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Beyond the Gates (2025)
Starring as Vernon Dupree
(74 episodes)
- Episode 1x126: Episode 126 (Sep 10, 2025)
- Episode 1x125: Episode 125 (Sep 9, 2025)
- Episode 1x124: Episode 124 (Sep 8, 2025)
- Episode 1x122: Episode 122 (Aug 28, 2025)
- Episode 1x121: Episode 121 (Aug 27, 2025)
- Episode 1x120: Episode 120 (Aug 26, 2025)
- Episode 1x119: Episode 119 (Aug 25, 2025)
- Episode 1x118: Episode 118 (Aug 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x117: Episode 117 (Aug 21, 2025)
- Episode 1x116: Episode 116 (Aug 20, 2025)
- Episode 1x115: Episode 115 (Aug 19, 2025)
- Episode 1x113: Episode 113 (Aug 15, 2025)
- Episode 1x112: Episode 112 (Aug 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x109: Episode 109 (Aug 11, 2025)
- Episode 1x104: Episode 104 (Aug 4, 2025)
- Episode 1x103: Episode 103 (Aug 1, 2025)
- Episode 1x102: Episode 102 (Jul 31, 2025)
- Episode 1x101: Episode 101 (Jul 30, 2025)
- Episode 1x97: Episode 97 (Jul 24, 2025)
- Episode 1x95: Episode 95 (Jul 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x94: Episode 94 (Jul 21, 2025)
- Episode 1x93: Episode 93 (Jul 18, 2025)
- Episode 1x92: Episode 92 (Jul 17, 2025)
- Episode 1x91: Episode 91 (Jul 16, 2025)
- Episode 1x90: Episode 90 (Jul 15, 2025)
- Episode 1x89: Episode 89 (Jul 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x84: Episode 84 (Jul 7, 2025)
- Episode 1x82: Episode 82 (Jun 26, 2025)
- Episode 1x80: Episode 80 (Jun 24, 2025)
- Episode 1x79: Episode 79 (Jun 23, 2025)
- Episode 1x78: Episode 78 (Jun 20, 2025)
- Episode 1x77: Episode 77 (Jun 19, 2025)
- Episode 1x76: Episode 76 (Jun 18, 2025)
- Episode 1x74: Episode 74 (Jun 16, 2025)
- Episode 1x73: Episode 73 (Jun 13, 2025)
- Episode 1x71: Episode 71 (Jun 11, 2025)
- Episode 1x70: Episode 70 (Jun 10, 2025)
- Episode 1x67: Episode 67 (Jun 5, 2025)
- Episode 1x66: Episode 66 (Jun 4, 2025)
- Episode 1x64: Episode 64 (Jun 2, 2025)
- Episode 1x63: Episode 63 (May 30, 2025)
- Episode 1x60: Episode 60 (May 27, 2025)
- Episode 1x59: Episode 59 (May 23, 2025)
- Episode 1x58: Episode 58 (May 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x56: Episode 56 (May 20, 2025)
- Episode 1x54: Episode 54 (May 16, 2025)
- Episode 1x52: Episode 52 (May 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x51: Episode 51 (May 13, 2025)
- Episode 1x49: Episode 49 (May 9, 2025)
- Episode 1x48: Episode 48 (May 8, 2025)
- Episode 1x47: Episode 47 (May 5, 2025)
- Episode 1x46: Episode 46 (May 2, 2025)
- Episode 1x45: Episode 45 (May 1, 2025)
- Episode 1x44: Episode 44 (Apr 28, 2025)
- Episode 1x40: Episode 40 (Apr 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x39: Episode 39 (Apr 21, 2025)
- Episode 1x34: Episode 34 (Apr 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x32: Episode 32 (Apr 10, 2025)
- Episode 1x30: Episode 30 (Apr 8, 2025)
- Episode 1x29: Episode 29 (Apr 7, 2025)
- Episode 1x26: Episode 26 (Apr 2, 2025)
- Episode 1x20: Episode 20 (Mar 25, 2025)
- Episode 1x17: Episode 17 (Mar 18, 2025)
- Episode 1x15: Episode 15 (Mar 14, 2025)
- Episode 1x14: Episode 14 (Mar 13, 2025)
- Episode 1x12: Episode 12 (Mar 11, 2025)
- Episode 1x11: Episode 11 (Mar 10, 2025)
