- Birthday: 1936-05-27
- Deathday: 2024-03-29
- Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Age: 87
- Average Role Age: 61.37
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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IF | 05/08/24 | Lewis (voice) | 87 | |
The Color Purple | 12/25/23 | Ol' Mister | 87 | |
Outlaw Johnny Black | 09/15/23 | Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited) | 87 | |
Sidney | 09/10/22 | Self | 86 | |
Three Months | 02/23/22 | Benny | 85 | |
Not to Forget | 11/26/21 | Pastor John | 85 | |
I Forgive | 10/01/21 | God (voice) | 85 | |
The Reason | 09/12/20 | Pastor Jim | 84 | |
The Cuban | 07/31/20 | Luis Garcia | 84 | |
Miracle in East Texas | 02/07/20 | Irving Tanner Jr. | 83 | |
Foster Boy | 10/03/19 | Judge George Taylor | 83 | |
Supervized | 07/16/19 | Pendle | 83 | |
The Gang Activists | 07/04/19 | Self | 83 | |
Hal | 03/28/19 | Self | 82 | |
Breaking Brooklyn | 05/25/18 | Miles Bryant | 81 | |
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | 10/14/17 | Self | 81 | |
Undercover Grandpa | 07/07/17 | Mother | 81 | |
Double Play | 01/27/17 | Coco | 80 | |
King of the Dancehall | 01/13/17 | The Bishop | 80 | |
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | 10/14/16 | Self | 80 | |
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | 05/13/16 | Himself | 79 | |
Boiling Pot | 09/29/15 | Detective Haven | 79 | |
Pride of Lions | 06/03/14 | Lou Jones | 78 | |
A Fighting Man | 04/24/14 | Cubby | 77 | |
And the Oscar Goes To... | 02/01/14 | Self (archive footage) | 77 | |
Miracle at Gate 213 | 12/10/13 | Roy Peddington | 77 | |
Smitty | 04/10/12 | Mr. Smith | 75 | |
The Undershepherd | 02/15/12 | Bishop Redford | 75 | |
Dog Jack | 12/02/11 | Grown up Jed | 75 | |
The Grace Card | 02/25/11 | George Wright | 74 | |
Why Did I Get Married Too? | 04/02/10 | Porter | 73 | |
The Perfect Game | 11/09/09 | Cool Papa Bell | 73 | |
The Least Among You | 01/12/09 | Samuel Benton | 72 | |
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | 01/01/09 | Self | 72 | |
Delgo | 12/12/08 | King Zahn (voice) | 72 | |
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth | 02/12/08 | Self | 71 | |
A Love Story of Today | 02/12/08 | Self | 71 | |
A Special Kind of Love | 02/12/08 | Self | 71 | |
The Black List: Volume One | 01/22/08 | Himself | 71 | |
Stories USA | 11/10/07 | Doc (segment "Club Soda") | 71 | |
Cover | 05/08/07 | Detective Hicks | 70 | |
Daddy's Little Girls | 02/14/07 | Willie | 70 | |
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | 02/03/07 | Self | 70 | |
Club Soda | 09/22/06 | Doc | 70 | |
Solar Attack | 05/25/06 | President Ryan Gordon | 69 | |
All In | 03/14/06 | Caps | 69 | |
Left Behind: World at War | 10/21/05 | President Geral Fitzhugh | 69 | |
Lackawanna Blues | 02/12/05 | Ol'lem Taylor | 68 | |
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | 07/13/04 | Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage) | 68 | |
Jasper, Texas | 06/08/03 | R.C. Horn | 67 | |
Momentum | 03/26/03 | Raymond Addison | 66 | |
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away | 05/31/02 | Dr. Barnes | 66 | |
Deceived | 03/26/02 | Col. David Garrett | 65 | |
For Love of Olivia | 03/18/01 | Daniel Stewart | 64 | |
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | 03/19/00 | Lou Hastings | 63 | |
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | 03/12/00 | Frank | 63 | |
The Highwayman | 01/01/00 | Phil Bishop | 63 | |
Strange Justice | 08/29/99 | Vernon Jordan | 63 | |
Y2K | 07/01/99 | Morgan | 63 | |
Love Songs | 04/25/99 | Reuben | 62 | |
The Inspectors | 09/20/98 | Inspector Frank Hughes | 62 | |
Legend of the Mummy | 03/30/98 | Corbeck | 61 | |
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | 02/10/98 | Self | 61 | |
In His Father's Shoes | 06/05/97 | Frank Crosby / Richard | 61 | |
To Dance with Olivia | 03/09/97 | Daniel Stewart | 60 | |
Inside | 08/25/96 | Questioner | 60 | |
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | 06/16/96 | Bob Kersee | 60 | |
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | 04/14/96 | James Mink | 59 | |
Managua | 04/09/96 | Paul | 59 | |
