Stoney Jackson

Stoney Jackson
Born	Alwyn Jackson (1960-02-27) February 27, 1960 (age 64) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–present
Children	3

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

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Return of Mod Squad	Student	TV movie
	The Concorde... Airport '79	American Olympic Athlete
	Young Love, First Love	Student	TV 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 Model	Stedman Austin
1989	Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier	Lifeguard	TV movie
1990	The End of Innocence	Leroy
1991	Up Against the Wall	Jesse Bradley
	By the Sword	Johnson
1992	Blind Vision	Tony Davis
	Trespass	Wicked
1993	CB4	Wacky Dee
1994	Angels in the Outfield	Ray Mitchell
	Red Sun Rising	Gamal
	Angel 4: Undercover	Mojo Clark
	Kangaroo Court	-	Short
1995	Wild Bill	Jubal Pickett
1996	The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson	Julian
	Lone Tiger	Furie
	The Fan	Zamora
	Carnival of Wolves	Johnny
1997	Black Scorpion II	Gangster Prankster
	Human Desires	Vic	Video
1999	Trippin'	Kenyatta
	At Face Value	Militant Man	Short
2000	The Thief & the Stripper	U-Dog
2003	Blackball	Courtney
2019	Perfectly Single	Lee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Eight Is Enough	Darren	Recurring Cast: Season 4
	Stone	-	Episode: "The Partner"
	The Righteous Apples	James	Episode: "Point of View"
1980-81	The White Shadow	Jesse B. Mitchell	Main Cast: Season 3
1982	M*A*S*H	Soldier	Episode: "Blood and Guts"
1983	The Mississippi	Lou	Episode: "Joey"
	Hardcastle and McCormick	Harold 'Death Ray' Thomas	Episode: "The Prince of Fat City"
1984	Trapper John, M.D.	Ricky	Episode: "It's About Time"
	Highway to Heaven	Mau Mau	Episode: "The Return of the Masked Rider"
1985	The Jeffersons	Monk	Episode: "Last Dance"
1985-86	The Insiders	James Mackey	Main Cast
1986-87	Santa Barbara	Paul Whitney	Regular Cast
1989	Dragnet	Jesse James Jones	Episode: "Automated Muggings"
1989-90	227	Travis Filmore	Main Cast: Season 5
1991	The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage	Black Jack Savage	Episode: "Pilot"
	Adam-12	-	Episode: "No Mercy"
1993	Family Matters	Lee	Episode: "Tender Kisses"
1994	Tales from the Crypt	Aaron Scott	Episode: "The Pit"
1997	Walker, Texas Ranger	Zack Russell	Episode: "The Neighborhood"
1998	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Lonnie Hathaway	Episode: "The Long Road to Nowhere"
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Lawrence	Episode: "A Joyful Noise"
	The Hughleys	Ray Ray	Episode: "The Thanksgiving Episode"
2000	Charmed	P.D. Alan Sloan	Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over"
2001	Black Scorpion	Gangster Prankster	Recurring Cast
2006	Everybody Hates Chris	Mr. Jackson	Episode: "Everybody Hates Drew"
2010	Modern Family	Referee	Episode: "Benched"
2012	Psych	Fred Dozier	Episode: "True Grits"
2016-20	Sangre Negra	Cimmaron Squalley	Recurring Cast
2022	Sangre Negra...Black Blood	Cimmaron Squalley	Main Cast: Season 1

Music videos

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

References

1. "Jet (Vol. 68, No. 20)". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company: 53. 29 July 1985. ISSN 0021-5996 – via Google Books.
2. "Walker, Texas Ranger: The Neighborhood (1997)". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

External links

• Stoney Jackson at IMDb