{"id":17316,"date":"2023-06-13T20:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T00:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17316"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:00:11","slug":"actor-treat-williams-71-dies-in-motorcycling-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17316","title":{"rendered":"Actor Treat Williams, 71, Dies in Motorcycling Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<pre class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/pre>\r\n<p>Actor Treat Williams was killed on Monday in a motorcycling accident in Dorset, Vermont. The veteran performer was 71. After a film career that began in the 1970s with <em><strong>Grease<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Hair<\/strong><\/em>, Williams later starred in the TV dramas <em><strong>Blue Bloods<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Everwood<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/>According to reports by the Vermont State Police, the accident happened on state route 30 when a driver turning into a parking lot collided with Williams on his 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle. The actor was airlifted to New York\u2019s Albany Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.<br \/><br \/>Born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1951, Robert Treat Williams grew up in nearby Rowayton and decided to be an actor while studying at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/imed.isid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/singulair.html\">singulair over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> After graduation, he moved to New York and became the understudy to John Travolta in <strong><em>Grease<\/em><\/strong>, later replacing him in the role of Danny Zuko. He also appeared in Milos Forman\u2019s 1979 adaptation of the Broadway musical <em>Hair<\/em> and starred in Sidney Lumet\u2019s 1981 crime drama <em><strong>Prince of the City<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/>After tackling roles as diverse as boxer Jack Dempsey and FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, Williams earned a Primetime Emmy nomination in the 1990s for his appearance in T<em><strong>he Late Shift<\/strong><\/em>, about late-night TV stars Jay Leno and David Letterman.<br \/><br \/>Later in his career, Williams tackled a number of television roles, including starring in the CW series <em><strong>Everwood<\/strong> <\/em>for four seasons. He also appeared in <em><strong>Chicago <\/strong><strong>Fire<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Chesapeake Shores<\/strong><\/em>, and starred in the HBO miniseries <em><strong>We Own This City<\/strong><\/em>, about police corruption in Baltimore.<br \/><br \/>In a statement made after the fatal accident, Williams\u2019s agent Barry McPherson said, \u201cI\u2019m just devastated.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/imed.isid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/priligy.html\">priligy over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> He was the nicest guy. He was so talented. He was an actor\u2019s actor. Filmmakers loved him. He\u2019s been the heart of the Hollywood since the late 1970s.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/imed.isid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/prednisone.html\">prednisone over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br>\u201d<br \/><br \/>The actor was also a certified scuba diver, a pilot and a certified flight instructor. Surviving Williams is his wife Pam Van Sant and their two children Gillie and Ellie.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Actor Treat Williams was killed on Monday in a motorcycling accident in Dorset, Vermont. The veteran performer was 71. After a film career that began in the 1970s with Grease and Hair, Williams later starred in the TV dramas Blue Bloods and Everwood. 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