Clarence Williams III

Clarence Williams III

Born: August 21, 1939
Died: June 4, 2021
in 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. His breakout theatrical role was in William Hanley's Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. The New York Times drama critic Howard Taubman wrote of his performance, "Mr. Williams glides like a dancer, giving his long, fraudulently airy speeches the inner rhythms of fear and showing the nakedness of terror when he ceases to pretend." He also served as artist-in-residence at Brandeis University in 1966.

Williams' breakout television role was as undercover cop Linc Hayes on the popular ABC counterculture police television series The Mod Squad (1968), along with fellow relative unknowns Michael Cole and Peggy Lipton. After the series ended in 1973, he worked in a variety of genres on stage and screen, from comedy (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Half-Baked) to sci-fi (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and drama (Purple Rain).

Spanning over forty years, his career included the role of Prince's tormented father, who was also a musician, in Purple Rain (1984), A guest appearance in Miami Vice (1985), a recurring role in the surreal TV series Twin Peaks (1990), a good cop in Deep Cover (1992), a rioter in the mini-series Against the Wall (1994), and Wesley Snipes' chemically dependent father in Sugar Hill (1993). His other roles on television include Hill Street Blues, the Canadian cult classic The Littlest Hobo, Miami Vice, The Highwayman, Burn Notice, Everybody Hates Chris, Justified, Cold Case, and Law & Order. He can be seen in films such as 52 Pick-Up, Life, The Cool World, Deep Cover, Tales from the Hood, Half-Baked, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, Hoodlum, Frogs for Snakes, Starstruck, The General's Daughter, Reindeer Games, Impostor, and as the early jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton in The Legend of 1900. He also played a supporting role as George Wallace's fictional African-American butler and caretaker in the 1997 TNT film George Wallace.

From 2003 to 2007, Williams had a recurring role as Philby Cross in the Mystery Woman film series on the Hallmark Channel. He appeared in all but the first of the eleven films alongside Kellie Martin (J.E. Freeman played Philby in the Mystery Woman first film). In the seventh (Mystery Woman: At First Sight) film, he reunited with his Mod Squad co-star Michael Cole. He played Bumpy Johnson in the film American Gangster. From 2005 to 2007 Williams had another recurring role as the voice of Councilor Andam on the Disney animated series American Dragon: Jake Long.

Williams died in Los Angeles, on June 4, 2021, at the age of 81, from colon cancer. He is buried in St Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York.

Movies for Clarence Williams III...

