Stoney Jackson

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Stoney Jackson
Born
Alwyn Jackson

(1960-02-27) February 27, 1960 (age 64)
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present
Children3

Stonewall W. "Stoney" Jackson (born Alwyn Jackson on February 27, 1960) is an American actor. Jackson was born in Richmond, Virginia.

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Career

He was featured in numerous teen magazines in the 1970s and 1980s, including Right On, Teen Beat, and Tiger Beat. Jackson played a baseball player in the 1994 Disney film Angels in the Outfield . He portrayed high school basketball player Jesse Mitchell on the ensemble series The White Shadow , and Travis Fillmore on the sitcom 227 . He played Black Jack Savage in the pilot episode of The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage . He also has made guest appearances on shows like Hardcastle and McCormick and Everybody Hates Chris . He was also cast as “Kenyatta” an illiterate lowlife in 1999 comedy film Trippin’ .

Stoney Jackson was one of the more visible dancers in the iconic music video for Michael Jackson's "Beat It". He appeared in the video for Dan Hartman's "I Can Dream About You" as the lead vocalist of the fictional group "The Sorels" from the Walter Hill film Streets of Fire , in which he appeared. Hill would later cast Jackson again in Trespass and Wild Bill . In 1985, he co-starred in the short-lived crime series, "The Insiders," as James Mackey. [1] In 1985 he appeared in the Season 11, Episode 14 of The Jeffersons . In 1997, he appeared with John Lafayette and Kyla Pratt in the Season 5, Episode 22 of Walker, Texas Ranger . [2]

Jackson also appeared in the film CB4 , with Chris Rock and Allen Payne, as Wacky Dee, a take-off on dance-oriented rappers like Freedom Williams and MC Hammer. He performed the song "Dance" in the film.

Jackson portrayed the supervillain The Gangster Prankster in Roger Corman's 1997 movie Black Scorpion II and reprises the role in the 2001 Black Scorpion .

Kool Keith's album Spankmaster (2001) features a track named "Stoney Jackson," and Strong Arm Steady's second album is titled In Search of Stoney Jackson (2010).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979The Return of Mod SquadStudentTV movie
The Concorde... Airport '79 American Olympic Athlete
Young Love, First LoveStudentTV movie
Roller Boogie "Phones"
1984 Streets of Fire Bird
1986 Knights of the City Eddie
1987 Jocks Andy
1988 Mortuary Academy James Dandridge
Police Story: Cop Killer-TV movie
The Perfect ModelStedman Austin
1989Baywatch: Panic at Malibu PierLifeguardTV movie
1990 The End of Innocence Leroy
1991Up Against the WallJesse Bradley
By the Sword Johnson
1992Blind VisionTony Davis
Trespass Wicked
1993 CB4 Wacky Dee
1994 Angels in the Outfield Ray Mitchell
Red Sun Rising Gamal
Angel 4: UndercoverMojo Clark
Kangaroo Court-Short
1995 Wild Bill Jubal Pickett
1996 The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson Julian
Lone TigerFurie
The Fan Zamora
Carnival of WolvesJohnny
1997 Black Scorpion II Gangster Prankster
Human DesiresVicVideo
1999 Trippin' Kenyatta
At Face ValueMilitant ManShort
2000The Thief & the StripperU-Dog
2003BlackballCourtney
2019Perfectly SingleLee

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Eight Is Enough DarrenRecurring Cast: Season 4
Stone -Episode: "The Partner"
The Righteous ApplesJamesEpisode: "Point of View"
1980-81 The White Shadow Jesse B. MitchellMain Cast: Season 3
1982 M*A*S*H SoldierEpisode: "Blood and Guts"
1983 The Mississippi LouEpisode: "Joey"
Hardcastle and McCormick Harold 'Death Ray' ThomasEpisode: "The Prince of Fat City"
1984 Trapper John, M.D. RickyEpisode: "It's About Time"
Highway to Heaven Mau MauEpisode: "The Return of the Masked Rider"
1985 The Jeffersons MonkEpisode: "Last Dance"
1985-86 The Insiders James MackeyMain Cast
1986-87 Santa Barbara Paul WhitneyRegular Cast
1989 Dragnet Jesse James JonesEpisode: "Automated Muggings"
1989-90 227 Travis FilmoreMain Cast: Season 5
1991 The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage Black Jack SavageEpisode: "Pilot"
Adam-12 -Episode: "No Mercy"
1993 Family Matters LeeEpisode: "Tender Kisses"
1994 Tales from the Crypt Aaron ScottEpisode: "The Pit"
1997 Walker, Texas Ranger Zack RussellEpisode: "The Neighborhood"
1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Lonnie HathawayEpisode: "The Long Road to Nowhere"
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction LawrenceEpisode: "A Joyful Noise"
The Hughleys Ray RayEpisode: "The Thanksgiving Episode"
2000 Charmed P.D. Alan SloanEpisode: "The Honeymoon's Over"
2001 Black Scorpion Gangster PranksterRecurring Cast
2006 Everybody Hates Chris Mr. JacksonEpisode: "Everybody Hates Drew"
2010 Modern Family RefereeEpisode: "Benched"
2012 Psych Fred DozierEpisode: "True Grits"
2016-20Sangre NegraCimmaron SqualleyRecurring Cast
2022Sangre Negra...Black BloodCimmaron SqualleyMain Cast: Season 1

Music videos

YearSongArtist
1983"Beat It" Michael Jackson
1984"I Can Dream About You" (version 1)" Dan Hartman
"Change Your Wicked Ways" Penny Ford

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