Ji-Tu Cumbuka

AKA: Jitu Cumbuka

0.6223

1942-03-04

Montgomery County, Alabama, USA

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {64}

Roommate

1971-11-30 7.2

Brian's Song

Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Lt. Jackson

1979-10-12 4.313

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde

When a Black doctor develops a serum that is supposed to regenerate dying liver cells and tests it on himself, it accidentally turns him into an albino monster with a lust for murdering prostitutes, p ...

Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Slim Snedeger

1976-12-05 6.883

Bound for Glory

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working clas ...

Genre :Music, Drama

Cicero

1975-06-06 6.566

Mandingo

Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex ...

Genre :Romance, Drama, History

Sgt. Gannett

1979-06-15 5.167

Walk Proud

A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Duboff

1985-08-05 2.5

Covenant

A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them. ...

Genre :Drama, Horror, TV Movie

Josh

1989-05-01 6

Caged in Paradiso

A prisoner's wife joins him on an island where a killer satellite and shark-infested waters keep inmates in check. ...

Genre :Action, Drama

Leroy 'Tank' Whittier

1975-05-09 0

The Blue Knight

In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Reginald Brown

1993-01-01 5

Midnight Edition

After interviewing a convicted killer, a reporter becomes obsessed with his mesmerizing subject. When his life is threatened, he comes to his senses, but it may be too late to save his family. ...

Genre :Thriller

Mookie

1988-11-01 2.429

Glitch!

Two thieves rob a large fancy house when the owner is away. But when a visitor mistakes them for the owner, and they find out about a casting party mis-scheduled for that day, they decide to stick aro ...

Genre :Comedy

Melvin

1985-05-22 6.599

Brewster's Millions

Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone wh ...

Genre :Comedy

Lemar

1986-07-25 5.3

Out of Bounds

Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller

Woody Shaw

1979-10-14 5.5

Flesh & Blood

A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Alley Pimp

1984-06-29 6.3

Bachelor Party

On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends. ...

Genre :Comedy

Oscar

1973-08-01 0

Maurie

When an African-American basketball star suffers sudden paralysis, his white friend and teammate assists in his rehabilitation. ...

Genre :Drama

Torque

1981-03-05 5

Death Ray 2000

A flamboyant secret agent from UNIT, a secret counterespionage group, teams with a lady spy to retrieve a stolen device capable of destroying the world from the clutches of a sinister munitions magnat ...

Genre :Action, Thriller, TV Movie

Emperor's Bodyguard

1983-05-10 3.7

The Nightingale

A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship. ...

Genre :Fantasy, TV Movie

Thurston

1979-08-03 5

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Ivory. The trio go undercover to protect a lady scie ...

Genre :Action, Drama, TV Movie

Orange Stripe

1973-06-01 2.5

Trader Horn

During the First World War a Hunter and trader in Africa joins forces with a couple looking for a source of platinum try to survive while fleeing British soldiers, dealing with German slavers and troo ...

Genre :Adventure

Black Captain

1972-12-21 5.8

Up the Sandbox

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's de ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Lothar

1979-01-24 0

Mandrake

Mandrake, a famous magician, and his assistant, Lothar, come to the aid of an amusement-park owner who is being blackmailed by a madman who is killing the park's customers until he gets his money. ...

Genre :Mystery, Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, TV Movie

Bernie Feldstein

1985-05-19 4.5

Doin' Time

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves. ...

Genre :Comedy

Brother Lateef

1980-10-31 6

The Jericho Mile

A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie, Crime, Thriller

Cicero

1985-08-16 5.5

Volunteers

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villag ...

Genre :Comedy

Rick

1968-12-28 6.6

Uptight

Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Officer Marv Pulaski (uncredited)

1978-03-07 0

Last of the Good Guys

Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away from retirement, is on the job, and who, when he sud ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Skillet

1972-08-25 5.4

Blacula

An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman wh ...

Genre :Horror, Fantasy

Cab Driver

1987-01-30 6

Outrageous Fortune

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study wit ...

Genre :Comedy

Guard

1977-03-18 6.5

Fun with Dick and Jane

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime

Johannes

1974-04-08 6.4

Lost in the Stars

A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son. ...

Genre :Drama, Music

Hawk

1969-11-10 5.3

Change of Habit

Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — are actually nuns in street clothes. The church want ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Music, Romance

Hogan's Henchman

1977-11-10 3.833

Angela

A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls ...

Genre :Drama

1982-10-26 5.6

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teach ...

Genre :Drama

Marty

1981-12-04 5.6

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series r ...

Genre :Soap, Drama

Calder Williams

1984-09-30 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Hot Dog Vendor

2000-10-06 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bubba

1983-01-23 7.5

The A-Team

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit." ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Trucker

1982-09-26 7.5

Knight Rider

Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arrang ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime

1985-09-14 6.7

227

A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors. ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

1972-01-14 7.4

Sanford and Son

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son. ...

Genre :Comedy

Security Director

1979-12-27 6.7

Knots Landing

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community. ...

Genre :Drama, Soap

1979-09-22 5

A Man Called Sloane

A Man Called Sloane is an American secret agent adventure television series that aired on NBC during the 1979-1980 television season. It was a Woodruff Production in association with QM Productions, a ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Slade

1973-10-24 7.02

Kojak

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City. ...

Genre :Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery

1989-09-18 6.937

Alien Nation

Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off again' flirtation with a female Newcomer, Cathy Frankel. ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

Homer

1984-09-18 7.1

Hunter

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

1986-09-27 6.5

Amen

Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars He ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

Lucas Hunter

1964-09-24 6.968

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20 ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Western

1973-03-20 6.9

Police Story

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of polic ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

1975-02-24 7

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired o ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Hawk

1977-09-12 5

Young Dan'l Boone

Young Dan'l Boone is a short-lived TV series broadcast on CBS for only four episodes from September 12 to October 10, 1977. The series followed Daniel Boone on his adventures before he was married. Hi ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

1987-03-19 5

The Bronx Zoo

The Bronx Zoo is a 1987 NBC drama series directed by Allan Arkush and Paul Lynch. It lasted two seasons before cancellation. ...

Genre :Drama

1989-09-21 7

Hardball

Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule. ...

Genre :Crime, Action & Adventure

Wrestler

1977-01-23 7.4

Roots

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of a ...

Genre :Drama

Giles

1983-09-18 6.4

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcas ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

Emperor's Bodyguard

1982-09-11 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales. ...

Genre :Drama, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy

Soldier

1974-01-18 7.264

The Six Million Dollar Man

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cy ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

John 'Blue' Andrews

1973-10-24 7.02

Kojak

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City. ...

Genre :Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Obbie

1967-03-28 6.8

Ironside

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gravedigger

1983-01-23 7.5

The A-Team

Genre :Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Lafayette Delacroix

1972-09-23 7.02

The Streets of San Francisco

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learn ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure

Moorish Warrior / Rider

1985-09-29 7.7

MacGyver

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items h ...

Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

Omar

1972-10-14 7.678

Kung Fu

The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Jim Saunders

1973-12-19 7.2

The Snoop Sisters

Two elderly mystery novelists solve real crimes. ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy

Jerry Stone

1986-03-03 7.126

Matlock

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Produc ...