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Richard Arnold Roundtree (July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and four of its sequels, Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973), [1] [2] its 2000 sequel [3] [4] and its 2019 sequel, [2] as well as the eponymous television ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, the actor who redefined African American masculinity in the movies when he played the title role in “ Shaft ,” one of the first Black action heroes, died on Tuesday at his...
Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died. He was 81. The news was confirmed by Roundtree’s...
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Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, a Hollywood icon who played John Shaft in the 1971 introduction to the "Shaft" film franchise, has died. He was 81. His manager, Patrick McMinn of McMinn Management and...
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Richard Roundtree (1942-2023) Actor. Soundtrack. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:04. Thelma (2024) 26 Videos. 99+ Photos. 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.
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Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, an icon of Blaxploitation film who starred as detective John Shaft in Gordon Parks’ 1971 action thriller, died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer....
Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, the Black action hero who played the cool and commanding title character in “Shaft,” the hit 1971 crime thriller about a private detective who “won’t cop out when there’s...
