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Richard Roundtree

Highest Rated:: 88% Shaft (1971)
Lowest Rated:: 6% Corky Romano (2001)

Birthday:: Jul 9, 1942
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: Blaxploitation superstar Richard Roundtree earned screen immortality during the 1970s as the legendary Shaft, "the black private dick that's the sex machine to all the chicks." Born July 9, 1942, in New Rochelle, NY, Roundtree attended college on a football scholarship but later gave up athletics to…

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Highest Rated Movies

Shaft
88%
Seven (Se7en)
85%
Brick
79%
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
71%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 6% - 88%

Number of Movies: 81

Box Office Since 2001: $88.4M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2010		Confidant	Actor	--
2009		Whatever She Wants	Actor	--
2009		Set Apart	J.T.	--
2009		Whatever She Wants	Actor	--
2009		Retreat!	Actor	--
2008		Ladies of the House	Actor	--
2008	38%	Speed Racer	Ben Burns	$43.9M
2008		Final Approach	Gary Markash	--
2007		All the Days Before Tomorrow	Actor	--
2006		Wild Seven	Lee Marvin	--
2006		Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon	Actor	--
2006		Men Cry in the Dark	Actor	--
2006	79%	Brick	VP Trueman	$2.0M
2005		Painkiller Jane	Col. Watts	--
2005		Treasures of Black Cinema	Actor	--
2004		Vegas Vampires	Actor	--
2004		Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon	Actor	--
2003	7%	Boat Trip	Malcolm	$8.5M
2003		Baadasssss Cinema - A Bold Look at 70's Blaxploitation Films	Actor	--
2002		Capone's Boys	Boom Boom	--
2002		Joe and Max	Director Actor	--
2001	6%	Corky Romano	Howard Shuster	$23.0M
2001	24%	Antitrust	Lyle Barton	$11.0M
2001		Capone's Boys	Actor	--
2000	68%	Shaft	John Shaft	--
1999		Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years	Booker T. Washington	--
1997	56%	George of the Jungle	Kwame	--
1997	12%	Steel	Uncle Joe	--
1997		Any Place But Home	Actor	--
1996	71%	Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored	Cleve	--
1996	50%	Original Gangstas	Businessman	--
1996		Theodore Rex	Commissioner Lynch	--
1995	85%	Seven (Se7en)	Talbot	--
1995		Bonanza - Under Attack	Actor	--
1994		Shadows Of Desire	Actor	--
1994		Ballistic	Actor	--
1994		The Devil's Bed	Actor	--
1994		Bonanza: The Return	Jacob Briscoe	--
1993		Mind Twister	Frank Webb	--
1993		Sins of the Night	Les	--
1993		Gypsy Angels	Actor	--
1993		Body of Influence (Indecent Advances)	Harry Reams	--
1993		Amityville - New Generation	Pauli	--
1993		Angel III: The Final Chapter	Actor	--
1992		Getting Even	Actor	--
1992		Christmas in Connecticut	Actor	--
1992		Deadly Rivals	Agent Daniel Peterson	--
1991		Freedom Is: A Benji and Waldo Adventure	Actor	--
1991		Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight	Samuel Stark	--
1991		Time to Die	Captain Ralph Phipps	--
1989		Night Visitor	Capt. Crane	--
1989		Crack House	Lt. Johnson	--
1989		Miami Cops	Actor	--
1989		The Banker	Lloyd	--
1989		Bad Jim	July	--
1988		Party Line	Capt. Barnes	--
1988		Angel 3: The Final Chapter	Lt. Doniger	--
1988	44%	Maniac Cop	Commissioner Pike	--
1987		Jocks	Chip Williams	--
1986		Opposing Force	Sgt. Stafford	--
1984		Killpoint	Agent Bill Bryant	--
1984		The Baron and the Kid	Frosty	--
1984	23%	City Heat	Dehl Swift	--
1983		Young Warriors (The Graduates of Malibu High)	Sgt. John Austin	--
1983		The Big Score	Gordon	--
1982		One Down, Two To Go	Ralph	--
1982	63%	Q: The Winged Serpent	Sgt. Powell	--
1981		Inchon	Sgt. August Henderson	--
1981		An Eye for an Eye	Capt. Stevens	--
1981		Day of the Assassin	Fessler	--
1979		Escape to Athena	Nat Judson	--
1979		A Game for Vultures	Gideon Marunga	--
1975		Man Friday	Friday	--
1974	20%	Earthquake	Miles	--
1974		Diamonds (Diamond Shaft)	Archie	--
1973	43%	Shaft in Africa	John Shaft	--
1972	70%	Shaft's Big Score!	John Shaft	--
1972		Firehouse	Shelly Forsythe	--
1971	88%	Shaft	Shaft	--
1970		What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?	Actor	--
1939		Tales of Courage	Actor	--

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1. John Henry Irons: What is this? [holding up a large sledge hammer]
2. Susan Sparks: A man name 'John Henry' needs to have a hammer.
3. Uncle Joe: I did the metal work and I especially like the shaft.
From Steel. Submitted by John P (35 days ago)