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Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Arnold Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on July 9, 1942. His father was a garbage collector, caterer and chauffeur who preached at their Pentecostal church. His mother was a ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Paul Archuleta—Getty Images. R ichard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several "Shaft" films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, star of 'Shaft,' dies at 81 Private eye John Shaft was a new kind of figure in film: unapologetically Black with swagger. He clapped back at white cops, he busted mobsters, and ...
Oct 25, 2023 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, said the actor had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Oct 24, 2023 · Richard Arnold Roundtree was born on July 9, 1942, to John and Kathryn Roundtree in New Rochelle, N.Y. Roundtree played football at New Rochelle High School, graduating in 1961, and earned an ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Actor Richard Roundtree died on October 24, 2023. The star of the “Shaft” franchise was 81. Through his action-packed portrayal of Detective John Shaft, Roundtree transitioned the Black male movie lead from the safe, upright roles of Sidney Poitier to the Blaxploitation prototype of a fist-fighting hero with 007-like sexiness.
Richard Roundtree. Actor: Shaft. Richard Roundtree shot to fame as the ultra-hip, flamboyantly-dressed -- not to mention charismatic-- private eye John Shaft. The film Shaft (1971) spawned a genre, two sequels and a series. It made Roundtree a household name, and, for a while, one of the hottest box-office stars in Hollywood. As New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby put it: "Shaft is the sort ...
