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Ex-Fayetteville resident goes Legal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Former Fayetteville resident Gary Anthony Williams, best known as Stevie’s dad on “Malcolm in the Middle,” is sometimes mistaken for another Atlantan Kenan Thompson or Cedric the Entertainer. And he has done his fair share of sketch comedy both in Atlanta’s local troupe Laughing Matters and on Jeff Foxworthy’s WB show “Blue Collar TV.”
But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He nabbed a regular role on ABC’s “Boston Legal” this season as a saucy, but not terribly attractive, transvestite thanks partly to his experience playing drag roles on “Blue Collar.” Originally, his Clarence/Clarice role was offered to Cedric, who wasn’t available, he said earlier this week at a party for ABC talent and TV critics.
In his first appearance on “Legal,” he played Clarence, a shy man who as a woman fights to get maternity leave. Williams figured it was a nice one-off appearance but a few weeks later, out of the blue, he was offered a regular role on the show, joining the firm as a legal secretary. “I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ ” he said.
He’s also the outspoken Uncle Ruckus on the Adult Swim cartoon “The Boondocks,” whose second season may come out later this year but creator Aaron McGruder isn’t rushing. “It will be worth the wait,” Williams promised. “Whoever Aaron has a problem with, he uses Uncle Ruckus as his outlet. I get to light into people!”
Finally, he’s joining Adult Swim’s first live-action show set to debut next month “Saul of the Mole Men.” “It looks like an old Sid and Marty Croft show, purposelly cheap looking of this guy who goes to the center of the earth,” Williams said. “I’m one of the guys on the surface of the earth communicating with him. Then we have to save him. It’s crazy!”
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