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Leon Isaac Kennedy
Leon Isaac Kennedy (born January 1, 1949) is a retired American actor, disc jockey, film producer and playwright. Kennedy's acting roles include Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone in Jamaa Fanaka's ''Penitentiary (1979 film), Penitentiary'' (1979), ''Penitentiary II'' (1982), and ''Penitentiary III'' (1987), FBI Agent Marcus Jackson in Steve Carver's ''Lone Wolf McQuade'' (1983), and Leon "The Lover" Johnson in the 1981 film ''Body and Soul (1981 film), Body and Soul'' alongside his then-wife Jayne Kennedy. Career Leon Isaac Kennedy was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 1, 1949, he first began his career as a disc jockey and nightclub promoter.''Trying to Get Over: African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986'', By Keith Corson Page 127 , ''Outside of Society''/ref> Kennedy headed to Los Angeles, California to seek success in his career in June 1971. Once in California, Kennedy became a DJ on the FM rock station and also worked as a coordinator for a variety show. In 1972, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the list of cities in Ohio, second-most populous city in Ohio, and the List of United States cities by population, 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area, the Metropolitan statistical area, 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron, Ohio, Akron–Canton, Ohio, Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Clea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Iglehart
James Iglehart (born September 12, 1949) is a former American actor who appeared in six films during the 1970s and was the leading actor in the 1973 blaxploitation film '' Savage!''. Iglehart also had a role as the violent womanizing Randy Black in the Russ Meyer directed 1970 film ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls''. In 1971 he had a role as Clay Rutherford in '' The Seven Minutes'', which also featured Ron Randell, John Carradine and an up-and-coming Tom Selleck. Then he starred alongside Scott Glenn and Gary Busey in a violent biker exploitation flick, '' Angels Hard as They Come'', a film that also featured Sharon Peckinpah, the daughter of director Sam Peckinpah. In 1973 and 1974 he had lead roles as Cal Jefferson in '' Bamboo Gods And Iron Men'', a Filipino Martial arts/blaxploitation film. In 1978 he appeared in ''Death Force'', his last role alongside Carmen Argenziano and Felton Perry. Background Iglehart played professional baseball before beginning a career as an act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson Publishing Company
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. (JPC) was an American publishing company founded in November 1942 by African-American businessman John H. Johnson. It was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. JPC was privately held and run by Johnson until his death in 2005. His publications "forever changed the popular representation of African Americans." The writing portrayed African Americans as they saw themselves and its photojournalism made history. Led by its flagship publication, '' Ebony'', Johnson Publishing was at one time the largest African-American-owned publishing firm in the United States. JPC also published '' Jet'', a weekly news magazine, from November 1951 until June 2014, when it became digital only. In the 1980s, the company branched into film and television. The company's last chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) was the founder's daughter, Linda Johnson Rice. In its final years, Johnson Publishing Company sold off assets including its historic 820 S. Michigan Avenu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebony (magazine)
''Ebony'' is a monthly magazine that focuses on news, culture, and entertainment. Its target audience is the Black-American community, and its coverage includes the lifestyles and accomplishments of influential black people, fashion, beauty, and politics. ''Ebony'' magazine was founded in Chicago in 1945 by John H. Johnson, for his Johnson Publishing Company. He sought to address African-American issues, personalities and interests in a positive and self-affirming manner. Its cover photography typically showcases African-American public figures, including entertainers and politicians, such as Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, former U.S. senator Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Tyrese Gibson, and Tyler Perry. Each year, ''Ebony'' selects the "100 Most Influential Blacks in America". After 71 years, in June 2016, Johnson Publishing sold both ''Ebony'' and '' Jet'', another Johnson publication, to a private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickliffe, Ohio
Wickliffe is a city in western Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,652 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area. History A post office called Wickliffe has been in operation since 1843. The city was named after Charles A. Wickliffe, 11th United States Postmaster General. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is landlocked due to the neighboring cities of Euclid, Ohio, Euclid and Willowick, Ohio, Willowick (to which it partially lent its name); it also borders Willoughby, Ohio, Willoughby. Eastlake, Ohio, Eastlake and Richmond Heights, Ohio, Richmond Heights are also located close by. Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2010, there were 12,646 people and 5,523 households living in the city, The population density was . The racial makeup of the city was 89.0% White people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Against The Law (TV Series)
''Against the Law'' is an American legal comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network from September 23, 1990, until April 5, 1991 (followed by an April 12 rerun of the February 1st episode). Starring Michael O'Keefe and Suzzanne Douglas, the series centered on the brash Boston lawyer Simon MacHeath, who left his job at a prestigious law firm to start his own defense practice. Seventeen one-hour episodes were broadcast from September 23, 1990, to April 5, 1991. Cast * Michael O'Keefe as Simon MacHeath * Suzzanne Douglas as Yvette Carruthers * Elizabeth Ruscio as Elizabeth Verhagen * Rosalind Chao as Toy Feng * M. C. Gainey as J.T. "Miggsy" Meigs * Fritz Weaver Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 theatre, television, and film productions in a career spanning nearly 60 years. Weaver won the 1970 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ... as Skipper Haverhill * Barbara Williams as Phoebe * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeleton Coast (film)
