Actor

Clarence Williams III

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. 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 Long Dream (1960). Continuing his work on stage, he appeared in Walk in Darkness (1963), Sarah and the Sax (1964), Doubletalk (1964), and King John.

Notable work

7.6
American Gangster (2007)
as Bumpy Johnson (uncredited)
7.3
The Butler (2013)
as Maynard
8.3
Twin Peaks (1990)
as FBI Agent Roger Hardy
8.2
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
as Jelly Roll Morton
8.1
Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
as Tate
6.4
The General's Daughter (1999)
as Colonel George Fowler
8
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
as Grady
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
as Omet'iklan
6.7
Life (1999)
as Winston Hancock
8
Justified (2010)
as Jones
7.1
Empire (2015)
as Huey Jarvis
5.7
Reindeer Games (2000)
as Merlin

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