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| Doğum yeri | New York City, New York, USA |
| Doğum günü | 1939-08-21 |
| Ölüm | 2021-06-04 |
| Ayrıca şöyle bilinir | Clarence Williams |
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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. He first appeared on Broadway in The Long Dream (1960). Continuing his work on stage, he appeared in Walk in Darkness (1963), Sarah and the Sax (1964), Doubletalk (1964), and King John. His breakout theatrical role was in William Hanley's Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. The New York Times drama critic Howard Taubman wrote of his performance, "Mr. Williams glides like a dancer, giving his long, fraudulently airy speeches the inner rhythms of fear and showing the nakedness of terror when he ceases to pretend." He also served as artist-in-residence at Brandeis University in 1966. Williams' breakout television role was as undercover cop Linc Hayes on the popular ABC counterculture police television series The Mod Squad (1968), along with fellow relative unknowns Michael Cole and Peggy Lipton. After the series ended in 1973, he worked in a variety of genres on stage and screen, from comedy (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Half-Baked) to sci-fi (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and drama (Purple Rain). Spanning over forty years, his career included the role of Prince's tormented father, who was also a musician, in Purple Rain (1984), A guest appearance in Miami Vice (1985), a recurring role in the surreal TV series Twin Peaks (1990), a good cop in Deep Cover (1992), a rioter in the mini-series Against the Wall (1994), and Wesley Snipes' chemically dependent father in Sugar Hill (1993). His other roles on television include Hill Street Blues, the Canadian cult classic The Littlest Hobo, Miami Vice, The Highwayman, Burn Notice, Everybody Hates Chris, Justified, Cold Case, and Law & Order. He can be seen in films such as 52 Pick-Up, Life, The Cool World, Deep Cover, Tales from the Hood, Half-Baked, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, Hoodlum, Frogs for Snakes, Starstruck, The General's Daughter, Reindeer Games, Impostor, and as the early jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton in The Legend of 1900. He also played a supporting role as George Wallace's fictional African-American butler and caretaker in the 1997 TNT film George Wallace. From 2003 to 2007, Williams had a recurring role as Philby Cross in the Mystery Woman film series on the Hallmark Channel. He appeared in all but the first of the eleven films alongside Kellie Martin (J.E. Freeman played Philby in the Mystery Woman first film). In the seventh (Mystery Woman: At First Sight) film, he reunited with his Mod Squad co-star Michael Cole. He played Bumpy Johnson in the film American Gangster. From 2005 to 2007 Williams had another recurring role as the voice of Councilor Andam on the Disney animated series American Dragon: Jake Long. Williams died in Los Angeles, on June 4, 2021, at the age of 81, from colon cancer. He is buried in St Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York.
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| 2018 | American Nightmares as Roscoe |
| 2013 | Başkanların Hizmetkarı as Maynard |
| 2009 | A Day in the Life as Sam |
| 2009 | The Way of War as Mac |
| 2007 | Amerikan Gangsteri as Bumpy Johnson (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Constellation as Forest Boxer |
| 2007 | Mystery Woman: In the Shadows as Philby |
| 2006 | Mystery Woman: Redemption as Philby |
| 2006 | Mystery Woman: Oh Baby as Philby |
| 2006 | Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery as Philby |
| 2006 | Mystery Woman: At First Sight as Philby |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Game Time as Philby |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder as Philby |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder as Philby |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Snapshot as Philby |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend as Philby |
| 2003 | The X Team as Zachary |
| 2002 | Happy Here and Now as Bill |
| 2001 | iki Yüzlü as Secretary of Defense (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Blue Hill Avenue as Benny |
| 2001 | Mindstorm as Walter Golden |
| 2000 | Ali: An American Hero as Marcellus Clay |
| 2000 | Ritual as Leron Becker |
| 2000 | Civility as Glitterman |
| 2000 | Soygun as Merlin |
| 1999 | Generalin Kızı as Colonel George Fowler |
| 1999 | Müebbet Kuşları as Winston Hancock |
| 1998 | 1900 Efsanesi as Jelly Roll Morton |
| 1998 | Frogs for Snakes as Huck Hanley |
| 1998 | Starstruck as Jerry Wallace |
| 1998 | Beceriksizler as Samson Simpson |
| 1997 | The Love Bug as Chuck |
| 1997 | Hoodlum as Bub Hewlett |
| 1997 | George Wallace as Archie |
| 1997 | The Brave as Father Stratton |
| 1997 | Sprung as Grand Daddy |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Coach Pratt |
| 1996 | The Silencers as General Greenboro |
| 1996 | The Road to Galveston as Christopher, the Caretaker |
| 1995 | Judgement as Bryant |
| 1995 | The Immortals as Benny |
| 1995 | Tales from the Hood as Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary") |
| 1994 | Against the Wall as Chaka |
| 1994 | Sugar Hill as Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs |
| 1993 | Deadfall as Dean |
| 1993 | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations as Raymond |
| 1992 | Deep Cover as Taft |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys as Deputy Sheriff Virgil |
| 1990 | Maniac Cop 2 as Blum |
| 1990 | Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Kalinga |
| 1988 | Perfect Victims as Lt. Kevin White |
| 1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance as Bolo |
| 1987 | Son Masum Adam as D.J. Johnson |
| 1986 | 52 Pick-Up as Bobby Shy |
| 1984 | Purple Rain as Father |
| 1984 | The House of Dies Drear as Mayhew Skinner |
| 1979 | The Return of Mod Squad as Lincoln Hayes |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage) |
| 1963 | The Cool World as Blood |
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