''Skeleton Coast'' is a 1987 South African-made mercenary war film directed by John Cardos in the first of three films for producer Harry Alan Towers. It was the first of Towers' Breton Film Productions. Plot During the Angolan Civil War, CIA agent Michael Smith is working with UNITA rebels. He is captured by the Angolan Armed Forces and sent to a prison to be interrogated by an East German named Major Schneider. Smith's father, retired US Marine Corps Colonel Bill Smith has no faith in the United States Government freeing his son. The Colonel travels to South West Africa where he pays the mysterious Elia for accurate information about his son's location of captivity. Colonel Smith hires seven mercenaries that he will lead into Angola to rescue his son. Captain Simpson, the leader of a security force of a diamond mine has a man keeping his eye on the Colonel fearing that he may be a diamond smuggler. Elia's wife Opal is carrying on an illicit relationship with Simpson and infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Vosloo
Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African and American actor. He began his career as a stage actor and starring in South African films like '' Boetie Gaan Border Toe'' (1984). After emigrating to the United States in the late 1980s, he became known for playing villainous roles, most notably as Imhotep in '' The Mummy'' (1999) and '' The Mummy Returns'' (2001). Vosloo is also known for his roles in '' Hard Target'' (1993), '' Agent Cody Banks'' (2003), ''Blood Diamond'' (2006), '' Silverton Siege'' (2022), and as Zartan in '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009) and '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'' (2013). He played terrorist Habib Marwan in the fourth season of '' 24'' (2005), Amit Hadar on ''NCIS'' (2009–10), Robin van Rees on ''Cape Town'' (2016) and Rudy Tafero on ''Bosch'' (2017). Early life An Afrikaner of Dutch and German ancestry, Vosloo was born into a Pretoria acting family, his parents having been stage actors. His father ran a drive-in theater in Alberton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vaughn
Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades and who was best known for his role as secret agent Napoleon Solo on '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (1964–68). He was a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, two Laurel Awards, and four times for the Golden Globe Award. Vaughn also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Vaughn had his breakthrough role as disabled, drunken war veteran Chester A. Gwynn in '' The Young Philadelphians'', earning him a 1960 Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently appeared in scores of films, notably as gunman Lee in ''The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), Walter Chalmers in ''Bullitt,'' Major Paul Krueger in ''The Bridge at Remagen'' (1969), the voice of Proteus IV in '' Demon Seed'' (1977) and Ross Webster in '' Superman III'' (1983). To televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, macho image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 1999. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth-most-popular star at the box office. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable film roles included La Bete in ''The Trap (1966 film), The Trap'' (1966), Bill Sikes in ''Oliver! (film), Oliver!'' (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Picture), Gerald in ''Women in Love (film), Women in Love'' (1969), the title role in ''Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), Urbain Grandier in ''The Devils (film), The Devils'' (1971), Athos (character), Athos in ''The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film), The Three Musketeers'' (1973) and ''The Four Musketeers (1974 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Lom
Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru (11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012), known professionally as Herbert Lom (), was a Czech-British actor with a career spanning over 60 years. His cool demeanour and precise, elegant elocution saw him cast as criminals or suave villains in his younger years, and professional men and nobles as he aged. Highly versatile, he also played the beleaguered Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in seven '' Pink Panther'' films. Lom’s other notable films included '' The Ladykillers'' (1955), ''War and Peace'' (1956), ''Spartacus'' (1960), ''El Cid'' (1961), ''Mysterious Island'' (also 1961), ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1962), and ''The Dead Zone'' (1983). He also originated the role of the King of Siam in the original West End production of The King and I, and starred on the 1960s television drama '' The Human Jungle''. Early life and education Lom was born in Prague to Karl Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru and Olga Got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine ( ; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows. Borgnine's film career began in 1951 and included supporting roles in ''China Corsair'' (1951), ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''Vera Cruz (film), Vera Cruz'' (1954), ''Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955), and ''The Wild Bunch'' (1969). He played the unconventional lead in many films, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Marty (film), Marty'' (1955), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Borgnine starred as the title character in the sitcom ''McHale's Navy'' (1962–1966) and co-starred as Dominic Santini in the action series ''Airwolf'' (1984–1986). Borgnine earned his third Primetime Emmy Award nomination at age 92 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
