Father (Purple Rain)

Father, also know as Francis L. is the secondary antagonist in the musical drama Purple Rain (1984). Over the course of the film, he's constantly being physically abusive towards his faithful and long-suffering wife as well as tormenting his son "The Kid" when he intervenes in his arguments to protect his mother. He is portrayed by actor Clarence Williams the Third.

Biography
In the beginning of the film, when The Kid returns home after a concert performance, he is heard shouting at his wife violently, prompting The Kid to the scene. As he enters the house, Francis is seen hitting his wife nonstop with his fists and demanding she keeps the house clean and support his needs only and nobody else. He also accuses her of being unfaithful when she is truly innocent. As The Kid intervenes by telling him that his mother isn't deaf and that she had heard his demands very clear, Francis proceeds to fight him for his intervention as the mother tearfully claims that he was trying to kill her and claims that he is crazy, which is obvious as he's done this before many times. Angered at his son's defending of the mother, Francis slaps him across the face, causing The Kid to go flying across the room and come crashing into another room, leaving Francis steaming with anger and The Kid and his mother frightened from the torment and violence inflicted upon the both of them.