Biography
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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

American Nightmares
2018
as Roscoe
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woma...

The Butler
2013
as Maynard
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

A Day in the Life
2009
as Sam
Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who gets caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime fami...

The Way of War
2009
as Mac
Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plo...

American Gangster
2007
as Bumpy Johnson (uncredited)
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American...

Constellation
2007
as Forest Boxer
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous pas...

Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
2007
as Philby
While searching for a KGB double agent who was about to be exposed by another Russian spy-turned-successful author, mystery bookstore owner Samantha K...

Mystery Woman: Redemption
2006
as Philby
Samantha Kinsey is the owner of the Mystery Woman bookstore and an expert in criminology. This time she will have to solve the murder of a war veteran...

Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
2006
as Philby
A couple accused of a murder go on the run, leaving their baby in the care of bookshop owner & amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey. Can Samantha look a...

Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
2006
as Philby
When former TV star Clint Taylor brings his Wild West show into town, murder becomes the featured attraction for bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey. Sama...

Mystery Woman: At First Sight
2006
as Philby
After dating hot doctor Ben, cued by Cassie, mystery woman sets out to discover in a tiny town her birth mother trough Victor Short, the diner-managin...

Mystery Woman: Game Time
2005
as Philby
Samantha (Kellie Martin) awaits the arrival of a famous writer who will sign copies in her bookstore when, coincidentally, an old acquaintance comes w...

Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
2005
as Philby
Sam lands a job photographing a new spa in Southern California for their brochure and brings her best friend Cassie along to enjoy some pampering. Whe...

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
2005
as Philby
Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life...

Mystery Woman: Snapshot
2005
as Philby
Amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey's latest case has her trying to figure out who killed her best friend Barbara after she was left out of her family's wi...

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
2005
as Philby
She's an avid mystery lover and bookseller, for whom crime has been comfortably confined to the pages of her favorite novels-until a real-life murder ...

Blue Hill Avenue
2003
as Benny
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.

The Extreme Team
2003
as Zachary
A secret Black Ops rescue team made up of Gen X extreme sport athletes go to New Zealand to save a former member that has been kidnapped.

Happy Here and Now
2002
as Bill
When her sister suddenly vanishes, a young girl sets out to find her, desperately searching the internet for clues. Joining her is an ex-CIA agent, wh...

Impostor
2001
as Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile ali...

Mindstorm
2001
as Walter Golden
A psychic's investigation into the disappearance of a Senator's daughter leads her to a dangerous cult and the truth about her mysterious past.

Civility
2000
as Glitterman
Cade Russo must reluctantly return home to Civility, Arizona to attend his father's funeral, and more importantly to him, the reading of the will. Cad...

Ali: An American Hero
2000
as Marcellus Clay
Ali: An American Hero is an American television movie which aired on August 31, 2000 on FOX. It chronicles portions of the career of heavyweight boxer...

Ritual
2000
as Leron Becker
A young man drops out of college to fix his family when he senses something is terribly wrong at home.

Reindeer Games
2000
as Merlin
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

The General's Daughter
1999
as Colonel George Fowler
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill,...

Life
1999
as Winston Hancock
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

The Legend of 1900
1998
as Jelly Roll Morton
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 learned about the outside worl...

Frogs for Snakes
1998
as Huck Hanley
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater....

Starstruck
1998
as Jerry Wallace
An aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles befriends a washed up, former teen idol and develops an unhealthy relationship with him.

Half Baked
1998
as Samson Simpson
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to goin...

The Love Bug
1997
as Chuck
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life....

Hoodlum
1997
as Bub Hewlett
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harle...

George Wallace
1997
as Archie
George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer...

The Brave
1997
as Father Stratton
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of whi...

Sprung
1997
as Grand Daddy
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her in...

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Coach Pratt
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison...

The Silencers
1996
as General Greenboro
U.S. Senator is assassinated by Men in Black, mysterious organization which suppresses all knowledge about UFOs. Agent Rafferty from the U.S. Secret ...

Encino Woman
1996
as Javier
After thawing, a young prehistoric woman, Lucy, gets herself taken care of by David, a young intern at a marketing firm. Working on a campaign ad for ...

The Road to Galveston
1996
as Christopher, the Caretaker
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind w...

Judgement
1995
as Bryant
In Judgement County, Texas, a rookie cop gets the ultimate test when an APB for a child killer fits the general description of a man he stops for spee...

The Immortals
1995
as Benny
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed ch...

Tales from the Hood
1995
as Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.

Against the Wall
1994
as Chaka
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Sugar Hill
1994
as Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner and brother to lead a straight life with his girl...

Deadfall
1993
as Dean
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brothe...

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993
as Raymond
An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bo...

Deep Cover
1992
as Taft
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian fore...

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
as Deputy Sheriff Virgil
H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed ...

Maniac Cop 2
1990
as Blum
After being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, Officer Matt Cordell teams up with a vicious serial killer to track down tho...

Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Kalinga
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimel...

Perfect Victims
1988
as Lt. Kevin White
A psycho who has contracted AIDS blames women for his disease, and begins to stalk and kill beautiful girls.

Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987
as Bolo
Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a wom...

The Last Innocent Man
1987
as D.J. Johnson
A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his client's wife.

52 Pick-Up
1986
as Bobby Shy
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers...

Purple Rain
1984
as Father
A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music....

The House of Dies Drear
1984
as Mayhew Skinner
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle run...

The Return of Mod Squad
1979
as Lincoln Hayes
Pete, Linc and Julie are called back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their old boss. But the three soon discover that they th...

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi...

The Cool World
1963
as Blood
A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to r...