‘Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans’ Remembers Treat Williams With Episode Dedication

Denise Petski
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Feud: Capote vs. The Swans has honored the late Treat Williams with a touching tribute.

The card, which read “In Memory of Treat Williams 1951-2023”, appeared at the end of last night’s episode of Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology series. You can see it below.

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Williams portrayed former CBS head and media tycoon Bill Paley in the series, an adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era. The series chronicles the literary scandal that sparked a fallout between writer Truman Capote and a high-society group of women, known as his “Swans.”

Feud was Williams’ final role. The veteran actor had wrapped production shortly before he died in a tragic motorcycle accident on June 12, 2023 in Dorset, VT. He was 71.

Williams was best known for playing Dr. Andy Brown on Greg Berlanti’s Everwood during his nearly half-century career, a role which earned him two SAG Award nominations. He received an Emmy nomination for portraying uber agent Michael Ovitz in the 1996 TV movie The Late Shift. His other series credits included Chicago Fire, White Collar, Brothers & Sisters, Heartland, Blue Bloods, and Chesapeake Shores, among others.

He made his film debut in the 1975 thriller Deadly Hero. The following year he played a supporting role in Richard Lester’s The Ritz and also appeared in John Sturges’ The Eagle Has Landed. His big-screen breakthrough came in 1979, when he starred as George Berger in Miloš Forman’s Hair, based on the 1967 Broadway musical. Williams was nominated for a Golden Globe for that film. He also appeared in a half-dozen Broadway shows from 1974-2001, including Follies, Love Letters and the 1981 production of The Pirates of Penzance.


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