Clarence Williams III

Clarence Williams III was the Tony Award-nominated actor who played Omet'iklan in the fourth season episode . He is perhaps best known for his role as "Linc Hayes" on the 1970s television series The Mod Squad, co-starring Tige Andrews, and produced by Harve Bennett.
Born in New York City, Williams was the grandson of legendary musician and blues singer . Williams became interested in drama as a teenager and began pursuing an acting career following a two-year stint in the United States Air Force. He started performing in stage productions, ultimately working his way to the Broadway stage in 1960 with a role in a short-lived play called The Long Dream. He also broke into feature films, making his debut in the medium with an uncredited appearance in the 1959 war drama Pork Chop Hill, which also featured Biff Elliot, Barry Atwater, Ken Lynch, Paul Comi, and Bert Remsen.
From November 1964 through February 1965, Williams starred in the Broadway production of Slow Dance on the Killing Ground. His performance in this play earned him a 1965 Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Play. He also won the 1965 Theatre World Award for his performance. Three years later, he won the role of the afro-wearing "Linc Hayes" on The Mod Squad. He remained with the show for all five seasons, ending in 1973. He reprised the role in 1979 for the TV movie Return of the Mod Squad. Later that year, Williams returned to the Broadway stage to co-star with Dwight Schultz in Night and Day, which ran for 95 performances, ending in 1980.
It was during the 1980s that Williams began to appear in more films and television shows. He guest-starred in two episodes of starring William Shatner, James Darren, and Richard Herd. Williams also made guest appearances on the TV shows (1984, with Barbara Bosson and James B. Sikking), The Cosby Show (1985, with Sabrina Le Beauf), and Miami Vice (1985, directed by Michael O'Herlihy and starring Edward James Olmos). His film credits during the 1980s included 52 Pick-Up (1986, with John Glover and Alex Henteloff), (1987, with Lawrence Tierney), and (1988, with Bernie Casey). He also played the father of Prince's character, "The Kid", in (1984).
Throughout the 1990s, Williams was seen on such shows as (1990, co-starring Mädchen Amick, Richard Beymer, Catherine Coulson, Tony Jay and Kenneth Welsh), Tales from the Crypt (1992, with Salome Jens), and (1997, starring Clarence Gilyard, Jr. and Noble Willingham). His appearance on (starring Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher and Terry O'Quinn) earned him an Image Award nomination in 1998, as did his role in the film Hoodlum (1997, with Mike Starr and Vanessa Williams). His other film projects during the 1990s included (1991, with Megan Parlen), Deep Cover (1992, with Gregory Sierra), (1995, starring Corbin Bernsen), (1997, with Iggy Pop and Azalea Davila), (1998, with Ron Perlman and Mike Starr), (1998), and (1999, co-starring James Cromwell). 
Some of Williams' later TV appearances include episodes of and . Between 2005 and 2007, Williams starred as Philby in Hallmark's Mystery Woman series of made-for-TV movies. As for his later film work, both Williams and fellow Deep Space Nine actress Rosalind Chao made uncredited appearances in (2001), which also featured Brian Brophy. In 2004, Williams starred with David Clennon, Alec Newman, Zoe Saldana, and Gabrielle Union in . Williams played the Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson in (2007, with Kathleen Garrett, Idris Elba, Joe Morton and Jon Polito).
He died of colon cancer on 4 June 2021. 
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