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

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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 ''

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''. He also has made guest appearances on shows like ''

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''. Stoney Jackson was one of the more visible dancers in the iconic music video for

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's "

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". He appeared in the video for

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's "

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" as the lead vocalist of the fictional group "The Sorels" from the

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film '' Streets of Fire'', in which he appeared. Hill would later cast Jackson again in ''

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'' and '' Wild Bill''. In 1985, he co-starred in the short-lived crime series, "The Insiders," as James Mackey. In 1997, he appeared with John Lafayette and

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in the Season 5, Episode 22 of ''

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''. Jackson also appeared in the film ''

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'', with

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and

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, as Wacky Dee, a take-off on dance-oriented rappers like

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and

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. He performed the song "Dance" in the film. Jackson portrayed the supervillain The Gangster Prankster in Roger Corman's 1997 movie

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and reprises the role in the 2001

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's album ''

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'' (2001) features a track named "Stoney Jackson," and Strong Arm Steady's second album is titled ''

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'' (2010).

Personal life

Stoney Jackson resides in the

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area of southern California. He has a family that consists of his wife and two children. He now works as an LA producer with Everlert.

Music video appearances

* 1983

- "

" * 1984 Dan Hartman - "I Can Dream About You" (version 1) * 1984

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- "Change Your Wicked Ways"

References

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