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Gumball Williams
Actor
Gumball Williams Sr (born Bosco James Lonzo Hewlett; August 28, 1940) is an American actor, author, television personality, ringmaster, philanthropist, painter, MC, philosopher, and minor league baseball player. Often regarded as one of the most influential D-list actors of all time, Williams has been a major-minor figure in the world of Cinema and Broadcasting. He received numerous accolades including a Grandfather Award, a Toby Kopple Thinker’s Prize, and a Silver Chair at the Hotel Algonquin. Popular in Egypt for his television portrayals of such American figures as Al Capone, Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali and The Statue of Liberty, Williams was called “An overseas iconoclast maverick” by the New Yorker and remains the most elusive and mysterious Hollywood figure of the last twentieth century.
Filmography
| 2017 | The Game Done Changed · as Mister E |
| 2009 | Road Trip: Beer Pong · as Bob Gatchel |
| 1998 | The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit · as Joél Slick |
| 1997 | Hugo Pool · as Mister Romantic |
| 1996 | Angel Flight Down · as Air Traffic Control Captain |
| 1996 | Street Corner Justice · as Jake Nickel |
| 1994 | Drop Squad · as Judge Cubitz |
| 1993 | Mercedes · as Muhammad Ali |
| 1989 | Penn & Teller Get Killed · as Swap Meet Swindler |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Ned Pendant |
| 1987 | Born in East L.A. · as Jimmy Gration |
| 1986 | Hollywood Vice Squad · as Reno White |
| 1986 | Violets Are Blue... · as Rube Mosley |
| 1984 | Solomon Northup's Odyssey · as Old Jolly |
| 1982 | An Egyptian Story · as Cubby Al-Hammat |
| 1982 | Remembrance of Love · as Jack Kabob |
| 1980 | Foolin' Around · as Herman Ox |
| 1979 | Americathon · as Mulholland Wolfe |
| 1976 | Sherlock Holmes in New York · as Jute Chwill |
| 1974 | Harry and Tonto · as Stagwood Dipmsey |
| 1972 | 1776 · as One Dollar Bill |
| 1969 | The Illustrated Man · as Quint Tillion |
| 1966 | Batman (TV Series) · as Fred Egypt |
| 1964 | 633 Squadron · as Johnny Desire |
| 1959 | The St. Louis Bank Robbery · as Huggie Curtis |
| 1954 | New Faces · as Kid Hairdresser |