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- He played Williams, a martial artist invited to a tournament run by crime lord and renegade Shaolin monk Han. The role was originally intended for actor Rockne Tarkington, who unexpectedly dropped out days before shooting in Hong Kong.
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He played Williams, a martial artist invited to a tournament run by crime lord and renegade Shaolin monk Han. The role was originally intended for actor Rockne Tarkington, who unexpectedly dropped out days before shooting in Hong Kong.
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Jul 2, 2013 · With his perfectly styled Afro, cool bop walk and smart-aleck mouth, martial artist and actor Jim Kelly, who died from cancer on Saturday at the age of 67, was a seventies screen sensation who became an icon. Michael A. Gonzales appreciates cinema's first African-American martial arts star.
Feb 23, 2024 · Jim Kelly was the first Black martial arts film star. His Hollywood career began with a martial arts instructor role in “Melinda” (1972). His appearance developed after the film’s writer asked him to join the cast when he taught star Calvin Lockhart martial arts.
Kelly played one of the main characters, ‘Mister Keyes,’ who was shown as a martial artist and as someone who played a major role in unearthing of a plot to kill African–Americans. In 1974, Kelly performed as ‘Jeff’ in the American adventure movie ‘Golden Needles.’.
Actor: Enter the Dragon. With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s.
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Jul 1, 2013 · Kelly worked as a martial arts instructor in Los Angeles when he was tapped for his first role in the action movie, “Melinda.” But he is best known for his work in the 1973 Bruce Lee film ...
Jun 29, 2013 · In 1974 Jim Kelly made his first appearance in the lead role in the film Black Belt Jones with Robert Clause, the director of Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon (1973) and then he starred in Black Samurai (1976), directed by genre veteran Al Adamson.
