Stoney Jackson


Stonewall W. "Stoney" Jackson 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. 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.
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 features a track named "Stoney Jackson," and Strong Arm Steady's second album is titled In Search of Stoney Jackson.

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980Eight Is EnoughDarrenRecurring Cast: Season 4
1980Stone-Episode: "The Partner"
1980The Righteous ApplesJamesEpisode: "Point of View"
1980-81The White ShadowJesse B. MitchellMain Cast: Season 3
1982M*A*S*HSoldierEpisode: "Blood and Guts"
1983The MississippiLouEpisode: "Joey"
1983Hardcastle and McCormickHarold 'Death Ray' ThomasEpisode: "The Prince of Fat City"
1984Trapper John, M.D.RickyEpisode: "It's About Time"
1984Highway to HeavenMau MauEpisode: "The Return of the Masked Rider"
1985The JeffersonsMonkEpisode: "Last Dance"
1985-86The InsidersJames MackeyMain Cast
1986-87Santa BarbaraPaul WhitneyRegular Cast
1989DragnetJesse James JonesEpisode: "Automated Muggings"
1989-90227Travis FilmoreMain Cast: Season 5
1991The 100 Lives of Black Jack SavageBlack Jack SavageEpisode: "Pilot"
1991Adam-12-Episode: "No Mercy"
1993Family MattersLeeEpisode: "Tender Kisses"
1994Tales from the CryptAaron ScottEpisode: "The Pit"
1997Walker, Texas RangerZack RussellEpisode: "The Neighborhood"
1998Mike Hammer, Private EyeLonnie HathawayEpisode: "The Long Road to Nowhere"
1998Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionLawrenceEpisode: "A Joyful Noise"
1998The HughleysRay RayEpisode: "The Thanksgiving Episode"
2000CharmedP.D. Alan SloanEpisode: "The Honeymoon's Over"
2001Black ScorpionGangster PranksterRecurring Cast
2006Everybody Hates ChrisMr. JacksonEpisode: "Everybody Hates Drew"
2010Modern FamilyRefereeEpisode: "Benched"
2012PsychFred DozierEpisode: "True Grits"
2016-20Sangre NegraCimmaron SqualleyRecurring Cast
2022Sangre Negra...Black BloodCimmaron SqualleyMain Cast: Season 1

Music videos