Clyde Williams

**Marshal Clyde Williams** was a corrupt U.S. Marshal and he worked at the Manhattan Correctional Center. He was harassing James St. Patrick in prison and tried to kill him.

He was a supporting antagonist in season 4, serving as the main antagonist in Ghost’s prison storyline and a posthumous antagonist in season 5.

He was 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, when Ghost goes to his cell, Williams sees him and sarcastically says night-night. He then stares angrily at Ghost as the cell door closes.

Sometime later, while walking back to his cell Marshal Williams claims St. Patrick is resisting and he along with Marshal Romano 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 voices 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. When Ghost looks around the room, Williams takes sadistic pleasure in telling him how the cameras don't work in the room, so nobody will believe him if he snitches. He then mentions how another inmate died this exact same way last year and was also a cop killer. This implies that Marshal Williams murdered that said inmate that exact 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 Proctor pull some strings to get Williams transferred to another prison. Marshal Williams is approached by Tony Teresi, who he tries to ignore but when Teresi offers him the chance to kill Ghost with his assistance, he agrees to after he mentions that Ghost is the one who is responsible for his transfer.

While Ghost is exercising in the Rec room, Williams signals all the inmates and the guards to leave the room. Ghost tries to leave but Marshal Williams stops him. Marshal Williams starts to taunt Ghost before Teresi and his henchman Biscuit arrive. Marshal Williams mentions how he will visit Ghost's wife and make her fall in love with him and how his wife and kids will call him daddy. This causes Ghost to lose control and attack Marshal Williams. They get into a fight with Ghost giving the abusive guard a well-deserved beating before the latter fights back with his baton. Eventually, the brawl ends with Ghost brutally murdering Marshal Williams with a free weight by smashing his head in with it.

Teresi and Biscuit walk into the room after Ghost murders Williams and are shocked by the scene. Biscuit then attacks Ghost with a shiv while Ghost holds him back, before Biscuit is incapacitated by Teresi who puts him in a submission hold telling him there has been a change of plans before he dies. Teresi had Ghost switch clothes with Biscuit, then makes it look like Biscuit killed Marshal Williams and killed himself to avoid the consequences as he uses a belt to hang him. Teresi later uses this event as blackmail to get Ghost to have Tommy Egan contact him when Ghost leaves prison.

Once released, Teresi tried to make a deal with the feds about James. He brings up Williams' death and an investigation is done such as the guard's transfer because of the latter. The FBI however are unable to find any evidence linking James to the murder as there was no video footage of the event.

## Goals

* Harass and bully Ghost (Succeeded)
* Kill Ghost (failed)

## Appearances

### Season 4

* "When I Get Out"
* "Things Are Going to Get Worse"
* "The Kind of Man You Are"
* "We're in This Together"
* "Don't Thank Me"

## Trivia

* Marshal Williams was Ghost's first kill in season 4.
* Marshal Williams' death can be viewed as ironic because he bullied and insulted Ghost because he thought he was a cop killer when in reality he wasn't and was innocent. Ghost's killing of Marshal Williams officially made Ghost a cop killer as Marshal Williams is technically a law enforcement officer.
	+ Another form of irony is that Williams' death by Ghost's hand couldn't be proven, as the cameras in rec room didn't work, something he taunted to Ghost while bullying him.
* When Marshal Williams says night night to Ghost this might be a possible reference to Chappelle's Show which Charlie Murphy starred in because Dave Chappelle says that line in a episode of the show.