Actor, writer, producer, director, motivational speaker and voice-over artist
Nashville’s theater community lost a big, brilliant voice this year both literally and figuratively. William Barry Scott the veteran actor, writer, producer, director, motivational speaker and voice-over artist died Sept. 10 at the age of 65. The Nashville native was the founder and producing artistic director of the American Negro Playwright Theatre at Tennessee State University, the same institution from which he, his parents and grandparents graduated. He took on many iconic roles locally including works from Shakespeare, August Wilson and more though his résumé also includes plenty of regional stage, film and television credits. He was an accomplished writer with a number of scripts to his name, including