Clarence Williams III

Who they were

Personal life Foster and Williams in The Mod Squad episode in 1970. Foster guest-starred as a blind friend of Linc Hayes. Williams married the actress Gloria Foster in 1967. [ 1 ] They worked together on The Mod Squad ; Foster made two guest appearances. [ 2 ] The two also acted in a 1964 film The Cool World . [ 2 ] In 1984, they filed for divorce, but remained friends. They had no children. Williams announced Foster's death in 2001. His oft-collaborator, director John Frankenheimer ,

Clarence Williams III, American actor (born 1939)

Early life

Early life Born in New York City , [ 1 ] Williams was the son of a professional musician, Clarence "Clay" Williams Jr., [ 2 ] and grandson of jazz and blues composer/pianist Clarence Williams and his singer-actress wife, Eva Taylor . [ 3 ] Raised by his paternal grandmother, he became interested in acting after accidentally walking onto a stage at a theater below a Harlem YMCA . [ 1 ] During the late 1950s, Williams served two years in the United States Army ,

Path and career

Career The Mod Squad main cast in 1971 from left: Williams, Peggy Lipton and Michael Cole Williams 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 . [ 1 ] 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.

Why this date

Clarence Williams III appears on our June 4 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.