20Dee%20Williams/mode_vhs.html (527 words)

	Billy Dee Williams - m4m
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	denver.craigslist.org /mis/121380181.html (37 words)

	DigiGuide : Billy Dee Williams
		When is 'Billy Dee Williams' on TV Programmes in the DigiGuide Library that star Billy Dee Williams
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		Find out more on Billy Dee Williams at the Internet Movie Database
	library.digiguide.com /lib/person/4986 (110 words)

	Billy Dee Williams
		On stage from age seven, Williams made his screen debut in 1959 in "The Last Angry Man" and worked in theater through the 1960s.
		This handsome, suave leading man succeeded Sidney Poitier as (white) America's favorite black actor in the 1970s.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/197037 (502 words)

	MilkandCookies - Billy Dee Williams
		Edorsed by the original D, Billy Dee Williams.
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