Treat Williams: Everwood and Hair actor dies in road accident

Actor Treat Williams, who starred successful the movie philharmonic Hair and the US tv bid Everwood, has died successful a roadworthy mishap aged 71.

Williams was thrown from his motorbike successful Vermont connected Monday aft being deed by an SUV turning left, constabulary said.

He was airlifted to infirmary with captious injuries, but pronounced dormant connected arrival.

The histrion recorded implicit 130 surface credits successful a vocation that spanned 50 years.

"As you tin imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved astatine this time," a household connection published by Variety mag said.

"Treat was afloat of emotion for his family, for his beingness and for his craft, and was genuinely astatine the apical of his crippled successful each of it."

Williams' cause of 15 years, Barry McPherson, described him arsenic "the nicest guy" who was "so talented".

"He was an actor's actor," McPherson told People magazine, adding that Williams had been astatine "the bosom of the Hollywood since the precocious 1970s".

Actor Wendell Pierce described Williams connected societal media arsenic a "passionate, adventurous, originative man" whose "adventurous tone was infectious".

Following his 1979 breakthrough successful Hair arsenic hippie George Berger, Williams appeared successful Stephen Spielberg's 1941 (1979), Once Upon A Time In America (1984), Dead Heat (1988), Things to Do successful Denver When You're Dead (1995) and Deep Rising (1998).

He was besides known for his signifier acting, with roles successful Stephen Sondheim's Follies and arsenic Danny Zuko successful the archetypal Broadway accumulation of Grease.

In the aboriginal 2000s, Williams appeared arsenic widowed Dr Andy Brown successful 4 bid of the US TV play Everwood, and helium besides took connected roles successful Chesapeake Shores, Blue Bloods and Chicago Fire.

He was nominated for an Emmy grant for his enactment successful the 1996 TV movie The Late Shift, and received 3 Golden Globes nominations during the 1980s.

Born Richard Treat Williams successful Connecticut successful 1951, helium is survived by his woman Pam Van Sant, whom helium joined successful 1988. The mates had 2 children.