How Old Is Clarence Williams III? Clarence Williams III Birthday
Clarence Williams III was born on August 21, 1939 and is 84 years old now.
Birthday: August 21, 1939
How Old - Age: 84
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Clarence Williams III - Biography
Clarence Williams III (born August 21, 1939) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as "Linc Hayes" on the iconic "hippie" cop show The Mod Squad (1968–1973). He is a stage, film and television actor, who occasionally directs.
Williams began pursuing an acting career after spending two years as a 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.
From 2003 to 2007, Williams had a recurring role as Philby Cross in the Mystery Woman movie series on the Hallmark Channel. He appeared in all but the first of the eleven movies alongside Kellie Martin. (J.E. Freeman played Philby in the Mystery Woman first movie.) In the seventh (Mystery Woman: At First Sight) movie, he reunited with his Mod Squad co-star Michael Cole. He played Bumpy Johnson in the film American Gangster.
Williams was married to the actress Gloria Foster in 1967. They met on the television show The Mod Squad that ran from the late 1960s to the early 1970s; Foster made two guest appearances. The two were also in a movie, The Cool World, in 1964. In 1984 they filed for a divorce, but remained friends. Williams was the one to announce Foster's death in 2001.
