Fred Williamson

a.k.a. Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson

Former professional football player (on several different teams)

Screenwriter/producer/director

Film Deaths[]

Black Caesar (The Godfather of Harlem) (1973) [Tommy Gibbs]: Shot in the stomach by a hitman. A while later he dies of blood loss and also being beaten by a group of muggers outside a tenement building. We see the beating followed by a close-up of Fred’s hand after the muggers run away. (The movie was so successful that the 1974 sequel Hell up in Harlem retroactively revealed that Fred’s character was only lingering, got medical attention and saved in the hospital, but director/writer Larry Cohen has stated that this was originally intended as his character’s death).
Crazy Joe (1974) [Willy]: Shot to death by gangsters while eating at a restaurant.
1990: Bronx Warriors (1990: I guerrieri del Bronx) (1982) [The Ogre]: Machine-gunned by Vic Morrow’s soldiers; he dies shortly afterwards while collapsing into the flames.
Deadly Intent (1988) [Curt Slate]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Steve Railsback.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) [Frost]: Impaled through the chest by Harvey Keitel with a shotgun made into a makeshift cross; he dies and melts into nothingness shortly afterwards.
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) [Sheriff Skaggs]: Stabbed to death by David Carradine.
Whatever It Takes (1998) [Paulie Salano] Shot numerous times by Andrew Dice Clay.
VFW (2020) [Abe Hawkins]: Succumbs to injuries after his fight with Dora Madison.