Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Рождение : 1953-09-04, New York City, New York, USA
История
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
After the death of his brother, Mick travels to America to seek Justice. Wrongly convicted of extortion and attempted murder, Mick is sent to Pleasant Hill Penitentiary's notorious death block 13. Seething with revenge after discovering the truth behind his brother's death, Mick's rage ignites an explosive riot as he makes a daring escape from Death Block 13.
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
Жители небольшого городка объединяются, чтобы любыми способами остановить торговлю героином.
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
История пяти людей, которые были похищены за пять дней до Хэллоуина и оказались пленниками в сотворенном человеком аду. Там им предстоит сыграть на выживание в жестокой игре под названием «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.
Ten-year-old Megan, who upon receiving a Secret Santa gift, is touched by its contents which end up having a huge impact on her life. Now a driven young journalist, Megan can’t shake her desire to thank the person who sent her that heartfelt gift over a decade ago. Determined to prove herself to her editor, she goes on the search for the perfect Christmas story, and in doing so, she finally discovers who her Secret Santa is. Inspired by a true story.
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
Коммерческий авиалайнер оказался в ловушке — в огненном кольце извергающихся вулканов. Экипаж и пассажиры должны найти способ спастись, не имея возможности приземлиться.
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
Джордж Гривс отмечает своё сорокалетие в кругу семьи и друзей, а на следующий день в сопровождении супруги отправляется в больницу на обследование. Очнулся он уже на другом этаже больницы, где медсестра сообщила ему, что было некоторое осложнение и что ему пришлось сделать операцию. По мере лёжки в палате мужчина начинает осознавать, что его врач перепутал его с пациентом с похожей фамилией, из — за чего ему была сделана неверная операция…
Anthony
По пустынной трассе штата Невада движется автомобиль. Успешный бизнесмен Энтони торопится на вечеринку к другу. Неожиданно он замечает одинокую фигуру на дороге. Будучи в прекрасном расположении духа, Энтони легко идет на контакт. Он подбирает бедолагу, у которого в этой глухомани заглохло авто. Новый знакомый явно не в себе, но желание с кем-нибудь поговорить в пути, заглушает дурные предчувствия. Как часто бывает в таких случаях, срабатывает «синдром попутчика», и наш герой совсем забывает об осторожности. Постепенно дружеская беседа переходит в откровенный разговор. Раскрывая тайны своей души странному незнакомцу, Энтони не подозревает, каким кошмаром для него обернется эта случайная встреча...
Mr. Fly
Killer Drag Queens on Dope is the wild story of Ginger and Coco, two dolls with a little secret... They're contract killers who work for a one-eyed lunatic named Uncle A. Half the cutthroats in town are trying to kill them, the other half are trying to sleep with them and Uncle A is just getting started. Ginger is hell on heels. Coco never met a drug she didn't like. Together, they're Killer Drag Queens on 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
Rebecca Mathis is a sex therapist. One of her patients is found dead. At first it is presumed he died of a heart attack...
Ring Announcer
В недалеком будщем в Америке создана так называемая зона личной свободы, где лица, выбравшие преступный образ жизни, проститутки и наркоманы могли жить без назойливой опеки полиции. Но очень скоро преступники стали совершать преступления в городе, а потом возвращаться в свою зону. И какие преступники! Они взяли штурмом полицейский участок, чтобы освободить своего главаря по кличке Фехтовальщик. Но полицейские Слэдж и Брэниф тоже ребята не промах. Они отправляются на поиски бандитов, чтобы отомстить за смерть своих друзей и коллег.
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
Loner Jessie Palmer must piece together information from a growing body count, including the murder of his best friend, in order to bring down a corrupt U.S. Senate candidate.
Director
Loner Jessie Palmer must piece together information from a growing body count, including the murder of his best friend, in order to bring down a corrupt U.S. Senate candidate.
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
As host of gladiator-style duels in which gangbangers battle to the death, East Los Angeles drug kingpin Chesare (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) capitalizes on gang antagonisms. But Chesare hasn't counted on the tactics of vengeance-minded Aurelio (Tony Bravo) and his sidekick Paulo (Kamar De Los Reyes). Vowing to fight without weapons, the determined duo stages a risky coup in the hopes of ending Chesare's reign of 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
Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.
Garrett Floyd
Ветераны войны во Вьетнаме формируют «Отряд бдительности», чтобы защитить жителей района Саут-Пойт от безжалостных уличных хулиганов. Им удалось узнать, что участившиеся здесь случаи насилия являются частью плана шайки использовать беспорядки в качестве прикрытия для своего главного дела — контрабанды героина. Отряд ветеранов похищает партию наркотиков стоимостью в 15 млн. долларов, чем развязывает настоящую войну — более жестокую и беспощадную, чем во Вьетнаме.
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
Криминальная драма о нелёгкой жизни подростка среди сплошных разборок афро-американских молодёжных банд.
Richard "Cochise" Morris
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
Street Basketball Boy (uncredited)
Преподаватель литературы Аксель Фрид — завсегдатай игровых заведений и букмекерских контор, в том числе нелегальных. Свою страсть к игре он обосновывает соображениями, почерпнутыми из «Игрока» Достоевского. После одной особенно неудачной ночи Аксель оказывается должен 44 тысячи долларов. За 10 000 долларов они ломают руки. За 20 000 — ноги.
Mugger in Park #2 (uncredited)
Насилие порождает насилие… Безжалостный «нью-йоркский мститель» берет правосудие в собственные руки. Жена и дочь нью-йоркского бизнесмена Пола Керси стали жертвами банды уличной шпаны. Не полагаясь на полицию, пылающий жаждой мести Керси берет в руки оружие, и сам вершит правосудие. Он выходит на улицы ночного Нью-Йорка и начинает охоту на хулиганов и грабителей. Слава о безжалостном «нью-йоркском мстителе» разносится по всей стране.
Charles
Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.
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.
