Clarence Gilyard Jr., who played 'Conrad McMasters' in the series Matlock for five seasons, has also appeared in the series Diff'rent Strokes and CHiPs.…more
Clarence flew over to New York City to audition for the role of a private investigator on Matlock. He beat out 3 other finalists for the role, after Kene Holliday was fired from the show.
Clarence: (On how he sees himself as a character outside of his faith) As a Catholic Christian, people don't necessarily want to see you in that way, as a person, as a father, as someone called to marriage or as an artist.
Clarence: (When "Walker, Texas Ranger" came to an end) I wanted to start over. I was going to work on my new marriage. After 15 straight years of network TV I knew that I couldn't put a young marriage through that.