Clarence Gilyard Jr — a popular supporting actor whose credits include the blockbuster films Die Hard and Top Gun and the hit television series Matlock and Walker, Texas Ranger — has died at 66 years of age.
Clarence Gilyard's death was announced by his employer, but details about it were limited
Following his acting career he taught acting in Las Vegas where he was described as "a beacon of light and strength" "Professor Gilyard was a beacon of light and strength for everyone around him at UNLV," the school's film chair, Heather Addison, said in a statement. He then appeared in two of the biggest movies of the decade: Top Gun, in which he played Sundown, a radar intercept officer, and Die Hard, where he featured as a villainous computer maven, whose one liners included: "You didn't bring me along for my charming personality."
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