Clarence Williams III
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Aug 21 1939• Died Jun 04 2021
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Clarence Williams III (August 21, 1939 – June 4, 2021) was an American actor. Williams was the son of a professional musician, Clarence "Clay" Williams Jr., and grandson of jazz and blues composer/pianist Clarence Williams and his singer-actress wife, Eva Taylor. Raised by his paternal grandmother, he became interested in acting after accidentally walking onto a stage at a theater below a Harlem YMCA. Williams began pursuing an acting career after spending two years as a U.S. Army paratrooper in C Company, 506th Infantry, of the 101st Airborne Division.…
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Law & Order
Lateef Miller
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Omet'iklan
Twin Peaks
FBI Agent Roger Hardy
Judging Amy
Joe McKenzie
Miami Vice
Maximilian 'Legba' Ildefonse
T. J. Hooker
Phil Decker
Burn Notice
Jean Pierre's Father
Millennium
Patient Zero
Empire
Huey Jarvis
Hill Street Blues
The Cosby Show
Mr. Thornehill
Everybody Hates Chris
Tate
Profiler
Carl Adler
Justified
Jones
Walker, Texas Ranger
Deputy Commissioner Luther Dobbs
Jake and the Fatman
Benjamin Tatsa
Tales from the Crypt
Grady
New York Undercover
Donald Brooks
Fastlane
Mr. Hayes
The Mod Squad
Tarzan
American Dragon: Jake Long
The Legend of Tarzan
(voice)
American Gangster
Bumpy Johnson (uncredited)
The Littlest Hobo
David
Miracles
Dr. Bauer
The Danny Thomas Hour
Nasty Boys
John Culver
The Legend of 1900
Jelly Roll Morton
Shades of L.A.
Life
Winston Hancock
The Butler
Maynard
Deep Cover
Taft
The General's Daughter
Colonel George Fowler
Half Baked
Samson Simpson
Hoodlum
Bub Hewlett
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Kalinga
Impostor
Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
The Love Bug
Chuck
Reindeer Games
Merlin
52 Pick-Up
Bobby Shy
Purple Rain
Father
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Coach Pratt
Deadfall
Dean
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Tales from the Hood
Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")
George Wallace
Archie
Judgement
Bryant
Maniac Cop 2
Blum
The Return of Mod Squad
Lincoln Hayes
The Brave
Father Stratton
George Wallace
Archie
Sugar Hill
Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs
American Nightmares
Roscoe
Against the Wall
Chaka
Constellation
Forest Boxer
Mindstorm
Walter Golden
Starstruck
Jerry Wallace
The Extreme Team
Zachary
The Immortals
Benny
Happy Here and Now
Bill
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Deputy Sheriff Virgil
The Last Innocent Man
D.J. Johnson
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Bolo
Sprung
Grand Daddy
Civility
Glitterman
Encino Woman
Javier
The Silencers
General Greenboro
Mystery Woman: Game Time
Philby
The Road to Galveston
Christopher, the Caretaker
Frogs for Snakes
Huck Hanley
Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
Philby
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Raymond
The Cool World
Blood
The Way of War
Mac
Mystery Woman: Redemption
Philby
Mystery Woman: At First Sight
Philby
A Day in the Life
Sam
Mystery Woman: Snapshot
Philby
Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
Philby
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Philby
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Philby
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
Philby
Blue Hill Avenue
Benny
Perfect Victims
Lt. Kevin White
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
Philby
The House of Dies Drear
Mayhew Skinner
Ritual
Leron Becker
Ali: An American Hero
Marcellus Clay
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice