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 ...

Radio personality Dan McGrath supports friends Linda and Fred Williamson at the 14th annual Fred "The Hammer" Williamson Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament pairings party on Jan. 12, 2024. Twelve ...

Philanthropist, former Marine, football player, film actor/producer/director Fred "The Hammer" Williamson and his wife, Linda, are shining examples of people who give selflessly back to the community.

Decades before the breakthrough Marvel superhero pic “Black Panther” became a global blockbuster, earning hundreds of millions in grosses and providing breathless copy for front-page stories about ...

*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 ...

Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Martin Kove, David Patrick Kelly and Fred Williamson play elderly war veterans fighting off an attack by drug-crazed criminals in Joe Begos' ultra-violent horror thriller ...

Fred "The Hammer" Williamson was the first media star of the first Super Bowl, but he began his NFL career as a defensive back with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They traded for him in the 1960 preseason ...

“The Hammer” will be watching his former team play, but isn’t predicting a Kansas City Chiefs win in Super Bowl LIV. Fred Williamson, who played defensive back for the Chiefs in the 1960s, was at ...

You would think people would have learned not to fuck with Fred Williamson, after seeing his 1970s movies, like Mr. Mean, Tough Guys and Seriously, Don’t Fuck With Fred Williamson. But no. To be fair, ...

Fred “The Hammer” Williamson knows the story about the cutting-edge coach shepherding the mad-genius quarterback to greatness. Before Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs had Hank ...

The Hammer remembers the guerrilla style of director Larry Cohen and how New York City provided a neighborhood full of free extras. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection When ...