Actor Treat Williams, who starred in the film musical Hair and the US television series Everwood, has died in a road accident aged 71.

Williams was thrown from his motorbike in Vermont on Monday after being hit by an SUV turning left, police said.

He was airlifted to hospital with critical injuries, but pronounced dead on arrival. The actor recorded over 130 screen credits in a career that spanned almost 50 years.

Actor Wendell Pierce described Williams on social media as a “passionate… creative man” whose “adventurous spirit was infectious”.

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

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He was also known for his stage acting, with roles in Stephen Sondheim’s Follies and as Danny Zuko in the original Broadway production of Grease.

In the early 2000s, Williams appeared as widowed Dr Andy Brown in four series of the US TV drama Everwood, and he also took on roles in Chesapeake Shores, Blue Bloods and Chicago Fire.

He was nominated for an Emmy award for his work in the 1996 TV movie The Late Shift, and received three Golden Globes nominations during the 1980s.

Born Richard Treat Williams in Connecticut in 1951, he is survived by his wife Pam Van Sant, whom he married in 1988. The couple had two children.

Treat Williams Wife: Who is Pam Van Sant?

Treat Williams was a married man. He was married to Pam Van Sant. The couple were married in 1988. Wikipedia describes her as “Pam Van Sant was born on 10 February 1955 in the USA. She is an actress and producer, known for American Masters (1985).

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