- Episode 1x10: Episode 10 (Mar 7, 2025)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Mar 4, 2025)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Mar 3, 2025)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Feb 28, 2025)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Feb 26, 2025)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Feb 25, 2025)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Feb 24, 2025)
Clipped (2024)
Guest starring as Elgin Baylor
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Keep Smiling (Jul 2, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: The Best Words (Jun 25, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Winning Ugly (Jun 18, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: A Blessing and a Curse (Jun 4, 2024)
After Midnight (2024)
Guest starring as Clifton Davis
- Episode 2x65: Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson, Monét X Change, Clifton Davis, Karla Mosley (Feb 19, 2025)
Survival of the Thickest (2023)
Guest starring as Emmanuel
- Episode 1x07: Let It Out, Bitch! (Jul 13, 2023)
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Clifton Davis
- Episode 2025-02-24: H.R. McMaster, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Clifton Davis, Tamara Tunie, Daphnée Duplaix, Karla Mosley (Feb 24, 2025)
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Guest starring as Honorable Elijah Muhammad
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: The Hate That Hate Produced (Aug 29, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: The Fruit Stand Riot (May 2, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: Sting Like a Bee (Apr 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x10: Chickens Come Home to Roost (Dec 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Rent Strike Blues (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Il Canto de Malavita (Nov 3, 2019)
Marvel's Iron Fist (2017)
Guest starring as Lawrence Wilkins
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Black Tiger Steals Heart (Mar 17, 2017)
- Episode 1x08: The Blessing of Many Fractures (Mar 17, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Felling Tree with Roots (Mar 17, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Under Leaf Pluck Lotus (Mar 17, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Eight Diagram Dragon Palm (Mar 17, 2017)
The Good Fight (2017)
Guest starring as Anthony Spiegel
- Episode 1x07: Not So Grand Jury (Mar 26, 2017)
Billions (2016)
Guest starring as Judge Wailand
(6 episodes)
- Episode 7x02: Original Sin (Aug 18, 2023)
- Episode 7x01: Tower of London (Aug 11, 2023)
- Episode 6x09: Hindenburg (Mar 20, 2022)
- Episode 4x01: Chucky Rhoades's Greatest Game (Mar 17, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: Flaw in the Death Star (Apr 22, 2018)
- Episode 2x06: Indian Four (Mar 26, 2017)
Madam Secretary (2014)
Guest starring as Ephraim Ware
(26 episodes)
- Episode 6x08: Ships and Countries (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 6x07: Accountability (Nov 17, 2019)
- Episode 6x05: Daisy (Nov 3, 2019)
- Episode 6x03: Killer Robots (Oct 20, 2019)
- Episode 6x01: Hail to the Chief (Oct 6, 2019)
- Episode 5x20: Better Angels (Apr 21, 2019)
- Episode 5x18: Ready (Mar 31, 2019)
