TALES FROM THE HOOD

CLARENCE WILLIAMS III - "MR. SIMMS"

"Tales from the Hood" was a 1995 horror anthology movie with Clarence Williams III as Mr. Simms. It tells the tale of three youths who are picking up a drug shipment at a funeral parlor from the strange director, Mr. Simms. As the three youths wind their way through the parlor, Mr. Simms tells them the last stories of some of his more interesting clients. Two sequels would follow, though much later: In 2018 - "Tales from the Hood 2" and in 2020 - "Tales from the Hood 3".

From IMDB: Clarence William III was born on 21 August 1939 in New York City, New York, USA and passed away on 4 June 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA. After a two-year hitch with the U.S. Air Force, he started his acting career, making a minor New York stage debut with "The Long Dream" in 1960. He continued impressively with roles in "Walk in Darkness" (1963), "Sarah and the Sax" (1964) and "Doubletalk" (1964), and capped his early career with a Theatre World Award and Tony-nomination for the three-person play "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground" (1964). Continuing on with powerful work in "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" (1966) and "King John," Vietnam-era Hollywood finally began to take notice of his "angry young man" charisma. His casting as former delinquent-turned-undercover cop Linc Hayes on the highly popular TV cop series Mod Squad (1968) along with fellow white partners Michael Cole and Peggy Lipton was a huge break for all three relative unknowns. Sporting a huge Afro, paisley shirts, dark shades and spouting catchprase language like "dig it" and "solid," the gap-toothed Linc (and his mod partners) showed the requisite anti-establishment defiance and coolness to attract the hip generation--while still playing good guys. Millennium acting work included solid performances in the films Reindeer Games (2000), Ritual (2000), Blue Hill Avenue (2001), The Extreme Team (2003), Constellation (2005), The Blue Hour (2007),The Way of War (2009), A Day in the Life (2009), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) and American Nightmares (2018), as well as his interesting role as mysterious book store manager Philby in the lengthy Mystery Woman: Mystery Woman (2003) series of TV movies (2003-2007). Clarence also made guest appearances on TV programs, "Cold Case," "Memphis Beat," "Justified" and "Empire". The following is a trailer for the movie: "Tales From The Hood" trailer from The Professor on Vimeo.

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