A pioneering television actor, writer, and director who emerged in the 1960s just as things were opening up for African American artists in front of and behind the camera.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series • 1962
The Six Million Dollar Man
Series • 1974
Taxi
Series • 1978
The Carol Burnett Show
Series • 1967
Lou Grant
Series • 1977
Baretta
Series • 1975
That Girl
Series • 1966
Police Story
Series • 1973
The Mothers-in-Law
Joe Forrester
Voyage of the Yes
Movie • 1973
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Movie • 1986
Cindy
Movie • 1978