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Calvin Lockhart (born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 – March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian–American stage and film actor. [3] Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros. film Let's Do It Again .
Calvin Lockhart. Actor: Predator 2. Bahamian-born Calvin Lockhart first caught moviegoers' attention in the supercharged urban films Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Halls of Anger (1970) before becoming a fairly steady fixture in the "blaxploitation" movies of the early-to-mid-1970s.
Apr 10, 2007 · NASSAU, the Bahamas, April 9 (AP) Calvin Lockhart, an actor who won acclaim for his roles as underworld figures in 1970s blaxploitation films, died on March 29. He was 72.
Jun 30, 2024 · Explore the life and career of Calvin Lockhart, a distinguished actor with Caribbean roots who made his mark in blaxploitation films and on the Broadway stage.
Apr 7, 2007 · Calvin Lockhart, a strikingly handsome, Bahamian-born actor whose on-screen heyday in the 1970s included prominent roles in “Cotton Comes to Harlem” and “Uptown Saturday Night,” has died.
The celebrated stage and film star. Calvin Lockhart was born in the Bahamas. He appeared in many Blaxploitation films. Starring roles in cult classic films like "Uptown Saturday Night".
Mar 29, 2007 · Calvin Lockhart (born Bert Cooper; October 18, 1934 – March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian-American actor on stage and in film. He was best known for the role of a big time gangster "Biggie Smalls" in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again, not to be confused with the deceased rapper Biggie Smalls.
Apr 8, 2007 · Calvin Lockhart, a strikingly handsome, Bahamian-born actor whose on-screen heyday in the 1970s included prominent roles in “Cotton Comes to Harlem” and “Uptown Saturday Night,” has died.
Calvin Lockhart was an important and perhaps underrated figure in African-American popular culture. He played the charismatic conman-preacher in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), the film for which the term “blaxploitation” was originally coined, and his character’s phrase “Black enough for ya?” became the catch-phrase of a generation of ...
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Apr 9, 2007 · Calvin Lockhart, the Bahaman-born actor who starred in movies such as "Cotton Comes to Harlem" and "Uptown Saturday Night," died in a Nassau hospital at 72.