Iron Eagle IV | 12/01/95 | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 59 | |
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 06/05/95 | Self | 59 | |
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | 03/20/95 | Ray Alexander | 58 | |
Zooman | 03/19/95 | Rueben Tate | 58 | |
A Father for Charlie | 01/01/95 | Walter Osgood | 58 | |
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing | 01/01/95 | Narrator | 58 | |
Flashfire | 09/15/94 | Ben Durand | 58 | |
Curse of the Starving Class | 09/13/94 | Ellis | 58 | |
A Good Man in Africa | 07/14/94 | Prof. Sam Adekunle | 58 | |
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | 05/13/94 | Ray Alexander | 57 | |
Blue Chips | 02/18/94 | Father Dawkins (uncredited) | 57 | |
Monolith | 09/16/93 | Capt. MacCandless | 57 | |
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | 04/19/93 | 56 | ||
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | 11/11/92 | Reader | 56 | |
Diggstown | 08/14/92 | "Honey" Roy Palmer | 56 | |
Iron Eagle III | 01/09/92 | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 55 | |
Keeper of the City | 12/20/91 | Det. James Dela | 55 | |
Carolina Skeletons | 09/30/91 | James Bragg | 55 | |
Toy Soldiers | 04/24/91 | Dean Parker | 54 | |
The Josephine Baker Story | 03/16/91 | Sidney Williams | 54 | |
Cover-Up | 02/22/91 | Lou Jackson | 54 | |
Sudie and Simpson | 09/11/90 | Simpson | 54 | |
El Diablo | 07/22/90 | Van Leek | 54 | |
Zora is My Name! | 01/01/90 | 53 | ||
The Punisher | 10/05/89 | Jake Berkowitz | 53 | |
Roots: The Gift | 12/11/88 | Fiddler | 52 | |
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | 12/03/88 | Big John Creed | 52 | |
Iron Eagle II | 11/11/88 | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 52 | |
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play | 05/31/88 | Sam | 52 | |
The Father Clements Story | 12/13/87 | 51 | ||
The Principal | 09/18/87 | Jake Phillips | 51 | |
A Gathering of Old Men | 05/10/87 | Mathu | 50 | |
Firewalker | 11/21/86 | Leo Porter | 50 | |
Iron Eagle | 01/17/86 | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 49 | |
Enemy Mine | 12/12/85 | Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan | 49 | |
The Guardian | 10/20/84 | John Mack | 48 | |
Finders Keepers | 05/18/84 | Century | 47 | |
Jaws 3-D | 07/22/83 | Calvin Bouchard | 47 | |
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die | 07/15/83 | narrator | 47 | |
An Officer and a Gentleman | 07/28/82 | Sergeant Emil Foley | 46 | |
Benny's Place | 05/31/82 | Benny Moore | 46 | |
I Love Liberty | 03/21/82 | Self | 45 | |
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | 05/31/81 | Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | 45 | |
It Rained All Night the Day I Left | 08/05/80 | Leo Garcia | 44 | |
Lawman Without a Gun | 05/30/79 | Tom Hayward | 43 | |
To Kill a Cop | 04/10/78 | Everett Walker | 41 | |
The Lazarus Syndrome | 01/01/78 | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 41 | |
Freeman | 12/31/77 | Rex | 41 | |
The Choirboys | 12/23/77 | Calvin Motts | 41 | |
The Deep | 06/17/77 | Henri Cloche | 41 | |
Little Ladies of the Night | 01/16/77 | Russ Garfield | 40 | |
J.D.'s Revenge | 08/25/76 | Rev. Elija Bliss | 40 | |
The River Niger | 04/14/76 | Dr. Dudley Stanton | 39 | |
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within | 04/19/75 | Otis James | 38 | |
Black Bart | 01/01/75 | Black Bart | 38 | |
The White Dawn | 07/21/74 | Portagee | 38 | |
Sidekicks | 03/21/74 | Jason O'Rourke | 37 | |
It's Good to Be Alive | 02/22/74 | Sam Brockington | 37 | |
The Laughing Policeman | 12/20/73 | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 37 | |
Travels with My Aunt | 12/17/72 | Wordsworth | 36 | |
Skin Game | 09/30/71 | Jason O'Rourke | 35 | |
The Landlord | 05/20/70 | Copee Johnson | 33 | |
The Bushbaby | 09/01/69 | Tembo | 33 | |
Companions in Nightmare | 11/23/68 | Lt. Adam McKay | 32 | |
A Raisin in the Sun | 05/28/61 | George Murchison | 25 | |
The New Girl | 01/01/60 | Mary's Brother | 23 | |
Gridiron Gang | None | Host | 87 | |
Everbrook (The Home) | None | 87 | ||
Straight Up | None | Cosmo | 87 | |
Crimes of Violence | None | Self - Host | 87 | |
Forget to Remember | None | 87 |