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