American Nightmares
Title: American Nightmares
Character: Roscoe
Released: October 11, 2018
Type: Movie
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell.
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The Butler
Title: The Butler
Character: Maynard
Released: August 16, 2013
Type: Movie
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 political and racial history was made.
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Title: Justified
Character: Jones
Released: March 16, 2010
Type: TV
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
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A Day in the Life
Title: A Day in the Life
Character: Sam
Released: July 7, 2009
Type: Movie
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 families while struggling to leave the streets behind. When Black's family raids one of Stick's drug houses and kills two of his men, Stick is forced to choose between leaving it all behind or seeking revenge and feeding the cycle of violence.
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The Way of War
Title: The Way of War
Character: Mac
Released: February 20, 2009
Type: Movie
Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity
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American Gangster
Title: American Gangster
Character: Bumpy Johnson (uncredited)
Released: November 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
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Title: Burn Notice
Character: Jean Pierre's Father
Released: June 28, 2007
Type: TV
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
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Constellation
Title: Constellation
Character: Forest Boxer
Released: February 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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 past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.
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Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
Title: Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
Character: Philby
Released: January 13, 2007
Type: Movie
While searching for a KGB double agent who was about to be exposed by another Russian spy-turned-successful author, mystery bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey and her good friend and store manager Philby are thrust into the murderous world of international espionage.
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Mystery Woman: Redemption
Title: Mystery Woman: Redemption
Character: Philby
Released: November 6, 2006
Type: Movie
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. As always, she will face the police chief Connor, who will try by all means to derail the investigation of Samantha and her friend, the district attorney.
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Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
Title: Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
Character: Philby
Released: August 18, 2006
Type: Movie
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 after the baby and solve the case?
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Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
Title: Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
Character: Philby
Released: March 18, 2006
Type: Movie
When former TV star Clint Taylor brings his Wild West show into town, murder becomes the featured attraction for bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey. Samantha is chairperson this year of Walden's annual Wild West Days and it's quite a coup bringing the ruggedly handsome Taylor and his band of cowboys into town for the event. The actor hasn't been in the limelight for years, but with a big comeback movie in the works he has gathered together much of the cast of his old TV show for his arena extravaganza. After Taylor stages an accident for publicity, Samantha learns this is not one big happy family. When somebody shoots Taylor's stand-in during a performance, Samantha calls upon her friends, Cassie and Philby, to help her find out which cowpoke pulled the trigger and why.
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Mystery Woman: At First Sight
Title: Mystery Woman: At First Sight
Character: Philby
Released: January 21, 2006
Type: Movie
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-managing adopted son the the doc who arranged many more adoptions. She finds her and her husband, Mark McPhillips, murder suspects. Back home, the arrival of an undercover secret agent requires unorthodox help from his retired colleague Philby.
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Title: Everybody Hates Chris
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.
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Mystery Woman: Game Time
Title: Mystery Woman: Game Time
Character: Philby
Released: August 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Samantha (Kellie Martin) awaits the arrival of a famous writer who will sign copies in her bookstore when, coincidentally, an old acquaintance comes with the purpose of marketing a video game. That night, the writer is found murdered, but the police cannot point to any suspects. Soon will come out a link between the victim and the acquaintance of Samantha, who is detained at the bewilderment of all
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Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
Title: Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
Character: Philby
Released: June 5, 2005
Type: Movie
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. When one of the guests staying at the upscale retreat turns up dead, Sam is once again on the trail of a murderer. As the investigation progresses, Sam uncovers a scam that the spa Dr was testing unapproved drugs on the patrons.. filler implants, etc. without the patients' informed consent.
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Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Title: Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Character: Philby
Released: February 25, 2005
Type: Movie
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 crime-untangles a record-breaking murder. Mystery Woman bookshop owner, Samantha Kinsey, has offered to host a charity concert for a once-famous folk-rock trio out to recapture their old fame flame. But sweet success hits the ultimate sour note when the band's promoter is found murdered in his hotel room. Sam and her partner in crime, Philby, investigate, digging up deadly secrets of private indiscretions, professional greed, and personal vengeance that put a twisted spin on fame and fortune-and bring a whole new meaning to a Top Ten hit.
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Mystery Woman: Snapshot
Title: Mystery Woman: Snapshot
Character: Philby
Released: January 28, 2005
Type: Movie
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 will and every one of the family members become suspects.
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Title: American Dragon: Jake Long
Released: January 21, 2005
Type: TV
American Dragon is a coming of age comedy-action series about Jake Long, a 13-year-old Asian-American boy who strives to find balance in his life as a skateboard-grinding, New York 'tween while learning to master his mystical powers (in his secret identity) as the American Dragon, the protector and guardian of all magical creatures secretly living amidst the human world.
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Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Title: Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Character: Philby
Released: January 7, 2005
Type: Movie
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 turns a weekend of fun and games into a chilling whodunit...
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Title: Miracles
Released: January 27, 2003
Type: TV
Miracles follows Paul Callan, an investigator of modern miracles for the Catholic Church who questions his faith after repeatedly finding mundane explanations for various supposed phenomena. After he witnesses a true, supernatural miracle that saves his life, only for his findings to be dismissed on a lack of evidence, Paul leaves behind the Church and is approached by Alva Keel to join his organization Sodalitas Quaerito, investigating and cataloguing "unexplainable" phenomena. Along with former police officer Evelyn Santos, Paul and Alva attempt to battle the impending "darkness" before it's too late.
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The X Team
Title: The X Team
Character: Zachary
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Members of a secret op unit of the national security agency of the United States of America is called in when a kidnapping occurs during a helicopter tour in New Zealand. The helicopter driver being an ex-member of the X-Team.
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Title: Fastlane
Character: Mr. Hayes
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: TV
Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003.
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Happy Here and Now
Title: Happy Here and Now
