---
name: "Kent Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kent-williams"
fi1m_id: "kent-williams"
imdb_id: "nm5911607"
tmdb_id: 12854
wikidata_id: "Q4118305"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 December 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T20:15:56.484674+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kent Williams

## Identity

Kent Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kent-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kent-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm5911607
- **TMDB ID:** 12854
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4118305
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Williams_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4118305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5911607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12854

Actor. Born 27 December 1950 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 December 1950, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 65 (1), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Williams_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4118305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5911607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12854

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*WarGames*](https://film.one/film/wargames.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kent Williams is an American actor. Born on 27 December 1950 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, he studied music and theatre at the State University of New York at Oswego, graduating in 1973.

He is known for his recurring role as Assistant District Attorney and later Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington in the television programmes *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1983–1987) and *The New Mike Hammer*, and for reprising a similar character as Deputy Mayor Barry Lawrence in *Mike Hammer, Private Eye* (1997–1998). His film credits include *WarGames* (1983) as Cabot, *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), *The In-Laws* (1979) and *Time After Time* (1979). He also appeared in guest roles on series such as *MacGyver*, *Quantum Leap*, *Law & Order*, *Murder, She Wrote* and *Touched by an Angel*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *WarGames* (1983), Fi1m 82, as Cabot — [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), Fi1m 65, as Mallory (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eagle-has-landed.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blue Gender* (1999), series, Actor
- *Mike Hammer, Private Eye* (1997), series, Actor
- *The Sister-in-Law* (1995), as Jeff Powers
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Oliver MacGregor
- *Rubdown* (1993), as Armstrong
- *Barbarians at the Gate* (1993), as Tom Hill
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Hank Coburn — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Sydney* (1990), series, Actor
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Collins
- *Question of Faith* (1988), as Doctor Simms
- *Stranger on My Land* (1988), Actor
- *Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall* (1987), as Steve Cook
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as David Sheppard
- *The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1986), as Barrington
- *Murder: By Reason of Insanity* (1985), as Dick Crowell
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Clinton Ferris
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Freddie Layton
- *Mike Hammer* (1984), series, as Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington
- *More Than Murder* (1984), as Lawrence D. Barrington
- *WarGames* (1983), as Cabot — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wargames.md)
- *Murder Me, Murder You* (1983), as Lawrence D. Barrington
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, as Peter Blair — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Day the Bubble Burst* (1982), Actor
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Steve Cook (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')
- *A Small Killing* (1981), as Michael
- *Honky Tonk Freeway* (1981), as Kelly's Guest
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, as Bernard — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Blinded by the Light* (1980), Actor
- *Act of Love* (1980), as Dr. Mitchell
- *Heart Beat* (1980), as Ogden
- *Time After Time* (1979), as Assistant
- *The In-Laws* (1979), as Ski Mask
- *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), as Mallory (uncredited) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eagle-has-landed.md)
- *The Starlost: The Invasion*, as Captain

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