When actor Fred Williamson and director Jack Arnold came together to make “Black Eye” in 1974, it wasn’t an obvious match. Williamson was the retired pro football player who, after making his feature ...
*Actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson rose to prominence as one of the first African-American male action stars of the “blaxploitation” genre of the early 1970s. He has since had a long and illustrious ...
Clay has planned the event at the Genesis Convention Center to honor U.S. Rep. Danny David, D-Ill., and Gary native actor and pro football player Fred Williamson. During the event -- meant as a salute ...