Marshal Clyde Williams

Marshal Clyde Williams is a villain in season 4 of the Starz TV show Power and the main antagonist of Ghost's prison storyline.

He is portrayed by the late Charlie Murphy.

History
When Ghost is wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of FBI agent Greg Knox he meets Marshal Williams in jail. Marshal Williams starts harassing and insulting Ghost the moment they meet. When in the prison cafeteria Williams spills Ghost's tray on the floor and whispers in Ghost's ear:cop killer. At night time when Ghost is in his cell Williams sees him and says night night. He then stares angrily at Ghost as the cell door closes.

Some time later while walking back to his cell Marshal Williams and another guard take Ghost to a secluded hallway and beat him with their batons. After it is announced Ghost will face the death penalty Marshal Williams uses this as an opportunity to taunt Ghost more. He mentions to Ghost that he used to work Death Row and how executions are painful and not painless and how this will happen to him.

One day while Ghost is bench pressing Marshal Williams walks up to Ghost and grabs the barbell from him and presses it against his throat choking him. He then mentions how an inmate died this exact same way last year and was a cop killer. This implies that Marshal Williams murdered that inmate that way.

Williams doesn't kill Ghost and leaves but not before insulting Ghost. Ghost later uses this information to his advantage and has his lawyer Joe Procter pull some strings to get Williams transferred to another prison. Marshal Williams is later approached by Tony Teresi with an offer to kill Ghost.

Trivia

 * This was Charlie Murphy's last TV role.
 * Marshal Williams was Ghost's first kill in season 4.
 * His death is ironic.