Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr. (born December 24, 1955) is an American actor, college professor, and author who has been featured in movies, television and regional theatre, since 1980. He is sometimes credited as Clarence A. Gilyard.Gilyard is 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; as Pastor Bruce Barnes in the Left Behind movie trilogy; Cordell Walkers (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) Marcus Sundown Williams in Top Gun.

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