Treat Williams Earns Posthumous Emmy Nomination

The late Treat Williams was nominated for an Emmy Award on Wednesday, thanks to his role in Feud: Capote vs. the Swans .

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The actor, who died in a motorcycle accident last month, is among the nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Williams played CBS executive and womanizer William Paley in the FX anthology series.

The Emmy nod marks Williams’ second nomination, his first in 28 years. He was last up for an award in the same category for his role as Michael Ovitz in The Late Shift , the TV film about the fight between Jay Leno and David Letterman over who’d succeed Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show .

This year, Williams is nominated against Fellow Travelers star Jonathan Bailey, The Sympathizer ‘s Robert Downey Jr, Baby Reindeer ‘s Tom Goodman-Hill, True Detective: Night Country ‘s John Hawkes, Fargo ‘s Lamorne Morris, and Lessons in Chemistry ‘s Lewis Pullman. (Last year, Paul Walter Hauser won in the category for Black Bird .)

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Feud: Capote vs. The Swans marked Williams’ final credit. He celebrated wrapping the series earlier this year on X. “That’s a wrap for me on Feud: Capote’s Women,” he wrote . “What an interesting fellow to play. What a great cast.”

Williams died in mid-June at age 71 following a fatal motorcycle accident. Barry McPherson, his agent of 15 years, told People that Williams was “an actor’s actor,” adding, “Filmmakers loved him. He’s been the heart of the Hollywood since the late 1970s.”

Williams was best known for his role in 1979’s Hair , which earned him a Golden Globe Nomination. He appeared in more than 75 and numerous TV series.

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