Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Nacimiento : 1953-09-04, New York City, New York, USA
Historia
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.
Agent Langley
Tras la muerte de su hermano, Mick viaja a Estados Unidos en busca de justicia. Mick, injustamente condenado por extorsión e intento de asesinato, es enviado al notorio bloque 13 de la Penitenciaría de Pleasant Hill. Hirviendo de venganza después de descubrir la verdad detrás de la muerte de su hermano, la ira de Mick enciende un alboroto explosivo mientras hace un atrevido escape del bloque 13 de la muerte.
Rev. Adams
Hope (Brittany Lucio) is a control freak and a perfectionist and nothing would please her more than bringing the perfect Christian future husband home for the weekend to meet her father Reverend Adams (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), her mother Mrs. Adams (Jackee Harry), and sister Cherish (KD Aubert). On the day they're scheduled to leave she's dumped by her fiancé. That's when she enlists the help of her platonic male friend, Jesse (Chico Benymon), who is the epitome of everything ungodly, to impersonate her ex, the upcoming pastor. While there, he learns to appreciate family and faith in this hilarious Christian Romance Comedy.
Edward
La comunidad de un pequeño pueblo se une para erradicar una epidemia de heroína de sus calles a cualquier precio.
Warden Dallas
When Daniel, a death row inmate, hears the horrors of previous executions using new experimental drugs, he pleads for access to information on how to best face his own upcoming demise. What this faithless and hopeless prisoner finds instead, will shake up everything he has ever known and believed.
Willie Robinson
A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.
Panda Thomas
31 nos llevará hasta una feria de circo donde cinco trabajadores son secuestrados la noche antes de Halloween y son llevados a Murder World, un lugar donde tendrán 12 horas para sobrevivir a unos maniacos llamados The Heads en un juego llamado 31.
Hollywont is an urban Entourage gone crazy! The film follows Davon, an aspiring African American screenwriter trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Sick and tired of Hollywood's portrayal of unrealistic urban films, Davon turns to a pimp named Tony to manage his career and help guide him in the right direction which may not be the best idea. Tony takes Davon on an outrageous adventure and Davon soon learns why Hollywood can sometimes mean Hollywont!
Wesley Hardin Johnson Sr.
Basada en una historia real. Megan está trabajando en un artículo para una conocida revista siguiendo la pista de un regalo que recibió de un amigo invisible cuando era pequeña. El entonces niño se ha convertido en un hombre que dirige un centro de acogida de niños. Sin intención de revelarle su identidad, Megan se presenta en su despacho.
Mr. Walker
A beautiful Latina and a lovable African-American try to survive the crazy cultural clashes between their families, as their wedding day nears.
Chief
Runaway Tracy is snatched from a dangerous L.A. neighborhood by sadistic thugs while searching for her homeless boyfriend. Her police detective mom races against time to rescue Tracy from the big money, high crime world of sex trafficking.
Coach Preston Reid
Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But that’s about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), the mother of a star player, new to Jackson high. She’s a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team…and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he’s going to stay in the game.
Theodore
A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of their lives, their relationship with one another, and their faith in God
Jim Kirkland
Cuando un avión comercial queda atrapado dentro de un anillo de volcanes en erupción, los pasajeros y la tripulación deben encontrar una manera de sobrevivir, sin aterrizar...
Self
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.
Mandingo
George Grieves ingresa en el hospital de Mt Abbadon para hacerse un control de rutina. Pero cuando se despierta tras ser anestesiado, hay algo muy extraño... Así da comienzo una aterradora historia repleta de secretos, sexo y pánico en el quirófano.
Anthony
An act of kindness leads to the destruction of two lives in just thirty miles, when a hitchiker and his ride let down their guards and reveal intimate, dark secrets about their pasts
Mr. Fly
Killer Drag Queens on Dope es la historia salvaje de Ginger y Coco, dos muñecas con un pequeño secreto ... Son asesinos a sueldo que trabajan para un loco de un solo ojo llamado Tío A. La mitad de los asesinos de la ciudad están tratando de matarlos , la otra mitad está tratando de dormir con ellos y el tío A apenas está empezando. El jengibre es el infierno en los talones. Coco nunca conoció una droga que no le gustaba. ¡Juntos, son Killer Drag Queens en Dope!
