---
name: "Rony Clanton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rony-clanton"
fi1m_id: "rony-clanton"
imdb_id: "nm0163407"
tmdb_id: 90444
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T15:19:21.514703+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rony Clanton

## Identity

Rony Clanton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rony-clanton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rony-clanton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0163407
- **TMDB ID:** 90444
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163407/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90444

Actor. Born 1 November 1946 in Terrace, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1946, Terrace, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 1964–2001
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163407/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90444

## Biography

Rony Clanton is an American actor. He was born on 1 November 1946 in Terrace, North Carolina.

He made his screen debut as Duke (credited as Hampton Clanton) in the 1963 film *The Cool World*. Subsequent film roles include appearances in *Juice* (1992), *Malcolm X* (1992), *The Devil's Advocate* (1997), *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), *See You Yesterday* (2019) and *Rob Peace* (2024). Television credits include episodes of *Law & Order* (from 1990), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), *Boardwalk Empire* (2010–2012) and *Godfather of Harlem* (2019–2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Fi1m 84, as Cemetery Maintenance Man — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *The Cool World* (1964), Fi1m 84, as Duke — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rob Peace* (2024), as Old Friend
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, as Patron — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Dash & Lily* (2020), series, as Melvin
- *Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector* (2020), series, as Homeless Man
- *Godfather of Harlem* (2019), series, as Cecil
- *See You Yesterday* (2019), as Sly
- *The Other Two* (2019), series, as Cab Driver
- *The Mysteries of Laura* (2014), series, as Officer Hampton
- *Hope Springs* (2012), as Ronnie, The Taxi Driver
- *Being Flynn* (2012), as Skid
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, as Langston — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *From Other Worlds* (2004), as Frank
- *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), as Porter
- *The Killing Zone* (2003), as Johnny Iton
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), as Cemetery Maintenance Man — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Slim Jim, Waiter
- *Wonderland* (2000), series, as Bernard
- *The Third Miracle* (1999), as Higgins
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Bus Driver
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Heroin Addict, Pat
- *The Devil's Advocate* (1997), as Junkie
- *Malcolm X* (1992), as Fruit of Islam — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Juice* (1992), as Detective Markham
- *The Return of Superfly* (1990), as Eddie Baker (as Ronny Clanton)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Alternator Jones, Robbie Ward — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Def by Temptation* (1990), as Married Man
- *The Ambulance* (1990), as Vendor
- *The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains* (1987), as Cowboy
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Nightclub Bartender
- *Rappin'* (1985), as Cedric
- *The Cotton Club* (1984), as Caspar Holstein
- *Too Scared to Scream* (1984), as Barker
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Motel Clerk
- *Running Out* (1983), as Ray
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Leroy
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), as Pimp
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Night of the Juggler* (1980), as Pimp #1
- *Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys* (1976), as Andy Wright
- *The Education of Sonny Carson* (1974), as Sonny Carson
- *Claudine* (1974), as Gambler Rolling Dice (uncredited)
- *The Cool World* (1964), as Duke — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)

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