Person
Clarence Williams III
Born 21 August 1939 Died 4 June 2021, aged 81 New York City, New York, USA TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
24age in their first credit on record (1964)
54years on screen and counting
7credits in 2005, their busiest year
93dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 79 American Nightmares
2018as Roscoe
Age: 73 The Butler
2013as Maynard
Age: 69 A Day in the Life
2009as Sam
Age: 69 The Way of War
2009as Mac
Age: 68 American Gangster
2007as Bumpy Johnson (uncredited)
Age: 67 Constellation
2007as Forest Boxer
Age: 67 Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
2007as Philby
Age: 67 The Blue Hour
2007as Ridley
Age: 67 Mystery Woman: Redemption
2006as Philby
Age: 66 Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
2006as Philby
Age: 66 Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
2006as Philby
Age: 66 Mystery Woman: At First Sight
2006as Philby
Age: 66 Mystery Woman: Game Time
2005as Philby
Age: 65 Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
2005as Philby
Age: 65 Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
2005as Philby
Age: 65 Mystery Woman: Snapshot
2005as Philby
Age: 65 Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
2005as Philby
Age: 64 Blue Hill Avenue
2003as Benny
Age: 63 The Extreme Team
2003as Zachary
Age: 62 Happy Here and Now
2002as Bill
Age: 62 Impostor
2001as Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
Age: 61 Mindstorm
2001as Walter Golden
Age: 61 Civility
2000as Glitterman
Age: 60 Ali: An American Hero
2000as Marcellus Clay
Age: 60 Ritual
2000as Leron Becker
Age: 60 Reindeer Games
2000as Merlin
Age: 59 The General's Daughter
1999as Colonel George Fowler
Age: 59 Life
1999as Winston Hancock
Age: 59 The Legend of 1900
1998as Jelly Roll Morton
Age: 58 Frogs for Snakes
1998as Huck Hanley
Age: 58 Starstruck
1998as Jerry Wallace
Age: 58 Half Baked
1998as Samson Simpson
Age: 58 The Love Bug
1997as Chuck
Age: 58 Hoodlum
1997as Bub Hewlett
Age: 58 George Wallace
1997as Archie
Age: 57 The Brave
1997as Father Stratton
Age: 57 Sprung
1997as Grand Daddy
Age: 57 Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996as Coach Pratt
Age: 56 The Silencers
1996as General Greenboro
Age: 56 Encino Woman
1996as Javier
Age: 56 The Road to Galveston
1996as Christopher, the Caretaker
Age: 56 Judgement
1995as Bryant
Age: 56 The Immortals
1995as Benny
Age: 55 Tales from the Hood
1995as Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")
Age: 54 Against the Wall
1994as Chaka
Age: 54 Sugar Hill
1994as Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs
Age: 54 Deadfall
1993as Dean
Age: 53 Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993as Raymond
Age: 52 Deep Cover
1992as Taft
Age: 51 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991as Deputy Sheriff Virgil
Age: 50 Maniac Cop 2
1990as Blum
Age: 50 Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990
Age: 49 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988as Kalinga
Age: 48 Perfect Victims
1988as Lt. Kevin White
Age: 48 Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987as Bolo
Age: 47 The Last Innocent Man
1987as D.J. Johnson
Age: 47 52 Pick-Up
1986as Bobby Shy
Age: 44 Purple Rain
1984as Father
Age: 44 The House of Dies Drear
1984as Mayhew Skinner
Age: 39 The Return of Mod Squad
1979as Lincoln Hayes
Age: 24 The Cool World
1964as Blood
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TV credits
Age: 75 Empire
2015as Huey Jarvis
Age: 70 Justified
2010as Jones
Age: 67 Burn Notice
2007as Jean Pierre's Father
Age: 66 Everybody Hates Chris
2005as Tate
Age: 65 American Dragon: Jake Long
2005
Age: 63 Miracles
2003as Dr. Bauer
Age: 63 Fastlane
2002as Mr. Hayes
Age: 62 The Legend of Tarzan
2001as (voice)
Age: 60 Judging Amy
1999as Joe McKenzie
Age: 58 George Wallace
1997as Archie
Age: 57 Millennium
1996as Patient Zero
Age: 57 Profiler
1996as Carl Adler
Age: 55 New York Undercover
1994as Donald Brooks
Age: 53 Walker, Texas Ranger
1993as Deputy Commissioner Luther Dobbs
Age: 53 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993as Omet'iklan
Age: 51 Shades of L.A.
1990
Age: 51 Law & Order
1990as Lateef Miller
Age: 50 Twin Peaks
1990as FBI Agent Roger Hardy
Age: 50 Nasty Boys
1990as John Culver
Age: 49 Tales from the Crypt
1989as Grady
Age: 48 Jake and the Fatman
1987as Benjamin Tatsa
Age: 45 The Cosby Show
1984as Mr. Thornehill
Age: 45 Miami Vice
1984as Maximilian 'Legba' Ildefonse
Age: 42 T. J. Hooker
1982as Phil Decker
Age: 42 T. J. Hooker
1982as Martin
Age: 42 T. J. Hooker
1982as Walker Redding
Age: 41 Hill Street Blues
1981
Age: 40 The Littlest Hobo
1979as David
Age: 34 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973as John Cambridge
Age: 29 The Mod Squad
1968as Linc Hayes
Age: 28 The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Age: 27