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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...
Highest rated appearances
The Way of War
as Mac

The General's Daughter
as Colonel George Fowler

Last Rites
as Warden George Pierce

Life
as Winston Hancock

The Legend of 1900
as Jelly Roll Morton

Frogs for Snakes
as Huck Hanley

Starstruck
as Jerry Wallace

Half Baked
as Samson Simpson

The Love Bug
as Chuck

Hoodlum
as Bub Hewlett

George Wallace
as Archie

The Brave
as Father Stratton

Sprung
as Grand Daddy

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Coach Pratt

The Silencers
as General Greenboro

Encino Woman
as Javier

The Road to Galveston
as Christopher, the Caretaker

Judgement
as Bryant

The Immortals
as Benny

Tales from the Hood
as Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")

Against the Wall
as Chaka

Sugar Hill
as Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs

Deadfall
as Dean

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as Raymond

Deep Cover
as Taft

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
as Deputy Sheriff Virgil

Maniac Cop 2
as Blum

Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Kalinga

Perfect Victims
as Lt. Kevin White

Tough Guys Don't Dance
as Bolo

The Last Innocent Man
as D.J. Johnson

52 Pick-Up
as Bobby Shy

Purple Rain
as Father

The House of Dies Drear
as Mayhew Skinner
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
as Mr. Simpson