Treat Williams Remembered: Tom Selleck, Wendell Pierce, David Simon, Others Mourn “A Fine, Gracious Man” With “Talent At Every Level”

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Colleagues, friends and fans are remembering Treat Williams, the versatile and prolific actor who died in a motorcycle crash today at 71. Have a look at a sampling of reaction posted on social media below.

The actor from Rowayton, CT, amassed more than 125 film and TV credits during a career that spanned nearly half a century. He was the widowed brain surgeon who moves his kids from Manhattan to small-town Colorado on the WB’s 2002-06 drama Everwood. He recurred as the ex-firefighter dad of Kelly and Katie Severeid on Chicago Fire, starred opposite Shelley Long in the 1993-94 CBS sitcom Good Advice and guested or did arcs on dozens of series including Law & Order: SVU, White Collar, Hawaii Five-O, Leverage and The Simpsons.

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Williams also made scores of features and telefilms ranging from Hair, 1941, Prince of the City and Flashpoint to Dead Heat, Ernie Dodd, The Late Shift — earning an Emmy nom for playing Michael Ovitz — Deep Rising, The Phantom, 127 Hours and many more. He also appeared in a half-dozen Broadway shows.

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Here are some of the memories and tributes to the late actor:

Tom Selleck, who worked with Williams on Blue Bloods, wrote in a statement: “It has been said that we are all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly. My friend Treat was aptly named and occupied his chair so well. I will miss him but I will not forget him.  Well done, my friend.”

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