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Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
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Director, Actor Born: 1954 in Virgin Islands Biography:A native of the Virgin Islands, black leading man "Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs" began popping up with regularity on American TV and movie screens in 1974. His earliest credits include the "Diahann Carroll" film "Claudine" (1974) and a well-distributed TV public service announcement produced by the United Negro College Fund. In 1975, Hilton-Jacobs was cast as wisecracking "sweathog" Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington on the TV sitcom Welcome Back Kotter; he won the role on the strength of his work in the 1975 theatrical feature "Cooley High". During the long "Kotter" run, Hilton-Jacobs was one of several prominent black performers to appear in the groundbreaking miniseries "Roots" (1977). Like most of the rest of the "Kotter" cast, Hilton-Jacobs found the going a bit rough after the series was cancelled in 1979. His subsequent work has included a major role in the 1989 pilot film for the Fox Network series... Full Biography
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