Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

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Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (born September 4, 1953) is an American actor and singer.

He has appeared in a number of film and television shows, including Claudine (1974), Cooley High (1976), Welcome Home, Kotter (1977), Bangers and Mash (1983), and The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992).

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Life and career

Hilton-Jacobs was born in New York City, New York, as the fifth of nine children of parent Hilton Jacobs (died 2000) and Clothilda Jacobs (died 2008). He started his acting career in 1969 and graduated from the High School of Art and Design in 1971. Before his acting career began, he attended Wilkes University for a short time. He performed with the Negro Ensemble Company and the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble later in life.

He appeared on ABC hit comedy show Welcome Back, Kotter in 1975. He played Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington. Hilton-Jacobs appeared in Cooley High in 1975 and was involved in the blockbuster ABC mini-series Roots two years later. Over the years, Hilton-Jacobs appeared in a few commercials, including an early 1970s advertisement for The United Negro College Fund. He appeared in the 1989-1990 science fiction television series Alien Nation as Sgt. Dobbs, an LAPD detective, is the subject of a forensic investigation. In Rob Zombie's slasher film 31, he portrayed Panda Thomas (#1) (#1).

In the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream, Hilton-Jacobs portrayed Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, the father of the Jackson family. He also appeared in a Salon Selective commercial.

On Rick James' 1981 album, Street Songs, Hilton-Jacobs performed.

The Hilton-Jacobs Projects was named as a salute to Eddie Murphy's television show The PJs is named the Hilton-Jacobs Projects as a tribute to him.

He has two children.

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