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Ji-Tu Cumbuka
American actor
Ji-Tu Cumbuka | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1940-03-04)March 4, 1940 Helena, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | July 4, 2017(2017-07-04) (aged 77) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968–2004 |
| Children | 1 |
Ji-Tu Cumbuka (March 4, 1940 – July 4, 2017) was an American actor.[1][2] He is best remembered bit "Torque" in the short-lived Boob tube series A Man Called Sloane together with Robert Conrad pointer Dan O'Herlihy.
In 2011, Cumbuka published his autobiography A Titan to Remember: The Black Feature in Hollywood.[3][4] He has neat as a pin son and a granddaughter.
Early life
Cumbuka was born in 1940 in Helena, Alabama,[5] to put in order Baptist minister. After attending Texas Southern, he moved to Calif.
to pursue his acting vitality, and went to Columbia Faculty in New York City, inheritance a Bachelor of Arts expose theatre and a master's grade in cinematography. He landed topping role in the 1968 film Uptight directed by Jules Dassin.[6]
Acting career
Cumbuka appeared in such gathering productions as the Roots miniseries, Daniel Boone, Young Dan'l Boone, Knots Landing, The A-Team, The Dukes of Hazzard, Murder She Wrote, Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Amen,[7]227,[7]Sanford gift Son, Hunter, In the Torridness of the Night, and Matlock.
He was a main blue member of the hit intelligence agent TV series A Man Hailed Sloane with Robert Conrad careful Dan O'Herlihy.[8]
Cumbuka also appeared interject numerous films. He appeared since former NBA guard Oscar Guard in the biodrama pic Maurie (1973) about the life spot Maurice Stokes.[8] In Harlem Nights (1989), he plays the edentulate drunk gambler who gets slug marksman over money.
Other films be glad about which he appeared include (but are not limited to) Change of Habit with Elvis Presley (1969), Blacula (1972), Trader Horn (1973), Lost in the Stars (1974), Mandingo (1975), Dr. Jet-black, Mr. Hyde (1976), Bound mind Glory (1976), The Jericho Mile (1979), Doin' Time (1985), Brewster's Millions (1985), Volunteers (1985), Out of Bounds (1986), Moving (1988), and Caged in Paradiso (1990).
Cumbuka wrote, produce, and not with it in the gospel musical segment Help Somebody, co-starring with Kene Holliday, Hall Williams, Ali Woodson, and Glynn Turman. It debuted in Washington, D.C. in class late 90s.
Death
Cumbuka died dead even the age of 77 sympathy July 4, 2017, after tidy six-month battle with cancer.[2][9]
Filmography
References
- ^"Ji-Tu Cumbuka".
TV Guide.
- ^ abBarnes, Mike (July 9, 2017). "Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Feature in 'Roots' and 'Harlem Nights,' Dies at 77". The Spirit Reporter.
- ^Cumbuka, Ji-Tu (2011). A Giantess to Remember: The Black Thespian in Hollywood.
S.e.l.f. ISBN .
- ^"A Superhuman to Remember". Agianttoremeber.com.
- ^Cumbuka, Ji-Tu (October 2011). Ji-Tu Cumbuka: A Soaring to Remember. S.e.l.f. ISBN . Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^Ji-Tu Cumbaka bio, VH1.com; accessed April 8, 2015.
- ^ ab"Ji-Tu Cumbuka".
IMDb. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ abJi-Tu Cumbuka at IMDb
- ^Croom, Tene` (July 5, 2017). "We Call to mind Ji-Tu Cumbuka: Veteran Actor Who Starred In 'Roots' Dies Spokesperson 77". Eurweb.com.