A volatile actor considered the Hamlet of his generation, Nicol Williamson has garnered nearly as much press for some unflattering public moments as for his thespian talents. Prior to his Broadway debut in 1965 as the promiscuous, boorish lawyer whose world collapses in John Osborne's "Inadmissible Evidence", the forceful performer made headlines for decking producer David Merrick during its Philadelphia tryout. He would slap a fellow actor during the curtain call for the 1976 Broadway musical "Rex" and make news once again for whacking his co-star hard on the backside with a sword in a 1991
