He has died in a motorcycle accident.
His performance in the film Prince of the City made his career. RIP.
Too bad. Always liked him.
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Once Upon A Time In America and Mullholland Falls is how I remember him. But I’m sure I’ve seen him in lots of stuff since I recognized the name immediately.
Wasn’t he a Hair -y guy?
He actually stood out in the mess that was Spielberg’s 1941.
BERGER! Berger…
I immediately thought of him as a young hippie in Hair… and as a middle-aged small town doctor in Everwood.
RIP, Dr.Brown…
For some odd reason, Treat Williams popped into my head the other day and I started to wonder why I haven’t seen him in anything in a while. I remember him most for Deep Rising and both The Substitue 2 and 3 (the original Substitute starred Tom Berenger). I had totally forgotten he was in Mulholland Falls. To date, Mulholland Falls remains the only movie I was ever carded at to see which I thought odd since I was twenty when it was released.
I wonder what the repurcusions will be for the driver of the Honda Element that cut him off.
I loved him as a character actor and I always thought he was just on the cusp of being a leading man and could have been made it as one. He seemed to have carved out a niche where he was and also seemed to really enjoy that – watch him go into full ham mode in The Phantom for an example.
I recently started following him on Twitter after stumbling across a tweet. He posted a lot of stuff from his farm in Vermont and it looked like he was really enjoying life.
Because the paperback shown here was a college textbook at the time, I will remember him for the TV version of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Possibly: a citation for careless driving. Likely: a civil lawsuit.
ISTR Williams did or said something that put him in the Hollywood doghouse for awhile, but he eventually got out. The Wiki bio doesn’t mention anything like that. Does it ring a bell for anyone?
According to this 1995 article, it was simply a matter of way to much cocaine:
https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Treat-Williams-Off-Cocaine-Back-on-Career-Track-3022720.php
To me, Treat was on the B+ List. He never got a leading roll on a Big picture, but he’d get leading rolls on B-Flicks and supporting rolls on A-Flicks.
He was in Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead. Great flick.
Boat drinks!
A fairly unique movie filled with great actors. R.I.P. Critical Bill.
The latest from Vermont:
I’m surprised nobody mentioned his role in The Eagle Has Landed. He played the US Army captain who cleaned up the mess created by Larry Hagman’s botched attack on the occupied church.
I remember him most clearly in The Ritz, his 2nd picture apparently. He played a straight man who was after Jack Weston’s leading character (I forget why) who had taken refuge in the eponymous gay bathhouse. He was young, blond, very good looking, nice physique, and they had him talk in this high squeaky voice for the role, for which he got some pretty good laughs. (The film is perhaps best remembered for Rita Moreno’s insane turn as Googie Gomez, aspiring singer.) I don’t think I ever saw him in any of his films where he had bigger roles, or if I did I don’t remember him.
I missed this when it happened so thanks for the bump. Deep Rising is one of my top cheesy movies. Also liked him in Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead.
He was always reliably good, even in a campy horror flick like Deep Rising.