Character: Bill
Released: June 8, 2002
Type: Movie
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, who uncovers fragments of online chats the missing girl had with a softcore pornographer.
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Impostor
Title: Impostor
Character: Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 2001
Type: Movie
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
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Title: The Legend of Tarzan
Character: (voice)
Released: September 3, 2001
Type: TV
The Legend of Tarzan is an American animated television series created by The Walt Disney Company in 2001, based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The series aired on ABC from July 13 to September 7, 2002 as part of its "Disney's One Saturday Morning" lineup. It was initially meant as first original series though ultimately shunted to UPN's "Disney's One Too" lineup. The Legend of Tarzan picks up where the 1999 feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role as leader of the apes following Kerchak's death, and Jane adjusting to life in the jungle. Rounding out the cast are Jane's father, Professor Archimedes Porter; Tantor, the germophobic elephant; and Terk, a wisecracking female gorilla and Tarzan's old wrestling buddy.
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Blue Hill Avenue
Title: Blue Hill Avenue
Character: Benny
Released: August 3, 2001
Type: Movie
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
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Mindstorm
Title: Mindstorm
Character: Walter Golden
Released: February 28, 2001
Type: Movie
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.
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Ali: An American Hero
Title: Ali: An American Hero
Character: Marcellus Clay
Released: August 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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 Muhammad Ali, who is portrayed by David Ramsey. Cassius Clay (David Ramsey), winner of the gold medal for boxing in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, rises in the professional ranks and defeats heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston in a stunning upset to capture the title in 1964. Controversy surrounds his decision to join the Nation of Islam, his name change from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali, his friendship with Malcolm X (Joe Morton), and his conscientious objection to the draft during the Vietnam War. Stripped of his title, he eventually recaptures it in 1974 in the so-called "Rumble in the Jungle"—an epic bout against George Foreman in Zaire.
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Ritual
Title: Ritual
Character: Leron Becker
Released: July 13, 2000
Type: Movie
A young man drops out of college to fix his family when he senses something is terribly wrong at home.
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Civility
Title: Civility
Character: Glitterman
Released: April 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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. Cade had vowed never to return, never that is until his father's alleged suicide turns out to be a cover up for a brutal murder. Once back in Civility, Cade enlists the help of his father's old friends Marty (Tom Arnold) and Andrew (William Forsythe) in a murderous revenge scheme that shakes the town to its core. While dodging a hailstorm of bullets, the trio uncovers the truth behind the murder and a web of corruption that leads to the mob.
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Reindeer Games
Title: Reindeer Games
Character: Merlin
Released: February 25, 2000
Type: Movie
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: Joe McKenzie
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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The General's Daughter
Title: The General's Daughter
Character: Colonel George Fowler
Released: June 18, 1999
Type: Movie
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
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Life
Title: Life
Character: Winston Hancock
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
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The Legend of 1900
Title: The Legend of 1900
Character: Jelly Roll Morton
Released: October 28, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.
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Frogs for Snakes
Title: Frogs for Snakes
Character: Huck Hanley
Released: August 14, 1998
Type: Movie
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. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.
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Starstruck
Title: Starstruck
Character: Jerry Wallace
Released: April 18, 1998
Type: Movie
An aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles befriends a washed up, former teen idol and develops an unhealthy relationship with him.
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Half Baked
Title: Half Baked
Character: Samson Simpson
Released: January 16, 1998
Type: Movie
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 going up in smoke.
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The Love Bug
Title: The Love Bug
Character: Chuck
Released: November 29, 1997
Type: Movie
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. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.
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Hoodlum
Title: Hoodlum
Character: Bub Hewlett
Released: August 27, 1997
Type: Movie
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 Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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George Wallace
Title: George Wallace
Character: Archie
Released: August 24, 1997
Type: Movie
George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer, who won an Emmy award for it; Sinise and Mare Winningham also won Emmies for their performances. The film was based on the 1996 biography Wallace : The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace by Marshall Frady, who also co-wrote the teleplay. Frankenheimer's film was highly praised by critics: in addition to the Emmy awards, it received the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries/Motion Picture made for TV. Angelina Jolie also received a Golden Globe for her performance as Wallace's second wife, Cornelia.
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The Brave
Title: The Brave
Character: Father Stratton
Released: July 30, 1997
Type: Movie
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 which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.
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Sprung
Title: Sprung
Character: Grand Daddy
Released: May 14, 1997
Type: Movie
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 into bed the same evening. When Adina finds out that she's been fooled, she becomes Clyde's worst enemy. Meanwhile Montel and Brandy fall in love and plan to marry, and Adina and Clyde try to do everything to stop them.
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Title: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Character: Coach Pratt
Released: November 23, 1996
Type: Movie
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 to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
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Title: Millennium
Character: Patient Zero
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: TV
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
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Title: Profiler
Released: September 21, 1996
Type: TV
Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia. Ally Walker starred as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters during the first three seasons, and was later replaced by Jamie Luner as profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season. Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, Erica Gimpel and Julian McMahon co-starred throughout the show's run. Caitlin Wachs played Dr. Waters daughter for the first two seasons, a role taken over by Evan Rachel Wood in 1998. Profiler shares a similar lead character and premise with the Fox Network series Millennium, created by Chris Carter. Both shows premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.
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The Silencers
Title: The Silencers
Character: General Greenboro
Released: April 23, 1996
Type: Movie
U.S. Senator is assassinated by Men in Black, mysterious organization which suppresses all knowledge about UFOs. Agent Rafferty from the U.S. Secret Service will confront them and discover the sinister truth. The only person that can help him comes from another world.
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The Road to Galveston
Title: The Road to Galveston
Character: Christopher, the Caretaker
Released: January 24, 1996
Type: Movie
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 woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).
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Judgement
Title: Judgement
Character: Bryant
