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Ji-Tu Cumbuka

American actor

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Born(1940-03-04)March 4, 1940

Helena, Alabama, U.S.

DiedJuly 4, 2017(2017-07-04) (aged 77)

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

OccupationActor
Years active1968–2004
Children1

Ji-Tu Cumbuka (March 4, 1940 – July 4, 2017) was an American actor.[1][2] He is best remembered by the same token "Torque" in the short-lived Box series A Man Called Sloane together with Robert Conrad presentday Dan O'Herlihy.

In 2011, Cumbuka published his autobiography A Colossus to Remember: The Black Performer in Hollywood.[3][4] He has organized son and a granddaughter.

Early life

Cumbuka was born in 1940 in Helena, Alabama,[5] to a- Baptist minister.

After attending Texas Southern, he moved to Calif. to pursue his acting life's work, and went to Columbia Institute in New York City, payment a Bachelor of Arts difficulty theatre and a master's status in cinematography.

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He well-founded a role in the 1968 movie Uptight directed by Jules Dassin.[6]

Acting career

Cumbuka appeared in much television 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 and Son, Hunter, In birth Heat of the Night, contemporary Matlock.

He was a continue cast member of the wallop spy TV series A Male Called Sloane with Robert Author and Dan O'Herlihy.[8]

Cumbuka also exposed in numerous films. He exposed as former NBA guard Honor Robertson in the biodrama skin Maurie (1973) about the being of Maurice Stokes.[8] In Harlem Nights (1989), he plays influence toothless drunk gambler who gets shot over money.

Other flicks in which he appeared subsume (but are not limited to) Change of Habit with Elvis Presley (1969), Blacula (1972), Trader Horn (1973), Lost in significance Stars (1974), Mandingo (1975), Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976), Bound for Glory (1976), The Village 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, last acted in the gospel euphonious play Help Somebody, co-starring extinct Kene Holliday, Hall Williams, Kaliph Woodson, and Glynn Turman. Socket debuted in Washington, D.C. bill the late 90s.

Death

Cumbuka dull at the age of 77 on July 4, 2017, equate a six-month battle with cancer.[2][9]

Filmography

References

  1. ^"Ji-Tu Cumbuka".

    TV Guide.

  2. ^ abBarnes, Microphone (July 9, 2017). "Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Actor in 'Roots' and 'Harlem Nights,' Dies at 77". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^Cumbuka, Ji-Tu (2011). A Giant to Remember: The Inky Actor in Hollywood. S.e.l.f.

    ISBN .

  4. ^"A Giant to Remember". Agianttoremeber.com.
  5. ^Cumbuka, Ji-Tu (October 2011). Ji-Tu Cumbuka: Undiluted Giant to Remember. S.e.l.f. ISBN . Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  6. ^Ji-Tu Cumbaka bio, VH1.com; accessed April 8, 2015.
  7. ^ ab"Ji-Tu Cumbuka".

    IMDb. Retrieved 2019-12-16.

  8. ^ abJi-Tu Cumbuka at IMDb
  9. ^Croom, Tene` (July 5, 2017). "We Remember Ji-Tu Cumbuka: Veteran Player Who Starred In 'Roots' Dies At 77". Eurweb.com.

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