Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in a number of films and television programs, including Claudine (1974), Cooley High (1975), Roots (1977), Welcome Back, Kotter (1975), Bangers and Mash (1983), and The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Lawrence's name, at least as shown in the credits of Welcome Back Kotter, was Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Lawrence was born in New York City, New York, United States, the fifth child of nine to West Indian parents Hilton Jacobs (deceased 2009) and Clothilda Jacobs (deceased c. 2000). He attended Wilkes University for a short time before his acting career took off. He began his acting career in the summer of 1969 and graduated from the High School of Art and Design in 1971. Afterward, he studied acting with the world famous Negro Ensemble Company and the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble. In 1975, he won the part of Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington on the ABC hit comedy series, Welcome Back, Kotter. Hilton-Jacobs starred in a few commercials over the years, including an early 1970s commercial for The United Negro College Fund.
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as Panda ThomasFive carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where...
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Death Wish
as Mugger in Park #2 (uncredited)After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a...
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Airplane vs Volcano
as Jim KirklandWhen a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and...
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Sublime
as MandingoAdmitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his...
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The Gambler
as Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But...
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Escape from Death Block 13
as Agent LangleyAfter the death of his brother, Mick travels to America to seek Justice. Wrongly convicted of...
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Firepower
as Ring AnnouncerIn the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises...
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Tidal Wave: No Escape
as Marlan ClarkA retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are...
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Cooley High
as Richard "Cochise" MorrisIn the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago...
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The Christmas Gift
as Wesley Hardin Johnson Sr.Ten-year-old Megan, who upon receiving a Secret Santa gift, is touched by its contents which end...
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Chance
as Jon ChanceAfter a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into...
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The Annihilators
as Garrett FloydUpon his return from Vietnam, an ex-soldier finds his neighborhood has deteriorated badly, and...
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Paramedics
as Blade RunnerTwo paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to...
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Indecent Behavior
as Lou ParsonsRebecca Mathis is a sex therapist. One of her patients is found dead. At first it is presumed he...
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The Contract
as Frank MannA married couple enters into a contract to have a threesome and realizes what is most important...
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Claudine
as CharlesClaudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs...
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The Comedy Company
as Russell DoddAn ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
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Youngblood
as RommelAn angry Vietnam veteran leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.
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Shooting Heroin
as EdwardA small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by...
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Angels of the City
as Detective Jon ChanceCollege girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
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Killer Drag Queens on Dope
as Mr. FlyKiller Drag Queens on Dope is the wild story of Ginger and Coco, two dolls with a little...
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Tuesday Never Comes
as DruiletAn Irish mercenary will stop at nothing to get the money owed to him for a job from an...
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East L.A. Warriors
as ChesareAs host of gladiator-style duels in which gangbangers battle to the death, East Los Angeles drug...
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L.A. Vice
as Jon ChanceDetective Jon Louroy Chance investigates a string of murders in Los Angeles and uncovers a...
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L.A. Heat
as Jon ChanceL.A. vice detective dreams of becoming a cowboy hero.
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Alien Nation
as Sergeant DobbsA bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with...
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Hollywont
as uncreditedHollywont is an urban Entourage gone crazy! The film follows Davon, an aspiring African American...
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Nocturnal Agony
as TheodoreA highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect”...
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Kill Crazy
as RobinFive Vietnam vets, on release from a mental hospital, think they're headed for a weekend camping...
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Quiet Fire
as Jesse PalmerLoner Jessie Palmer must piece together information from a growing body count, including the...
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The Perfect Mate
as Rev. AdamsHope (Brittany Lucio) is a control freak and a perfectionist and nothing would please her more...
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For the Love of It
as Al LeonAn entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to...
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Tamales and Gumbo
as Mr. WalkerA beautiful Latina and a lovable African-American try to survive the crazy cultural clashes...
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Dead Man Rising
as Warden DallasWhen Daniel, a death row inmate, hears the horrors of previous executions using new experimental...
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30 Miles
as AnthonyAn act of kindness leads to the destruction of two lives in just thirty miles, when a hitchiker...
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Mr. Right Now!
as Darnell GreeneShe's a single mother looking for a husband. He's a con man looking for his next victim....
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A Chance in the World
as Willie RobinsonA Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy...
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Playin' for Love
as Coach Preston ReidCoach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school...
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Mercy for Angels
as ChiefRunaway Tracy is snatched from a dangerous L.A. neighborhood by sadistic thugs while searching...
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Sky Captain
as uncreditedLike many Black and Latino teenagers in his neighborhood, Gerald Hart finds adventure and relief...
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Family Portrait
as BenjaminKamara takes a job at a family firm, sparking a sibling rivalry between brothers Martin and...
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Directors on Directing
as SelfA look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times...
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Gilmore Girls
as Principal MertonSet in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives...
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Chuck
as President of ZamibiaWhen Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government...
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Diagnosis: Murder
as Sgt. BakerDr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Renegade
as uncreditedFramed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while...
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Girlfriends
as uncreditedThe series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of...
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That's So Raven
as Mr. CarterNo ordinary teenager; Raven Baxter can see glimpses of the future! Watch her schemes and...
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Baretta
as uncreditedBaretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...
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Fame
as uncreditedAn American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on...
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Martin
as uncreditedSassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his...
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Sliders
as Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs / The People's ProponentIn his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite...
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Simon & Simon
as Gordon TateSimon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...
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Hill Street Blues
as uncreditedA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Hill Street Blues
as CrumleyA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Static Shock
as Driver (voice)The adventures of a teenage superhero who fights crime in Dakota City.
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The Wayans Bros.
as RichieThe Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The...
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Ellen
as Lawrence Hilton-JacobsEllen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July...
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Weird Science
as uncreditedGary Wallace, a teenager who dreams of beautiful women and a cheerful life, and his only friend,...
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The Jamie Foxx Show
as uncreditedTexas native Jamie King is an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood in hopes to find fame and...
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Moesha
as uncreditedMoesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May...
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Roots
as NoahThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in...
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Alien Nation
as Sergeant DobbsDetective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien...
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The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Chuck (voice)Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they...
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Donny & Marie
as SelfDonny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979....
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Battle of the Network Stars
as uncreditedBattle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS,...
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Paris
as uncreditedParis is an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from...
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Welcome Back, Kotter
as Freddie WashingtonWelcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young...
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Roseanne
as uncreditedA working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford,...
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Charlie Grace
as Detective GossettCharlie Grace is a Los Angeles private eye with a daughter named Jenny, works along with other...
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The Jacksons: An American Dream
as Joseph JacksonThe history of the Jackson family and the early and successful years of the Motown group The...
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Let's Stay Together
as uncreditedLet's Stay Together is an American romantic comedy television series created by Jacque Edmonds...
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E! True Hollywood Story
as uncreditedE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...
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L.A. Doctors
as uncreditedL.A. Doctors is an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It...
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The Captain and Tennille
as SelfHosted by the chart-topping husband and wife team, this 1976-1977 television variety series...
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A House Divided
as Cameran SandersThe Sanders family is shaken when their matriarch, Pamela Sanders, suddenly dies. Cameron...
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