Released: December 31, 1995
Type: Movie
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 speeding.
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The Immortals
Title: The Immortals
Character: Benny
Released: October 5, 1995
Type: Movie
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 chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 teams launch a brutal cross-town attack to retrieve suitcases full of cash. But as the violence escalates, the team members discover just who their real target has been all along - and the shocking truth they have in common.
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Tales from the Hood
Title: Tales from the Hood
Character: Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")
Released: May 24, 1995
Type: Movie
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
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Title: New York Undercover
Character: Donald Brooks
Released: September 8, 1994
Type: TV
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.
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Against the Wall
Title: Against the Wall
Character: Chaka
Released: March 26, 1994
Type: Movie
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.
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Sugar Hill
Title: Sugar Hill
Character: Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs
Released: February 25, 1994
Type: Movie
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
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Deadfall
Title: Deadfall
Character: Dean
Released: October 8, 1993
Type: Movie
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 brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Deputy Commissioner Luther Dobbs
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Title: Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Character: Raymond
Released: April 19, 1993
Type: Movie
An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bonds are strained as the father battles to keep his son free from the lures of street life.
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Title: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character: Omet'iklan
Released: January 3, 1993
Type: TV
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
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Deep Cover
Title: Deep Cover
Character: Taft
Released: April 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Title: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Character: Deputy Sheriff Virgil
Released: March 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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 -- the family farm has been abandoned, his old girlfriend Jolie is a now a widowed mother, and his sister Cheryl has put his father in a nursing home.
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Title: Shades of L.A.
Released: October 10, 1990
Type: TV
Shades of L.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired from October 10, 1990 until April 6, 1991. Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a casual cop until he finds himself in limbo after a bullet grazes his head. He finds himself surrounded by "shades" - spirits trapped between heaven and hell until they can complete any unfinished business on earth. Once resuscitated, he can still see the "shades" so goes about helping them.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Lateef Miller
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Maniac Cop 2
Title: Maniac Cop 2
Character: Blum
Released: July 18, 1990
Type: Movie
After being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, Officer Matt Cordell teams up with a vicious serial killer to track down those that wronged him.
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Title: Twin Peaks
Released: April 8, 1990
Type: TV
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
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Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
Title: Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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Title: Nasty Boys
Character: John Culver
Released: September 21, 1989
Type: TV
The Nasty Boys is a television action drama series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of the North Las Vegas Police Department.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Grady
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Title: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Character: Kalinga
Released: November 10, 1988
Type: Movie
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 crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
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Perfect Victims
Title: Perfect Victims
Character: Lt. Kevin White
Released: August 18, 1988
Type: Movie
A psycho who has contracted AIDS blames women for his disease, and begins to stalk and kill beautiful girls.
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Title: Jake and the Fatman
Character: Benjamin Tatsa
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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Tough Guys Don't Dance
Title: Tough Guys Don't Dance
Character: Bolo
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: Movie
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 woman's severed head in his weed stash. Sensing a setup and in desperate need to clear his name, he begins an investigation, with the help of his dying father, that soon begins to expose a web of corruption in the small coastal community of Provincetown.
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The Last Innocent Man
Title: The Last Innocent Man
Character: D.J. Johnson
Released: April 19, 1987
Type: Movie
A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his client's wife.
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52 Pick-Up
Title: 52 Pick-Up
Character: Bobby Shy
Released: November 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Character: Mr. Thornehill
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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Title: Miami Vice
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Purple Rain
Title: Purple Rain
Character: Father
Released: July 27, 1984
Type: Movie
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. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.
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The House of Dies Drear
Title: The House of Dies Drear
Character: Mayhew Skinner
Released: June 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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 runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
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Title: T. J. Hooker
Character: Walker Redding / Martin / Phil Decker
Released: March 13, 1982
Type: TV
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recuits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Title: The Littlest Hobo
Character: David
Released: October 11, 1979
Type: TV
The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, spanning six seasons and was revived for a popular second run on CTV from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985. It starred an ownerless dog. All three productions revolved around a stray German Shepherd, the titular Hobo, who wanders from town to town, helping people in need. Although the concept was perhaps similar to that of Lassie, the Littlest Hobo's destiny was to befriend those who apparently needed help. Despite the attempts of the many people whom he helped to adopt him, he appeared to prefer to be on his own, and would head off by himself at the end of each episode. Never actually named on-screen, the dog is often referred to by the name Hobo or by the names given by temporary human companions. Hobo's background is also unexplained on-screen. His origins, motivation and ultimate destination are also never explained. Although some characters appeared in more than one episode, the only constant was the Littlest Hobo himself.
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The Return of Mod Squad
Title: The Return of Mod Squad
Character: Lincoln Hayes
Released: May 18, 1979
Type: Movie
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 themselves are the intended targets of a gunman who lives in their old "flower child" world of the 1960s.
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Title: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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Title: The Mod Squad
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
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Title: Tarzan
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: TV
Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The show retained many of the trappings of the classic movie series, including Cheeta, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969.
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The Cool World
Title: The Cool World
Character: Blood
Released: September 2, 1963
Type: Movie
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 return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.