Treat Williams Children: Meet Gill Williams And Elinor Williams

This article informs curious fans about the children of Treat Williams and some personal information about the writer and author. Richard Treat Williams was an American actor, author, writer, and aviator who appeared on film, stage, and television. He has over 120 credits to his name. He first became well known for his starring roles

This article informs curious fans about the children of Treat Williams and some personal information about the writer and author.

Richard Treat Williams was an American actor, author, writer, and aviator who appeared on film, stage, and television. He has over 120 credits to his name. He first became well known for his starring roles in two 1979 films, the musical Hair and Steven Spielberg’s 1941.

Williams was born in Stamford, Connecticut, on December 1, 1951, the son of Marian an antique dealer, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. He moved with his family to Rowayton, Connecticut, when he was three. His maternal great-great-great-grandfather was the U.S. Senator from Connecticut William Henry Barnum, a third cousin of the showman P. T. Barnum. Williams was a distant relative of Robert Treat Paine, who was a signatory to the Declaration of Independence.

Williams played football in high school. He graduated from the Kent School in Connecticut and Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Williams made his film debut in the 1975 thriller film Deadly Hero. The following year he played a supporting role in The Ritz, a squeaky-voiced private detective looking for his suspect in a gay bathhouse. He came to world attention in 1979 when he starred as George Berger in the Miloš Forman film Hair, which was based on the 1967 Broadway musical.

Williams was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in the film. He was featured in the February 1980 edition of Playgirl magazine. He went on to appear in over 75 films and several television series. His notable roles in films include ones in; 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).

In 1969, Williams’s high school football coach, who was also a flight instructor, offered to train him in a Piper Super Cub. At age 21, he was a private pilot. Williams became an FAA instrument-rated commercial pilot with privileges in both single-engine and multi-engine airplanes as well as rotorcraft helicopters.

He held a type rating for Cessna Citation jets. He was certified as a flight instructor. He owned a Piper Clipped-wing Cub, Piper Cherokee 180, Piper Seneca II, and a Piper Navajo Chieftain which was used for family travel between homes.

Who are the children of Treat Williams?

Treat Williams was survived by two children. His children are Gill Williams and Elinor Williams. Wikipedia describes his son Gill as “Gill Williams is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. He is a co-founder of Wildside UK Productions, a TV production company specializing in conservation, science, and education. Gill was born in 1992. Elinor Williams was born in 1998. 

Treat and Van Sant welcomed their second child, daughter Elinor “Ellie” Williams, in September 1998. Like her older brother, Ellie grew up on sets and red carpets for her father’s movie and TV projects. After attending The University of Vermont, Ellie moved to Los Angeles, though she was still able to spend quality time with her father during his trips to visit her.

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