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Willis Burks II (October 25, 1935 – November 21, 2010), sometimes credited as Willis Burks or Willis Burks Jr., was an American television, film, stage and voice actor whose acting career spanned more than thirty years. Burks was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 25, 1935.
Actor: King of California. Willis Burks II was born on 25 October 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for King of California (2007), Everything's Jake (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004). He died on 21 November 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Born October 25, 1935, in Birmingham, AL. Career:Actor. Awards, Honors: Obie Award, Village Voice, Drama Desk Award, Audelco Award, L.A. Ovation Award nomination, Los Angeles Theatre Alliance, award from Hollywood chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Joseph Jefferson Award, all for Jitney.
Film Appearances:
Willie, Equinox (also known as Isimeria), 1992. The Preacher's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996. Baja, Fall, 1997. (As Willis Burks) Selwyn, Sunday, 1997. Colonel, Everything's Jake, Blackjack Entertainment/Boz Productions, 2000. (As Willis Burks) Gift for the Living(short film), 2005. Also appeared in Deadline.
Television Appearances; Movies:
Troy, Trigger Happy, Independent Film Channel, 2001. Appeared as an old man in Black Filmmaker Showcase, Showtime.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
Monty, "Slave," Law & Order, NBC, 1996. Vagrant, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1996. Mr. Baxter, "The Unthinkable," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1997. Ralph Weathers, "Jones," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2001. Thomas, "Walk Like a Man," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2002. Old man, Everybody Hates Chris, UPN, 2005. Appeared as Judge Robin Ingles in another episode of Law & Order, NBC; also appeared in...
Video Games:
Voice of Pope Joe, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Vivendi Universal Games, 2004.
Dec 10, 2010 · 25 October 1935 – 21 November 2010. By: Rashid Bahati. Willis Burks, II throughout his distinguished professional career was a widely beloved, highly accomplished actor of stage, TV and...
Willis Burks II (born October 25, 1935 in Birmingham; died November 21, 2010 in Los Vegas, Nevada) was a film, television, stage and voice actor. Burks grew up in Birmingham as the fourth of eight children. He left as a young man and served in the Air Force. He studied at the Columbia Liberal Arts College and University of Minnesota.
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Find bio, credits and filmography information for Willis Burks II on AllMovie - Character actor Willis Burks II branched out into film roles in his early sixties, initially with…
