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Clarence Williams III

Acting · Born August 21, 1939 · 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.

Movies with Clarence Williams III

• American Gangster (2007) — Bumpy Johnson (uncredited)
• The Legend of 1900 (1998) — Jelly Roll Morton
• The Butler (2013) — Maynard
• Reindeer Games (2000) — Merlin
• The General's Daughter (1999) — Colonel George Fowler
• Life (1999) — Winston Hancock
• Deep Cover (1992) — Taft
• Impostor (2001) — Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
• Half Baked (1998) — Samson Simpson
• Hoodlum (1997) — Bub Hewlett
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) — Kalinga
• Against the Wall (1994) — Chaka

TV shows with Clarence Williams III

• The Mod Squad (1968) — Linc Hayes