Bahamian-born Calvin Lockhart first caught moviegoers' attention in the supercharged urban films Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Halls of Anger (1970) before becoming a fairly steady fixture in the "blaxploitation" movies of the early-to-mid 1970s. Born Bert Cooper to a large family in Nassau on October 18, 1934, he was raised there before moving...
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Movies
Let's Do It Again, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Wild at Heart, Predator 2, Coming to America, Uptown Saturday Night, The Beast Must Die, Halls of Anger, Melinda, Leo the Last, Dark of the Sun, Only When I Larf, Honeybaby, Honeybaby, Nobody Runs Forever, Joanna, Salt and Pepper, Myra Breckinridge, Rain, A...
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
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After his death on 29 March, 2007, Lockhart's family announced plans to establish a scholarship fund in his name for Bahamian students who are interested in acting and filmmaking.
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Turned down the lead role in the popular series Room 222 (1969) that eventually went to Lloyd Haynes.
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Was the first black actor to play leads with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Originally studied to become a civil engineer at Cooper Union in NYC.
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