The Tony-nominated performer is most recognized for his work in TV’s The Mod Squad, which aired from 1968 to 1973, and starred Williams as a detective.
Clarence Williams III, a star of Mod Squad, is dead at 81
The Mod Squad, which ran from 1968 to 1973, was one of the first of its kind a prime-time network series that focused on members of the hippie generation at the same time that it exploited them.
by Anita Gates
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Clarence Williams III, the reflectively intense actor who starred as Linc Hayes, the young, hip undercover police officer with the perfect Afro and a way with the word solid on ABCs The Mod Squad, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 81.
The cause was colon cancer, his manager, Allan Mindel, said.