William Cecil Clayton "Tarzan" (1999) presents a "Clayton" character who owes little to William Cecil Clayton but his name, being more a conflation of the earlier films' Holt (in his explorer aspect) and the novels' Rokoff (in his villainous aspect). William Cecil Clayton William Cecil Clayton is a recurring fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly comics. William Cecil Clayton is a paternal cousin of John Clayton (Tarzan), whom he much resembles, and holder of the title of Lord Greystoke to which the latter is rightful heir. William serves as
John Sampson (character) John Sampson (character) John Sampson is a fictional character in the mystery fictional novel series, "Alex Cross (novel series)" and is one of the main characters. John A. Sampson met African-American Alex Cross and at the age of 10 they became best friends. When both of Sampson's parents died and/or left him (his dad was in prison ; his mother was convicted of possession of heroin with intent to sell )he was practically raised by Alex's grandmother, Nana Mama since Alex's parents were both dead too, which is the reason he moved to Washington, D.C. in the books. They are