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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 24, 1955
Died
November 23, 2022
Place of Birth
Moses Lake, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Clarence Gilyard, Jr.
- Clarence Darnell Gilyard Jr.
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
1.5 Popularity
Biography
Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr. (December 24, 1955 – November 23, 2022) was an American university professor, actor, and author. As a performer, he appeared in film, television, and stage productions; some sources give his middle name as Alfred. Gilyard was known for his roles as second private investigator and right-hand man Conrad McMasters to Ben Matlock (played by Andy Griffith) on the legal drama series Matlock from 1989 to 1993; Pastor Bruce Barnes in the first two Left Behind movies; Cordell Walker's (played by Chuck Norris) Texas Ranger partner, James "Jimmy" Trivette, in the 1990s crime drama Walker, Texas Ranger; Theo, the terrorist computer expert in Die Hard; and Lieutenant (junior grade) Evan "Sundown" Gough in Top Gun.
Known For
7.4
Coach Michaels
The Perfect Race
2019
6.0
Fletcher Reese
Christmas on the Coast
2018
3.4
Reverend Raines
The Sector
2016
🎬
0.0
Psychiatrist
The Track
2016
3.5
Auguste Porter
Rabbit Days
2016
4.8
Professor Portland
A Matter of Faith
2014
3.1
Jeremiah Ward
Chasing Shakespeare
2014
4.4
Ben Foreman
Little Monsters
2012
6.4
Ranger James 'Jimmy' Trivette
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire
2005
4.5
Pastor Bruce Barnes
Left Behind II: Tribulation Force
2002
Credits
The Perfect Race
as Coach Michaels
2019
7.4
Christmas on the Coast
as Fletcher Reese
2018
6.0
The Sector
as Reverend Raines
2016
3.4
🎬
The Track
as Psychiatrist
2016
0.0
Rabbit Days
as Auguste Porter
2016
3.5
A Matter of Faith
as Professor Portland
2014
4.8
Chasing Shakespeare
as Jeremiah Ward
2014
3.1
Little Monsters
as Ben Foreman
2012
4.4
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire
as Ranger James 'Jimmy' Trivette
2005
6.4
Left Behind II: Tribulation Force
as Pastor Bruce Barnes
2002
4.5
Left Behind
as Pastor Bruce Barnes
2000
4.2
Sons of Thunder
1999
9.5
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
as Ranger James 'Jimmy' Trivette
1994
7.2
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Jimmy Trivette
1993
6.9
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
as Ranger James 'Jimmy' Trivette
1993
6.5
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Roy Bryant
1990
6.7
L.A. Takedown
as Mustafa Jackson
1989
5.4
Die Hard
as Theo
1988
7.8
Off the Mark
as James B. White
1987
3.3
The Karate Kid Part II
as G.I. #1
1986
6.3
Top Gun
as Sundown
1986
7.1
Matlock
as Conrad McMasters
1986
7.1
227
as Harold Bailey
1985
6.7
🎬
Things Are Looking Up
as Clement McCallister
1984
0.0
The Duck Factory
as Roland Culp
1984
6.0
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983
5.0
Simon & Simon
as Wally Stokes
1981
6.7
The Facts of Life
as Matt
1979
7.1
Diff'rent Strokes
as The Student
1978
7.1
Diff'rent Strokes
as Frank Simpson
1978
7.1
CHiPs
as Benjamin Webster
1977
6.8