2015 Pop Century Perfectly Cast Auto: Billy Dee Williams #1/1 Autograph Bgs 9

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This listing is for one Perfectly Cast Authentic Autograph card of BILLY DEE WILLIAMS, from 2015 Leaf Pop Century Trading Cards. The Signature is in Blue Ink with serial number #1/1. It's numbered #PC-BDW within the set. This card has been Professionally Authenticated & Graded by Beckett as BGS 9, in MINT condition. The Autograph Grade is 9. Listing Photo #2 is the item before grading.

William December "Billy Dee" Williams, Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor , artist , singer , and writer , best known for his role as Lando Calrissian in the original Star Wars trilogy .

He first appeared on Broadway in 1945 in The Firebrand of Florence . He returned to Broadway as an adult in 1960 in the play version of The Cool Word . He appeared in A Taste of Honey in 1961. A 1976 Broadway production, I Have a Dream, was directed by Robert Greenwald and starred Williams as Martin Luther King, Jr. His most recent Broadway appearance was in August Wilson 's Fences , as a replacement for James Earl Jones in the role of Troy Maxson in 1988.

He made his film debut in 1959 in The Last Angry Man , starring Paul Muni , in which he portrayed a juvenile delinquent. His first big break was in the biographical TV movie , Brian's Song (1971), in which he played Chicago Bears star football player Gale Sayers , who stood by his friend Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan ), during his struggle with terminal cancer. Both Williams and Caan were nominated for Emmy Awards for their performances.

In 1972, he played Billie Holliday 's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions ' Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues . Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown paired the two of them again three years later in Mahogany .

His most widely recognized role is that of Lando Calrissian , which he played in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi . He reprised this role when he lent his voice for the character in the 2002 video game Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast , as well as the audio dramatization of Dark Empire , the National Public Radio adaptation of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back , and two productions for the Star Wars: Battlefront series: Star Wars: Battlefront II and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron . (However, the appearance in Battlefront II was archive footage and it is unknown whether it was him or another actor in the role of Calrissian in Elite Squadron however he appears through Archive footage for that games full-motion sequences). He appeared in the 1989 Batman film as district attorney Harvey Dent , a role that was planned to develop into Dent's alter-ego, the villain Two-Face , in sequels (including a pay or play contract that would have guaranteed Williams the chance to play Two-Face). That never came to pass; Williams was set to reprise the role in a more villainous light in the sequel, Batman Returns , but his character was deleted and replaced with original villain Max Shreck. When Joel Schumacher stepped in to direct Batman Forever , where Two-Face was to be a secondary villain, Schumacher decided to pay Williams' penalty fee to hire Tommy Lee Jones for the part.

Williams's television work included a recurring guest-starring role on the short-lived show Gideon's Crossing . He has had a brief cameo in the TV show Scrubs Season 5, where he plays the godfather of Julie (Mandy Moore ). Turk hugs him, calling him "Lando," even though he prefers to be called Billy D. He is also well-known for his appearance in advertisements for Colt 45 (a brand of malt liquor ) in the 1980s and early 1990s , for which he received much criticism. Williams responded indifferently to the criticism of his appearances in the liquor commercials.

Williams was paired with actress Marla Gibbs on three different TV shows: The Jeffersons (Gibbs's character, Florence, had a crush on Williams and challenged him on everything because she thought he was an impostor); 227 (her character, Mary, pretending to be royalty, met Williams at a banquet); and The Hughleys (Gibbs and Williams portrayed Darryl's parents).

In 1992, he portrayed Berry Gordy in The Jacksons: An American Dream .

In 1993, Williams had a guest appearance on the spin off to The Cosby Show , A Different World as Langston Paige, a grumpy landlord.

Williams made a special guest appearance on the hit sketch comedy show, In Living Color , in 1990. He portrayed Pastor Dan in an episode of That '70s Show . . In this episode entitled "Baby Don't You Do It" (2004), his character is obsessed with Star Wars, and uses this to help counsel Eric Forman (himself a major "Star Wars" fan) and Donna Pinciotti about their premarital relationship.

Williams made a cameo appearance as himself on the TV series Lost in the episode "Exposé ". He also appears regularly on short clips on the Jimmy Kimmel Live as a semi-parody of himself.

He played Toussaint Dubois for General Hospital: Night Shift in 2007 and 2008. Williams reprised his role as Toussaint on General Hospital itself beginning in June 2009.

In July 2010, Williams appeared in the animated series The Boondocks , where he voiced a fictionalized version of himself in the episode "The Story of Lando Freeman".

In February 2011, Williams appeared as a guest star on USA Network's White Collar as Ford, an old friend of Neal Caffrey's landlady June, played by Diahann Carroll .

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