BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " WILLIE C. CARPENTER " IS AN ACTOR AND BEST KNOWN FOR HIS RECURRING ROLES ON REASONABLE DOUBTS AS ROBERT MAXWELL 1600 : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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Willie C. Carpenter

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Willie C. Carpenter
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963-Present

Willie C. Carpenter, also credited as Willie Carpenter, is an actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on Reasonable Doubts as Robert Maxwell, 1600 Penn as General Maurer and Devious Maids as Kenneth Miller.^[1]

Personal life

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Career

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Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1978	The Wiz	Aunt Em's Party	credited as Willie Carpenter
1988	The Chair	Al
1989	Family Business	'Caper' Cop
1991	Grand Canyon	Simon's Friend
1992	Double Trouble	Police Captain
	Amityville 1992: It's About Time	Doctor	Video
1993	Hard Target	Elijah Roper	credited as Willie Carpenter
	Dollman vs. Demonic Toys	Police Officer
	Full Eclipse	Ron Edmunds
1994	Little Giants	Ref #1
1995	My Family	I.N.S. Guard
	White Man's Burden	Marcus
1996	Albino Alligator	Reporter
1997	Men in Black	Police Inspector
	The Underground[disambiguation needed]	The Hound
	Around the Time	Role Unknown	Short; credited as Willie Carpenter
1999	At First Sight	Jack Falk	Credited as Willie Carpenter
	The Hunter's Moon	Horace
	The Best Man	Pastor	credited as Willie Carpenter
	The Insider	John Harris
2000	Followers	Mr. Trayer
2001	Earth vs. the Spider	Dr. Calloway
2003	Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood	Father Jacob
2005	The Warriors	The Hobos (voice)	Video Game: credited as Willie Carpenter
2007	Take	Aging Man
	Bleeding Rose	Ebony's Father
2008	Shark Swarm	Mayor
	Dudley's Raft	Judge Prestly	Short
2011	Under-Tow	Norman	Short
	Life of Lemon	Lester
2013	Criticized	Captain Pollard
	Jonestown	Willie	Short
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	General Hospital	Eugene	One Episode: Unknown, credited as Willie Carpenter
1978	As the World Turns	Detective Francis	One Episode: Hank Comes Out
1989	227	Derek	One Episode: Flying Down to Leo's
1990	Mathnet	Man at Post Office	One Episode: The Case of the Swami Scam (credited as Willie Carpenter)
	Sugar and Spice	Binder	One Episode: Lovers and Other Truckers
	Tales from the Crypt	Mallory	One Episode: The Sacrifice
1991	Knot's Landing	Scott	One Episode: The Last One Out
1991-1992	Reasonable Doubts	Robert Maxwell (season 1)	Six Episodes:
1991-1993	The Wonder Years	Mr. Glavin & Mr. Altman	Four Episodes: The Candidate and The Yearbook as Mr. Altman and The Test and The Little Women as Mr. Glavin
1993	Melrose Place	Detective	One Episode: Much Ado about Everything credited as Willie Carpenter
	Bakersfield P.D.	Agent Wilder	One Episode: The President's Coming credited as Willie Carpenter
1995	The Client	Zachary Owen	One Episode: Them That Has...
	Courthouse	Chief Bailiff	One Episode: Conflict of Interest
	Nowhere Man	Rick	One Episode: It's Not Such a Wonderful Life
	Chicago Hope	James	One Episode: Christmas Truce
1996	Ellen	Officer Wilson	One Episode: The Mugging
	High Incident	Role Unknown	One Episode: Welcome to America (credited as Willie Carpenter)
1997	Crisis Center	Board Member #1	One Episode: The Center
	Arli$$	Judge	One Episode: Kirby Carlisle, Trouble-Shooter
	C-16: FBI	Role Unknown	One Episode: The Sandman
	L.A. Heat	Dorian	One Episode: Death House
1998	Spin City	Nigerian Delegate	One Episode: Quest for Fire
1998-1999	Cosby	Ed, Darien's Father	Two Episodes: Enter Lucas and The Wedding
1999	Third Watch	Capt. Whaling, FDNY	One Episode: Responsible Parties
2000	Welcome to New York	Danny	One Episode: Pilot
	The District	Jack Favreau	One Episode: The Jackal
2001	Kate Brasher	Role Unknown	One Episode: Kate
	Deadline	Role Unknown	One Episode: Red Herring
2003	Gilmore Girls	Chief Baker	One Episode: A Tale of Poes and Fire
2004	The Practice	Steven Watson	One Episode: The Firm
	The Big House	Rev. Wilson	One Episode: The Anniversary Party
	Boston Legal	Walter Mack	One Episode: Questionable Characters
2005	NCIS	Arthur Gruden	One Episode: Doppelgänger
2006	Close to Home	Judge Menendez	One Episode: Legacy (uncredited)
	The Unit (TV series)	George Blane	One Episode: Silver Star
2008	Las Vegas	Role Unknown	One Episode: Three Weddings and a Funeral: Part 2
2009	House M.D.	Del Wilson	One Episode: Wilson
2010	The Young and the Restless	Judge	One Episode: Episode #1.9345
2011	Harry's Law	Judge Banks	One Episode: A Day in the Life credited as Willie Carpenter
2013	1600 Penn	General Maurer	Three Episodes: The Skiplantic Ocean, Meet the Parent and Game Theory
2014	Rectify	Turner	One Episode: Episode #2.10
	Devious Maids	Kenneth Miller (season 2-present)	Three Episodes: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Dangerous Liaisons and Crimes of the Heart(Recurring Role)