Gregory Alan Williams, an Emmy Award-winning actor and writer, grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and now lives in Los Angeles. He is best known for his role as Garner Ellerbee in the television series Baywatch. He has also appeared in In the Line of Fire, Remember the Titans, and the television show Necessary Roughness. He is one of the founding members of Penumbra - St. Paul Minnesota's first professional African-American theatre- and has appeared with the Chicago Shakespeare Company.
On April 29, 1992, Baywatch actor GregAlan Williams walked into the midst of the South Los Angeles riot and rescued a nearly lifeless Japanese motorist amidst a shower of verbal abuse and debris. An African American, Williams reflects on the obligation we bear when confronted with the mindless face of violence. Illus.
