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After playing college football for Northwestern [9] in the late 1950s, Williamson was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco 49ers. [11] When during training camp he was switched to their defense, his attitude over the switch prompted him to play his position with too much aggression, and the coach of the 49ers asked him to quit "hammering" his players.
The Soul of Nigger Charley continues the story of escaped slave Charley (Fred Williamson) and fellow ex-slave Toby (D'Urville Martin).This time, the two friends help a group of ex-slaves earn freedom as they combat a ruthless ex-Civil War officer who wants to keep slavery alive by selling blacks to Southern plantation owners in Mexico.
The Legend of Nigger Charley (released as The Legend of Black Charley for television broadcast [3]) is a 1972 blaxploitation Western film directed by Martin Goldman and starring Fred Williamson in the title role. The story of a trio of escaped slaves, it was released during the heyday of blaxploitation.
[citation needed] I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) includes a gag where Jim Brown, in a supporting role, never reloads his gun, same as the characters he and Williamson play in Three the Hard Way. In Undercover Brother (2002), Eddie Griffin portrays a soulful crime-fighting vigilante who must stop the white-run "Man" before he destroys the black ...
In 1974, Fred Williamson was selected by the ABC as a commentator on Monday Night Football to replace Don Meredith. He was relieved of his duties at the beginning of the regular season, becoming the first MNF personality not to endure for an entire season.
Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is an African-American who grew up in Harlem, New York City.As a kid, he was brutally assaulted by a cop named McKinney. As an adult, he joins the New York mafia and becomes the head of a black crime syndicate in Harlem.
The movie gained a positive reception. [1] " The Hammer" has become Williamson's official nickname, earned during his time playing professional football. [2] Williamson is also credited as playing "Hammer, the ladies man," in the 1980 martial arts film Fist of Fear, Touch of Death and as "The Hammer" in a 2006 direct-to-video release called Spaced Out.
Boss Nigger (also known as Boss and The Black Bounty Killer) is a 1975 blaxploitation Western film directed by Jack Arnold, starring former football player Fred Williamson, who also wrote and co-produced the film. It is the first film for which Williamson was credited as screenwriter or producer. [1] [2]