Roger Hill (July 31, 1948 – February 20, 2014) was an American actor.
Career
Born in the Bronx, Hill played the role of Cyrus in the 1979 film ''
The Warriors''.
[O'Connor, Tim (February 26, 2014)]
"The Warriors' actor, lifelong New Yorker Roger Hill dies at age 65"
'' Daily News'' (New York). February 26, 2014, He also portrayed the character of Lil John in the 1974 film ''
The Education of Sonny Carson
''The Education of Sonny Carson'' is a 1974 American blaxploitation drama film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson. The film was directed by ''The Mack'' director Michael Campus, and starring Rony Clanton, Don Gordon, Joyc ...
'', and took on the role of Ernest Clay
in the 1976 TV movie ''Hazard's People'' starring
John Houseman
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.
After his work in ''
The Warriors'', Hill performed in the
ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime (sometimes shortened to ABC-D or ABCD) is a division responsible for the daytime programming block on the ABC Network and syndicated programming. The block has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.
Histor ...
soap opera ''
One Life to Live'' playing the part of Alex Lowndes from 1983–1985.
He was in Hart to Hart episode Murder, Murder on the Wall.
Hill was chosen to portray the doomed gang lord Cyrus in ''
The Warriors'' after the original actor chosen for the part, a real life gang leader, mysteriously disappeared just before filming started.
In 2006, Hill filed a lawsuit of $250,000 against
Take-Two for using his voice and depiction in
''The Warriors'' video game. He claimed that it would not have been difficult for Take-Two to pay, since the game made $37 million. A spokesman for Take-Two stated that the company "has a valid third-party license for the rights to use Roger Hill's likeness and the character of Cyrus in ''The Warriors'' video game and related marketing materials".
Personal life
Hill was the father of film editor Chris Hill. Hill died of a heart attack in February 2014 at the age of 65.
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Selected filmography
References
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1948 births
2014 deaths
20th-century American male actors
African-American male actors
American male film actors
American male soap opera actors
American male television actors
Male actors from New York City
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American people