Birthday
1939/08/21
Day of death
2021/06/04 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Clarence Williams
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 i...Read more
(2000) Reindeer Games
as Merlin
(1988) Perfect Victims
as Lt. Kevin White
(1997) Hoodlum
as Bub Hewlett
(1994) Against the Wall
as Chaka
(1995) Tales from the Hood
as Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")
(1998) Half Baked
as Samson Simpson
(1997) The Love Bug
as Chuck
(1997) The Brave
as Father Stratton
(2001) Mindstorm
as Walter Golden
(1984) Purple Rain
as Father
(1995) The Immortals
as Benny
(1994) Sugar Hill
as Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs
(1986) 52 Pick-Up
as Bobby Shy
(2002) Happy Here and Now
as Bill
(2005) Mystery Woman: Game Time
as Philby
(2006) Mystery Woman: Redemption
as Philby
(1991) My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
as Deputy Sheriff Virgil
(2005) Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
as Philby
(2013) The Butler
as Maynard
(2007) Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
as Philby
(2005) Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
as Philby
(2005) Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
as Philby
(2006) Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
as Philby
(1993) Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as Raymond
(2001) Blue Hill Avenue
as Benny
(1987) The Last Innocent Man
as D.J. Johnson
(1970) King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Mystery Woman: At First Sight
as Philby
(1993) Deadfall
as Dean
(1963) The Cool World
as Blood
(1998) The Legend of 1900
as Jelly Roll Morton
(1997) George Wallace
as Archie
(1999) The General's Daughter
as Colonel George Fowler
(1992) Deep Cover
as Taft
(2000) Ali: An American Hero
as Marcellus Clay
(1984) The House of Dies Drear
as Mayhew Skinner
(1996) Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Coach Pratt
(1996) The Silencers
as General Greenboro
(1998) Frogs for Snakes
as Huck Hanley
(2000) Ritual
as Leron Becker
(2007) American Gangster
as Bumpy Johnson (uncredited)
(1988) I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Kalinga
(2005) Mystery Woman: Snapshot
as Philby
(2009) The Way of War
as Mac
(1990) Maniac Cop 2
as Blum
(1990) Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
as ---
(2006) Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
as Philby
(2009) A Day in the Life
as Sam
(1987) Tough Guys Don't Dance
as Bolo
(1979) The Return of Mod Squad
as Lincoln Hayes
(1995) Judgement
as Bryant
(1998) Starstruck
as Jerry Wallace
(2007) Constellation
as Forest Boxer
(1997) Sprung
as Grand Daddy
(2000) Civility
as Glitterman
(2018) American Nightmares
as Roscoe
(1999) Life
as Winston Hancock
(1996) The Road to Galveston
as Christopher, the Caretaker
(2001) Impostor
as Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
(2003) The X Team
as Zachary
(1996) Encino Woman
as Javier
(2005) Everybody Hates Chris
as Tate
(2005) American Dragon: Jake Long
as ---
(1999) Judging Amy
as Joe McKenzie
(2003) Miracles
as ---
(1984) Miami Vice
as ---
(1990) Twin Peaks
as FBI Agent Roger Hardy
(2002) Fastlane
as Mr. Hayes
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Grady
(2001) The Legend of Tarzan
as (voice)
(1993) Walker, Texas Ranger
as Deputy Commissioner Luther Dobbs
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1996) Profiler
as ---
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1996) Millennium
as Patient Zero
(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as Benjamin Tatsa
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1989) Nasty Boys
as John Culver
(1990) Shades of L.A.
as ---
(2007) Burn Notice
as Jean Pierre's Father
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Mr. Thornehill
(2010) Justified
as Jones
(1979) The Littlest Hobo
as David
(1994) New York Undercover
as Donald Brooks
(1990) Law & Order
as Lateef Miller
(1993) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Omet'iklan
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Phil Decker
(1967) The Danny Thomas Hour
as ---