A native of the Virgin Islands, black leading man Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs began popping up with regularity on American TV and movie screens in 1974. His earliest credits include the Diahann Carroll film Claudine (1974) and a well-distributed TV public service announcement produced by the United Negro College Fund. In 1975, Hilton-Jacobs was cast as wisecracking "sweathog" Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington on the TV sitcom Welcome Back Kotter; he won the role on the strength of his work in the 1975 theatrical feature Cooley High. During the long Kotter run, Hilton-Jacobs was one of several prominent black performers to appear in the groundbreaking miniseries Roots (1977). Like most of the rest of the Kotter cast, Hilton-Jacobs found the going a bit rough after the series was cancelled in 1979. His subsequent work has included a major role in the 1989 pilot film for the Fox Network series Alien Nation, and the part of Joseph Jackson in the top-rated 1992 TV biopic The Jacksons: The American Dream. Turning to directing in the early 1990s, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs has helmed such productions as Angel of the City (1990) and Sweetfire (1991).
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Tidal Wave: No Escape
Actor |
1997 | |||
| 1993 | ||||
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Indecent Behavior
Actor |
1993 | |||
| 1992 | ||||
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Quiet Fire
Actor, Director |
1991 | |||
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Alien Nation
Actor |
1989 | |||
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Angels of the City
Actor, Director |
1989 | |||
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Chance
Actor |
1989 | |||
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East L.A. Warriors
Actor |
1989 | |||
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Kill Crazy
Actor |
1989 | |||
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L.A. Vice
Actor |
1989 | |||
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L.A. Warriors
Actor |
1989 | |||
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L.A. Heat
Actor, Screenwriter |
1988 | |||
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Paramedics
Actor |
1988 | |||
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The Annihilators
Actor |
1985 | |||
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For the Love of It
Actor |
1980 | |||
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The Comedy Company
Actor |
1978 | |||
| 1978 | ||||
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Youngblood
Actor |
1978 | |||
| 1977 | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
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Cooley High
Actor |
1975 | |||
| 1975 | ||||
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Claudine
Actor |
1974 |



