Clarence Gilyard Net Worth

Clarence Gilyard Net Worth: Clarence Gilyard was an American actor and college professor who had a net worth of $5 million at the time of his death. Unfortunately Clarence died on November 28, 2022 at the age of 66. Clarence Gilyard was born in Moses Lake, Washington in December 1955. He moved to Los Angeles, California to become an actor in 1980. He acted on stage and was the first black actor to play the cheerleader in Bleacher Bums. His first TV appearance came on the series Diff'rent Strokes in 1981. From 1982 to 1983 he starred as Benjamin Webster in the TV series CHiPs. In 1984 Gilyard starred in the series The Duck Factory. In 1986 he appeared in the movies Top Gun and The Karate Kid, Part II. He played Theo in the movie Die Hard in 1988 and starred as Conrad McMasters in Matlock from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 2001 he starred as James Trivette in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger. He appeared in 196 of the show's 203 episodes. Clarence starred in the 2013 TV series artScene. Gilyard won awards for Supporting Actor in Walker, Texas Ranger at the 1999 Lone Star Film & Television Awards and the 2000 Image Awards. He spent a year as an Air Force Academy cadet and played college football. He received his master's degree in teaching theater at Southern Methodist University and spent his later years as an Associate Professor in the College of Fine Arts – Department of Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.