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6 days ago · Who should play Louis Gossett Jr.’s classic role of Sgt. Emil Foley in the upcoming ‘An Officer and a Gentleman” remake? The site Military picks five potential candidates.
Jun 18, 2024 · Louis Gossett Jr. became the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Marine Corps Sgt. Emil Foley. (Paramount Pictures)
May 29, 2024 · Known as the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, Louis Gossett Jr. shattered...
Jun 1, 2024 · Actor Louis Gossett Jr in Los Angeles, California, in 1985. Photo: Getty Images. Ground-breaking actor Louis Gossett Jr was only the second black male actor to win an Academy Award, and also a tireless civil rights advocate.
4 days ago · Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP,...
Jun 14, 2024 · The Oscar-winning classic is getting a modern-day remake. By Jamie Jirak - June 14, 2024 03:07 pm EDT. Back in 1982, Richard Gere and Debra Winger starred in the romantic drama An Officer and a...
May 31, 2024 · Photos. Event Description. BHERC, the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center invites you join a Celebration of Life for father, actor and humanitarian Louis Gossett Jr., the Oscar- and Emmy-winning star of such films and TV series as Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Enemy Mine.