Motherchild
Chance, a hapless Los Angeles musician is searching for the coveted Moletron synthesizer through the classified ad paper the "Southlander", and meeting interesting characters along the way.
Darnell Greene
She's a single mother looking for a husband. He's a con man looking for his next victim. Together they board an emotional rollercoaster that can only be derailed by someone neither of them expected. Award-winning director David E. Talbert brings to life this passionate story of love, friendship and betrayal. Starring film and television favorite Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs (Welcome Back Kotter and The Jacksons mini-series) and a dynamic cast of unforgettable characters, MR. RIGHT NOW has the power to touch your soul and heal your heart. In this dramatic film concerning love, betrayal, and friendship, gospel music plays an integral role. The story of a single mother and a con man who unexpectedly find love, MR. RIGHT NOW has been hailed by prominent African-American critics as a joyful, uplifting must-see.
Marlan Clark
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?
Lou Parsons
Uno de los pacientes de la sexóloga Rebecca Mathis (Shannon Tweed) es encontrado muerto. Aunque en principio parece que la causa de la muerte ha sido un ataque al corazón, más tarde se descubre que se trata de un asesinato. El detective que investiga el caso, Nick Sharkey (Gary Hudson) pronto se sentirá atraído por Rebecca... Pero ¿tiene ella algo que ver con el asesinato de su paciente?
Ring Announcer
In the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises such as Los Angeles are no longer inhabitable. These cities have transformed into "Hell Zones," ruled by violent street gangs. The Hell Zone, formerly called the "Zone of Personal Freedom," is a safe-haven for criminal warpaths everywhere. This Hell Zone in LA is controlled by a criminal mastermind named Drexal (Joseph Ruskin). For the sake of entertaining his crowds of decadent losers and underlings, Drexal has staged a series of lethal, no-holds-barred matches in the "Death Ring," where the winner takes all of the glory...while the defeated one shall lose his self-respect (or maybe just his head). Meanwhile, two brave cops, Braniff (Chad McQueen), and Sledge (Gary Daniels) must risk their badges...and their lives when they enter Los Angeles's "Hell Zone."
Druilet
An Irish mercenary will stop at nothing to get the money owed to him for a job from an Italian-American drug lord.
Jesse Palmer
Jesse Palmer, es un veterano de Vietnam que debe desconcertar a su ex-oficial Whalen al mando, quien se presenta candidato a senador y que pretende conspirar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos. Whalen tiene toda la ayuda que él puede permitirse: Mercenarios, un sistema de vigilancia de seguimiento, armamento y asesinos a sueldo a su disposición. Palmer, por el contrario, sólo tiene su ingenio, puños y algunas otras sorpresas para ayudar a poner fin a los planes astutos del ambicioso político y deberá hacerlo antes de las inminentes elecciones.
Director
Jesse Palmer, es un veterano de Vietnam que debe desconcertar a su ex-oficial Whalen al mando, quien se presenta candidato a senador y que pretende conspirar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos. Whalen tiene toda la ayuda que él puede permitirse: Mercenarios, un sistema de vigilancia de seguimiento, armamento y asesinos a sueldo a su disposición. Palmer, por el contrario, sólo tiene su ingenio, puños y algunas otras sorpresas para ayudar a poner fin a los planes astutos del ambicioso político y deberá hacerlo antes de las inminentes elecciones.
Robin
Five Vietnam vets, on release from a mental hospital, think they're headed for a weekend camping trip. Instead they become target practice for an army of killers playing violent war games. It's a massacre until one of the vets becomes a machine of revenge.
Jon Chance
After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the heist learns of the whereabouts of his diamonds, he instructs his thugs to find Zach and get the jewels back by any means possible. Zach gets help from his friend, police detective Chance, but they will both need more than a little luck to prove that neither of them were behind the robbery, and to keep the actual thieves from getting their revenge.
Chesare
Un ex miembro de una banda callejera llamado Aurelio (Tony Bravo) deja atrás su oscuro pasado y regresa al este de Los Ángeles para enseñar artes marciales a un joven llamado Paulo (Kamar de los Reyes) que ha sido testigo de un tiroteo y que además esta sediento de venganza, un tiroteo que ha sido provocado por un capo de la droga llamado Chesare (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) que está provocando enfrentamientos entre las distintas bandas para así reinar en las calles, además de que este capo organiza torneos para enfrentar a las bandas. Aurelio y Paulo trataran de acabar con ese reinado de terror.
Det. John Chance
Detective Jon Louroy Chance investigates a string of murders in Los Angeles and uncovers a ruthless kidnapping scheme.
Music
College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
Detective Jon Chance
College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
Writer
College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
Director
College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
Jon Chance
L.A. vice detective dreams of becoming a cowboy hero.
Blade Runner
Dos paramédicos son transferidos a una desagradable parte de la ciudad donde una pandilla está matando gente para vender sus órganos.
Garrett Floyd
En Vietnam combatían por su país. Aquella guerra les enseñó a matar. Y ahora después del asesinato del amigo que les había salvado la vida, se unen nuevamente para actuar como un comando exterminador dispuesto a tomarse la justicia por su mano. Sin consignas, sin ideales, sólo la sed de venganza les empuja a luchar por sus amigos.
Like many Black and Latino teenagers in his neighborhood, Gerald Hart finds adventure and relief from the pressure of poverty and disappointment by leaping from the roof of an abandoned building known throughout his community as the “Club House”. There, in spite of obvious dangers, he imitates Superman and finds happiness.., but the unhappy side of Gerald is gaining ground. He contemplates suicide and, thereby, encounters a strange spiritual phenomenon. “Sky Captain” showcases Reggae, Rap music and Breakdance. “Sky Captain” is original drama Written and Directed by Neema Barnette. Based on the impact of her observations as a former New York City school teacher.
Bourne's first fiction film, which stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as an unemployed musician who falls for a dancer on the streets of Hollywood. - Wheeler Winston Dixon, The Exploding Eye: A Re-Visionary History of 1960's American Experimental Cinema
Al Leon
An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the FBI have different ideas.
Russell Dodd
An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
Rommel
A gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth.
Richard "Cochise" Morris
En los años sesenta, un grupo de amigos, alumnos de la escuela superior Cooley, pasan los días estudiando y haciendo gamberradas propias de su edad. Pero un mal día, la muerte de uno de ellos en circunstancias violentas, acaba con las bromas y hace madurar a muchos.
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
Alex Freed (James Caan) es profesor de literatura, pero a la vez adicto al juego. Ha perdido todo su dinero y tiene que pedir prestado para seguir jugando... porque no puede parar. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mugger in Park #2 (uncredited)
Tras sufrir una brutal agresión su mujer y su hija, Paul Kersey, un ciudadano normal de Nueva York, decide vengarse acosando a todos los delincuentes de la ciudad que actúan por la noche.
Charles
Claudine es una madre soltera en la ciudad de Nueva York que sufre un viaje agotador a los suburbios donde trabaja como empleada doméstica para familias ricas. En una comunidad blanca cuidadosamente cuidada, conoce a Roop, un recolector de basura carismático pero irresponsable. El romance se produce rápidamente, pero Claudine duda de que su relación sea buena para sus seis hijos, y Rupert, a pesar de su buena naturaleza, es reacia a asumir la paternidad.
Therapy Sessions is the story of a young woman hemmed in by her past. Diane Phillips continues to make the same mistakes in her quest for love and acceptance. After getting over her hang up that black folks don’t believe in mental health therapy, Diane sets out to make a new path in life. But like life can be unpredictable and despite her best efforts, Diane has to deal with not only past hurts and pains but the daily drama of being a black woman working in a good ole boys corporate environment and a love life that is constantly on the skids. At the end of each week, Diane seeks refuge in her rocks…best friends Kissie and Payton and her therapist, Dr. Parkin.
