The Resume

(October 2, 1929-December 16, 1993)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
Films include ‘The Great White Hope,’ ‘Shaft (1971),’ ‘Shaft’s Big Score,’ ‘The Iceman Cometh (1973),’ ‘Ragtime’ (included an NAACP award), ‘The NeverEnding Story,’‘Heartbreak Ridge,’ and ‘Bates Motel’
Kintango on ‘Roots’
TV guest appearances include Kung Fu (‘The Stone’), Good Times, ‘Highway to Heaven,’ and Homicide: Life on the Street (final appearance)
Co-founder of ‘Negro Ensemble Company’ in 1960s

Why he might be annoying:

On the death of his mother, when he was 12, he left home and rode the railroad.
Despite both actors appearing in two different series, he never shared a scene with John Amos in either.
He was slated to play the role of a judge in ‘The Stand’ (a 1994 miniseries; the role eventually went to Ossie Davis).

Why he might not be annoying:

He did a three-year stint in the U.S. Army.
He did not officially become an actor until his early 30s.
In two separate appearances on The Cosby Show, he played two different characters.
His one marriage, for the final 27 years of his life, bore him one son (though his wife already had a daughter at the time).

Credit: Cool It All Right?

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Cool It All Right?'s Profiles [Series 15]
• Good Times
• Hoarse Raspy Voices
• I am from St. Louis
• I am from Tennessee
• I Died in 1993 (Ranked: 64)
• I Have Asthma
• I Portrayed a Gangster
• I Portrayed Othello
• Milos Forman Films
• NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Ranked: 1982)
• Profiles 45251-45500 (Ranked: 45387)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying