FrameThrower · Actors · Clarence Williams III
Clarence Williams III
2 films · 244 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1992–1994
Born 21 August 1939 · New York City, New York, USA · died 4 June 2021
Clarence Williams III 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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 244 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1992–1994
- Theatre World Award1965
How their films are shot
Measured across 244 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Clarence takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Clarence takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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