# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clarence-williams-iii
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:42.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clarence-williams-iii"
name: "Clarence Williams III"
slug: "clarence-williams-iii"
description: "Clarence Williams III was an American actor. He was best known for his starring role as Linc Hayes on the television series The Mod Squad (1968–73). He also appeared in films such as Purple Rain, 52 Pick-Up, Tales from the Hood, Hoodlum, Deep Cover, Half Baked, Life, American Gangster, and Reindeer Games, and was a Tony Award-nominated stage actor."
tagline: "American actor (1939–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clarence_Williams_III_Mod_Squad_1971.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1939-08-21"
deathDate: "2021-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump