NNPA NEWSWIRE — His role as “Linc” on “The Mod Squad” in the 1970s, catapulted Williams into the mainstream. But some of his best work came on the big screen, particularly as Prince’s father in the 1984 hit, “Purple Rain,” and nine years later in the Wesley Snipes drama, “Sugar Hill.”| By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Main cast photo from the television program The Mod Squad when the series premiered in 1968. Pictured are Peggy Lipton (Julie Barnes), Michael Cole (Pete Cochran) and Clarence Williams III (Lincoln Hayes) Actor Clarence Williams III, who starred as Lincoln Hayes on the countercultural ABC […]