{"id":4145,"date":"2026-10-24T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:37:14","slug":"sanford-son-star-passed-away-at-age-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"Sanford &#038; Son Star Passed Away At Age 91"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hal Williams, the veteran actor best known for his role on the hit sitcom <strong>227<\/strong>, has died. He was 91.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad_ph\"><\/div>\n<p>Williams passed away on the morning of Wednesday, July 15, at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, his representative confirmed to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/hal-williams-actor-dead-sanford-and-son-1236983727\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad_ph\"><\/div>\n<p>A familiar face on television throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Williams appeared in popular series including <strong>Sanford and Son<\/strong> and <strong>The Waltons<\/strong> before landing his memorable role as Lester Jenkins on <strong>227<\/strong> in 1985. Over a career that spanned decades, he became known for his warm screen presence and memorable performances in both comedy and drama.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-credit-container alignnone\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad_ph\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"ob-readmore-th-position\">Hal Williams was an American actor whose career spanned more than five decades in television, film, and theater. Born on December 14, 1934, in Columbus, Ohio, he served in the U.S. Air Force before pursuing acting. He studied at New York\u2019s prestigious Herbert Berghof Studio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad_ph\"><\/div>\n<p>According to <em>People,<\/em> before finding success in Hollywood, Williams worked as a social worker, corrections officer, and postal worker. After his marriage ended, he decided to pursue his longtime dream of acting and moved to Los Angeles in 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hal Williams, the veteran actor best known for his role on the hit sitcom 227, has died. He was 91. Williams passed away on the morning&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4145"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4150,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions\/4150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}