- Episode 5x14: Something Better (Feb 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x13: Proxy War (Jan 27, 2019)
- Episode 5x09: Winter Garden (Dec 9, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: Baby Steps (Nov 18, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: Ghosts (Nov 4, 2018)
- Episode 4x21: Protocol (May 13, 2018)
- Episode 4x19: Thin Ice (Apr 29, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: Reading the Signs (Mar 11, 2018)
- Episode 4x10: Women Transform the World (Dec 17, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: North to the Future (Nov 19, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: Persona Non Grata (Nov 5, 2017)
- Episode 2x21: Connection Lost (Apr 24, 2016)
- Episode 2x18: On the Clock (Mar 27, 2016)
- Episode 2x16: Hijriyyah (Mar 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x15: Right of the Boom (Feb 21, 2016)
- Episode 2x14: Left of the Boom (Feb 14, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: The Greater Good (Dec 13, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: Russian Roulette (Nov 29, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Lights Out (Nov 22, 2015)
Half & Half (2002)
Guest starring as Pastor David Adams
- Episode 2x19: The Big Practice What You Preach Episode (Apr 12, 2004)
Amen (1986)
Starring as Rev. Reuben Gregory
(108 episodes)
- Episode 5x22: Deliverance: Part 2 (May 11, 1991)
- Episode 5x21: Deliverance: Part 1 (May 4, 1991)
- Episode 5x20: Date with an Angel (Apr 27, 1991)
- Episode 5x19: Three's a Crowd (Apr 13, 1991)
- Episode 5x18: The Wild Deak (Apr 6, 1991)
- Episode 5x17: Deak-Scam (Mar 30, 1991)
- Episode 5x16: A Star is Burned (Mar 23, 1991)
- Episode 5x15: My Fair Homeboy (Mar 9, 1991)
- Episode 5x14: Nothin' Says Lovin' ... (Mar 2, 1991)
- Episode 5x13: Three Men and a Hammer (Feb 23, 1991)
- Episode 5x12: The Deacon's Slam Dunk (Feb 9, 1991)
- Episode 5x11: Ernie and the Sublimes (Feb 2, 1991)
- Episode 5x10: Unforgettable (Jan 19, 1991)
- Episode 5x09: Lights, Camera, Deacon (Jan 12, 1991)
- Episode 5x08: The Gospel Truth (Jan 5, 1991)
- Episode 5x07: Judge Deacon Frye (Dec 29, 1990)
- Episode 5x06: Miracle on 134th Street: Part 2 (Dec 22, 1990)
- Episode 5x05: Miracle on 134th Street: Part 1 (Dec 22, 1990)
- Episode 5x04: Yo, Deak (Dec 15, 1990)
- Episode 5x03: Child's Play (Dec 8, 1990)
- Episode 5x02: Two Men, One Woman and a Baby (Dec 1, 1990)
- Episode 5x01: Love, Deacon Style (Nov 17, 1990)
- Episode 4x22: Who's Sorry Now? (Mar 17, 1990)
- Episode 4x21: Trouble in Paradise (Mar 3, 1990)
- Episode 4x20: Deacon's Dilemma (Feb 24, 1990)
- Episode 4x19: Moving In (Feb 17, 1990)
- Episode 4x18: The Talent Show (Feb 12, 1990)
- Episode 4x17: The Honeymoon (Feb 10, 1990)
- Episode 4x16: The Wedding (Feb 3, 1990)
- Episode 4x15: The Deacon and the Mother-in-Law (Jan 27, 1990)
- Episode 4x14: The Roast (Jan 13, 1990)
- Episode 4x13: The Deacon vs. the US Army (Jan 6, 1990)
- Episode 4x12: Thelma Frye, Dough Girl (Dec 16, 1989)
- Episode 4x11: Sergeant in Arms (Dec 6, 1989)
- Episode 4x10: You're in the Army Now: Part 2 (Dec 2, 1989)
- Episode 4x09: You're in the Army Now: Part 1 (Nov 25, 1989)
- Episode 4x08: Thelma Says, I Do (Nov 18, 1989)
- Episode 4x07: Don't Rain on My Shower (Nov 11, 1989)
