Actor and singer Billy Dee Williams turns 85 years old today

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Actor Billy Dee Williams inspect his glasses in an office in Los Angeles, July 11, 1983. Williams, who stars in the summer hit "The Return of the Jedi," will take to the television screens when he stars in the upcoming two-hour ABC movie "Hawke & O'Keefe." scheduled to air July 28, the movie concerns actors Douglas Hawke (Williams) and Bill O'Keefe (Parker Stevenson) who are kicked off their TV detective series and set up shop as real-life detectives. (AP Photo/ Wally Fong)
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Actor and singer Billy Dee Williams turns 85 years old today. Williams was born in New York City on April 6, 1937. He got his big break on broadway in 1945.

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