Actor
Writer
Director
December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005
Credits:
The L Word (2004–2005); Proud
(2004); She Hate Me (2004); JAG (2003); Baadasssss! (2003); Deacons for Defense
(2003); Touched by an Angel (1996–2002); Presidio Med (2002); Bubba Ho-Tep
(2002); Philly (2002); The Feast of All Saints (2001); Legend of the Candy Cane
(2001); Between the Lions (2001); J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American
Illustrator (2000); Here's to Life! (2000); Dinosaur (2000); Finding Buck
McHenry (2000); Third Watch (1999–2000); City of Angels (2000); A Vow to
Cherish (1999); Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999); The
Soul Collector (1999); The Secret Path (1999); Alyson's Closet (1998); Promised
Land (1996–1998); Doctor Dolittle (1998); The Protector (1997); 12 Angry Men
(1997); Miss Evers' Boys (1997); Home of the Brave (1996); Ripper (1996); I'm
Not Rappaport (1996); Get on the Bus (1996); The Client (1995–1996); The
Android Affair (1995); Sesame Street (1995); Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
(1995); The Great Battles of the Civil War (1994); The Client (1994); Evening
Shade (1990–1994); Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994); The Stand (1994);
Grumpy Old Men (1993); Cop & ½ (1993); American Experience (1993); Queen
(1993); The Ernest Green Story (1993); Lincoln (1992); Malcolm X (1992); Gladiator
(1992); Hands Upon the Heart (1991); Jungle Fever (1991); We'll Take Manhattan
(1990); B.L. Stryker (1989–1990); Joe Versus the Volcano (1990); The Red Shoes
(1990); Do the Right Thing (1989); School Daze (1988); Crown Dick (1987); Avenging
Angel (1985); The House of God (1984); Harry & Son (1984); American
Playhouse (1983); Purlie (1981); Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel'
Paige (1981); Ossie and Ruby! (1980–1981); All God's Children (1980); Freedom
Road (1979); Hot Stuff (1979); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); King (1978);
NBC Special Treat (1977); Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977); The Tenth
Level (1976); Cool Red (1976); Let's Do It Again (1975); Hawaii Five-O (1974); The
CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1974); Gordon's War (1973); Love,
American Style (1973); Black Girl (1972); The Sheriff (1971); Kongi's Harvest
(1970); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Night Gallery (1969); Slaves (1969); Sam
Whiskey (1969); Bonanza (1959); The Name of the Game (1969); Teacher, Teacher
(1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); The Scalphunters (1968); The Outsider (1967); Run for
Your Life (1966–1967); 12 O'Clock High (1966); The Fugitive (1966); A Man Called
Adam (1966); History of the Negro People (1965); Slattery's People (1965); The
Hill (1965); The Defenders (1961–1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); Shock
Treatment (1964); The Cardinal (1963); East Side/West Side (1963); The Great
Adventure (1963); Gone Are the Days! (1963); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962–1963);
Seven Times Monday (1962); Play of the Week (1960–1961); John Brown's Raid (1960);
CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Playhouse 90 (1960); Kraft Theatre (1955); The
Emperor Jones (1955); The Joe Louis Story (1953); Fourteen Hours (1951); No Way
Out (1950).