- Episode 4x06: TV or Not TV (Nov 4, 1989)
- Episode 4x05: Witness for the Defense (Oct 28, 1989)
- Episode 4x04: Who Am I? (Oct 21, 1989)
- Episode 4x03: Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine (Oct 14, 1989)
- Episode 4x02: Where There's a Will (Sep 30, 1989)
- Episode 4x01: The Engagement (Sep 23, 1989)
- Episode 3x22: A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Apr 22, 1989)
- Episode 3x21: Sing, Sister, Sing (Apr 15, 1989)
- Episode 3x20: The Last Supper (Apr 8, 1989)
- Episode 3x19: First Community Talent Show (Apr 1, 1989)
- Episode 3x18: Career Girl (Mar 18, 1989)
- Episode 3x17: Nothing But the Truth (Mar 4, 1989)
- Episode 3x16: The Boxer (Feb 25, 1989)
- Episode 3x15: The Psychic: Part 2 (Feb 18, 1989)
- Episode 3x14: The Psychic: Part 1 (Feb 11, 1989)
- Episode 3x13: The Green Card (Feb 4, 1989)
- Episode 3x12: The Reverend Ernest Frye (Jan 28, 1989)
- Episode 3x11: I Remember Mama (Jan 14, 1989)
- Episode 3x10: Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Jan 7, 1989)
- Episode 3x09: The Deacon's Donkey (Dec 10, 1988)
- Episode 3x08: Thelma's Handyman (Dec 3, 1988)
- Episode 3x07: The Housekeeper (Nov 26, 1988)
- Episode 3x06: The Minister's Wife (Nov 19, 1988)
- Episode 3x05: Get 'Em Up, Scout (Nov 12, 1988)
- Episode 3x04: Court of Love (Nov 5, 1988)
- Episode 3x03: Look at Me, I'm Running (Oct 29, 1988)
- Episode 3x02: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Oct 22, 1988)
- Episode 3x01: Fear of Flying (Oct 8, 1988)
- Episode 2x21: A Slight Case of Murder: Part 2 (May 7, 1988)
- Episode 2x20: A Slight Case of Murder: Part 1 (Apr 30, 1988)
- Episode 2x19: Wedding Bell Blues (Mar 12, 1988)
- Episode 2x18: The Fantasy (Mar 5, 1988)
- Episode 2x17: Deacon Dearest (Feb 27, 1988)
- Episode 2x16: Stranded (Feb 20, 1988)
- Episode 2x15: The Widow (Feb 6, 1988)
- Episode 2x14: To Catch a Thief (Jan 23, 1988)
- Episode 2x13: Man on a Ledge (Jan 16, 1988)
- Episode 2x12: Snakes Alive (Jan 2, 1988)
- Episode 2x11: The Twelve Songs of Christmas (Dec 19, 1987)
- Episode 2x10: Thelma's Little Girl (Dec 12, 1987)
- Episode 2x09: Thelma's Birthday (Dec 5, 1987)
- Episode 2x08: Rolly's Wedding (Nov 28, 1987)
- Episode 2x07: Rolly's Proposal (Nov 21, 1987)
- Episode 2x06: Deacon on the Line (Nov 14, 1987)
- Episode 2x05: Thelma's Reunion (Nov 7, 1987)
- Episode 2x04: Dueling Ministers (Oct 31, 1987)
- Episode 2x03: You Bet Your Life (Oct 24, 1987)
- Episode 2x02: Dancing in the Dark (Oct 17, 1987)
- Episode 2x01: California Dreaming (Oct 3, 1987)
- Episode 1x22: What's Up, Deacon? (Apr 4, 1987)
- Episode 1x21: Glen Garry Glen Thelma (Mar 21, 1987)
- Episode 1x20: The Magician (Mar 14, 1987)
- Episode 1x19: The Rival (Mar 7, 1987)
- Episode 1x18: The Divorce Lawyer (Feb 28, 1987)
- Episode 1x17: Into the Night (Feb 21, 1987)
- Episode 1x16: Yes Sir, That's Your Baby (Feb 14, 1987)
- Episode 1x15: Casting the First Stone (Feb 7, 1987)
- Episode 1x14: Betting on the Boy (Jan 24, 1987)
- Episode 1x13: Thelma's Choice (Jan 17, 1987)
- Episode 1x12: Frye for the Defense (Jan 10, 1987)
- Episode 1x11: Your Christmas Show of Shows (Dec 20, 1986)
- Episode 1x10: After the Fall (Dec 13, 1986)
- Episode 1x09: Reuben's Romance (Dec 6, 1986)
- Episode 1x07: Sermon from the Cell (Nov 22, 1986)
