| Movies (Videos, Films & Projects): |
Year |
Budget |
The Jackal - FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston |
1997 |
$60M |
Sneakers - Donald Crease |
1992 |
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Ghost Dad - Director |
1990 |
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Little Nikita - Roy Parmenter |
1988 |
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Shoot to Kill - Warren Stantin |
1988 |
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Fast Forward - Director |
1985 |
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Hanky Panky - Director |
1982 |
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Stir Crazy - Director |
1980 |
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A Piece of the Action - Manny Durrell, Director |
1977 |
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Let's Do It Again - Clyde Williams, Director |
1975 |
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The Wilby Conspiracy - Shack Twala |
1975 |
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Uptown Saturday Night - Steve Jackson, Director |
1974 |
$3M |
A Warm December - Matt Younger, Director |
1973 |
$3M |
Buck and the Preacher - Buck, Director |
1972 |
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The Organization - Detective Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs SFPD Homicide |
1971 |
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Brother John - John Kane |
1971 |
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They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! - Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs |
1970 |
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The Lost Man - Jason Higgs |
1969 |
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For Love of Ivy - Jack Parks, Writer (story) |
1968 |
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To Sir, with Love - Mark Thackeray |
1967 |
$640K |
In the Heat of the Night - Det. Virgil Tibbs |
1967 |
$2M |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Dr. John Wade Prentice |
1967 |
$4M |
Duel at Diablo - Toller (contract horse dealer) |
1966 |
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The Bedford Incident - Ben Munceford |
1965 |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told - Simon of Cyrene |
1965 |
$20M |
A Patch of Blue - Gordon Ralfe |
1965 |
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The Slender Thread - Alan Newell |
1965 |
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Lilies of the Field - Homer Smith |
1963 |
$240K |
The Long Ships - Prince Aly Mansuh |
1963 |
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Pressure Point - Doctor (Chief Psychiatrist) |
1962 |
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A Raisin in the Sun - Walter Lee Younger |
1961 |
$1.5M |
Paris Blues - Eddie Cook |
1961 |
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All the Young Men - Sgt. Eddie Towler |
1960 |
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Porgy and Bess - Porgy |
1959 |
$7M |
Our Virgin Island - Marcus |
1958 |
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The Defiant Ones - Noah Cullen |
1958 |
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The Mark of the Hawk - Obam |
1957 |
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Band of Angels - Rau-Ru |
1957 |
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Something of Value - Kimani Wa Karanja |
1957 |
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Edge of the City - Tommy Tyler |
1957 |
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Good-bye, My Lady - Gates |
1956 |
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Blackboard Jungle - Gregory W. Miller |
1955 |
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Go, Man, Go! - Inman Jackson |
1954 |
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Red Ball Express - Cpl. Andrew Robertson |
1952 |
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Cry, the Beloved Country - Reverend Msimangu |
1951 |
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No Way Out - Dr. Luther Brooks |
1950 |
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| TV appearance: |
The Last Brickmaker in America (TV movie) - Henry Cobb |
2001 |
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (TV movie) - Noah Dearborn |
1999 |
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Free of Eden (TV movie) - Will Cleamons, Executive Producer
1999 |
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David and Lisa (TV movie) - Dr. Jack Miller |
1998 |
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Mandela and de Klerk (TV movie) - Nelson Mandela |
1997 |
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To Sir, with Love II (TV movie) - Mark Thackeray |
1996 |
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Children of the Dust (TV movie) - Gypsy Smith |
1995 |
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Separate But Equal (TV movie) - Thurgood Marshall |
1991 |
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A Man Is Ten Feet Tall - Tommy Tyler |
1955 |
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Ponds Theater (TV series) - Actor (1 episode, 1955) |
1955 |
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Parole Chief - Actor |
1952 |
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Repertory Theatre (TV series) - Tommy Tyler (2 episodes, 1952-1955) |
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