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Clarence Williams III (1939-2021) was an American actor. Williams played the character of Linc Hayes in the police television series The Mod Squad from 1968 to 1973. He also appeared in films such as Purple Rain, 52 Pick-Up, Tales from the Hood, Half Baked, and Reindeer Games. His IMDb page shows 99 acting credits from 1959 to 2018. This page will rank Clarence Williams III movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. Some of his movies that do not appear to have been in North American theaters were not included.
Shown from Left: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton
Clarence Williams III Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Clarence Williams III Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort Clarence Williams III movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Clarence Williams III movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Woody Strode movie won.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Clarence Williams III
- Clarence Williams III was raised by his musical grandparents, the legendary jazz and boogie-woogie composer/pianist Clarence Williams, who wrote such classics as “T’Aint Nobody’s Business If I Do” and “Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home,” and blues singer Eva Taylor.
2. Clarence Williams III became interested in acting after accidentally walking onto a stage at a theater below a Harlem YMCA.
3. Clarence Williams III was nominated for Broadway’s 1965 Tony Award® as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for “Slow Dance on the Killing Ground.”
4. Clarence Williams’ breakout television role was as undercover cop Linc Hayes on the popular ABC counterculture police television series The Mod Squad (1968).
5. Clarence Williams III, Olga Karlatos, and Apollonia Kotero were the only professional actors in the entire cast of 1984’s Purple Rain.
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