- Episode 1x06: Retreat, Heck! (Nov 15, 1986)
- Episode 1x05: Rolly Falls in Love (Nov 8, 1986)
- Episode 1x04: The Deacon Delivers (Nov 1, 1986)
- Episode 1x03: The Morning After (Oct 11, 1986)
- Episode 1x02: The Courtship of Bess Richards (Oct 4, 1986)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 27, 1986)
The $100,000 Pyramid (1985)
Guest starring as Clifton Davis
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1987-05-15: Adrienne Barbeau & Clifton Davis (May 15, 1987)
- Episode 1987-05-14: Adrienne Barbeau & Clifton Davis (May 14, 1987)
- Episode 1987-05-13: Adrienne Barbeau & Clifton Davis (May 13, 1987)
- Episode 1987-05-12: Adrienne Barbeau & Clifton Davis (May 12, 1987)
- Episode 1987-05-11: Adrienne Barbeau & Clifton Davis (May 11, 1987)
NAACP Image Awards (1984)
Guest starring as Presenter
- Episode 2025-02-22: 56th Annual NAACP Image Awards (Feb 22, 2025)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Mr. Reeves
- Episode 3x27: The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo (Apr 19, 1980)
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
Guest starring as Clifton Davis
- Episode 1x19: Special #19 (Dec 10, 1988)
That's My Mama (1974)
Starring as Clifton Curtis
(37 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Clifton's Casual Fling (Dec 17, 1975)
- Episode 2x12: Get Your Kicks on Routes 22 and 76 (Dec 3, 1975)
- Episode 2x11: A Man From the Past (Nov 19, 1975)
- Episode 2x10: Queen of the Ribs (Nov 12, 1975)
- Episode 2x09: Mama's Big Move (Nov 5, 1975)
- Episode 2x08: Clifton and La Femme (Oct 29, 1975)
- Episode 2x06: Earl's Dad and Mama's Glad (Oct 15, 1975)
- Episode 2x05: A Date With Judy (Oct 8, 1975)
- Episode 2x04: That's Earl, Brother (Oct 1, 1975)
- Episode 2x03: Mama's Solution (Sep 24, 1975)
- Episode 2x02: Business is Business (Sep 17, 1975)
- Episode 2x01: The Birthday Party (Sep 10, 1975)
- Episode 1x26: Stephanie's Boyfriend (Mar 26, 1975)
- Episode 1x24: Trial and Error (Mar 5, 1975)
- Episode 1x23: The Image Maker (Feb 26, 1975)
- Episode 1x22: The Hero (Feb 19, 1975)
- Episode 1x21: Clifton and the Kid (Feb 12, 1975)
- Episode 1x20: The Witness (Feb 5, 1975)
- Episode 1x19: Earl's Girl (Jan 29, 1975)
- Episode 1x18: The Ambulance Chaser (Jan 22, 1975)
- Episode 1x17: The Shakedown (Jan 15, 1975)
- Episode 1x16: The Last Haircut (Jan 8, 1975)
- Episode 1x15: Mama Gets Fractured (Dec 25, 1974)
- Episode 1x14: Song and Dance Man (Dec 11, 1974)
- Episode 1x13: The Gun (Dec 4, 1974)
- Episode 1x12: Tracy's Trouble (Nov 20, 1974)
- Episode 1x11: Oscar's Affair (Nov 13, 1974)
- Episode 1x10: Clifton's Persuasion (Nov 6, 1974)
- Episode 1x09: Clifton's Con (Oct 30, 1974)
- Episode 1x08: The Loan (Oct 23, 1974)
- Episode 1x07: Mama Steps Out (Oct 16, 1974)
- Episode 1x06: Clifton's Big Move (Oct 9, 1974)
- Episode 1x05: Clifton's Sugar Mama (Oct 2, 1974)
- Episode 1x04: Cousin Albert (Sep 25, 1974)
- Episode 1x03: Clifton's Dubious Romance (Sep 18, 1974)
- Episode 1x02: Honesty Day (Sep 11, 1974)
- Episode 1x01: Whose Child is This? (Sep 4, 1974)
Love Story (1973)
Guest starring as James Monroe
- Episode 1x11: A Glow of Dying Embers (Dec 26, 1973)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Clifton Davis
- Episode 14x66: Dec. 2, 1974 (Dec 2, 1974)