Basic Facts

• FULL NAME: Richard Treat Williams
• BIRTHDATE: 01 December 1951.
• BIRTHPLACE: Rowayton, Connecticut; United States of America
• BIRTH SIGN: Sagittarius — The Archer
• CULTURAL BACKGROUND: American
• HEIGHT: 5’10”
• HAIR: Light Brown
• EYES: Blue
• FATHER: Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive
• MOTHER: Marian (née Andrew), an antiques dealer
• SPOUSE(S): Pamela Van Sant; Born: 10 February 1955. Married: 25 June 1988.
• CHILDREN: Son Gill Williams (B: 1992; Daughter Elinor Williams (B: 1998).
• EDUCATION: Kent School, Connecticut; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
• FORMER JOBS: ????

Miscellaneous Facts:

• The nickname “Treat” comes from one of his maternal ancestors, Robert Treat Paine, whose signature appears on the Declaration of Independence.
• Certified Flight Instructor, rated in single and multi-engine airplanes and helicopters.
• In 2003, completed two weeks of training to qualify for flying jet engine planes.
• Andy Brown, Williams’ character on Everwood (2002), was ranked #43 in TV Guide’s list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time” [20 June 2004 issue].
• Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004.
• Graduated from Kent School, the same high school that Ted Danson, Peter Farrelly and Seth MacFarlane attended.
• He also is certified as a flight instructor.
• Holds a type-rating for Cessna Citation jets.
• Has owned a Clipped-wing Cub, Cherokee 180, Seneca II, and a Navajo Chieftain which is used for family travel between homes.

Milestones:

• 1969: Williams’ high-school football coach, who was also a flight instructor, offered to train him in a Piper Super Cub. Williams became an FAA instrument-rated commercial pilot with privileges in both single engine and multi-engine airplanes, rotorcraft.
• 1979: Played the part of George Berger in the Milos Forman film Hair.