| 词条 | Hugh Hurd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Hugh Lincoln Hurd | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1925 | birth_place = | death_date = July 15, 1995 | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | yearsactive = | spouse = Merlyn Purdy | children = 4 }} Hugh Lincoln Hurd (1925 – July 15, 1995) was an American actor and civil rights activist. Hurd is known for his lead role in John Cassavetes' debut 1959 feature film Shadows and for his organizing activities for African-American actors. BiographyHugh Lincoln Hurd was born in 1925. His most notable acting roles were as the male lead in the 1959 film Shadows directed by John Cassavetes and a major role in the Japanese film The Catch (1961), as a prisoner of war.[1][2][1] He also had roles in The Winner (1963), For Love of Ivy (1968), The Hot Rock (1972), Blade (1973), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), The First Deadly Sin (1980), Liebestraum (1991), Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992), and Who's the Man? (1993).[1][2] He performed other minor roles in television and commercials.[2] His last film appearance was in the 1995 documentary Anything for John.[2] Hurd performed minor theatrical roles in The Threepenny Opera, The Little Foxes, and Four Saints in Three Acts.[2][3] Hurd was active in organizing work that combated racial discrimination against African Americans in general and African-American actors in particular. In the late 1950s at the Village Gate nightclub, he co-organized with Godfrey Cambridge and Maya Angelou to fund raise $9,000 for Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement.[2] He co-founded the Committee for the Employment of Negro Performers with Godfrey Cambridge in 1962.[2] In 1964, Hurd was the subject of a portrait painted by the noted artist Alice Neel.[4] The painting is titled "Hugh Hurd" and is currently held by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.[5] Hurd died July 15, 1995 in New York City within Greenwich Village at St. Vincent's Hospital.[2] According to his family, Hurd died from complications from hypertension and kidney failure.[2] Personal lifeHe married twice and had four daughters including actress Michelle Hurd, known for her role in the television series Special Victims Unit.[2] Filmography
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References1. ^{{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|year=1995|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0253-3}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news |last1=Saxon |first1=Wolfgang |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/20/obituaries/hugh-hurd-70-actor-with-role-in-early-civil-rights-movement.html |title=Hugh Hurd, 70, Actor with Role in Early Civil Rights Movement |accessdate=2 March 2019 |work=New York Times |date=July 20, 1995}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Hugh L. Hurd |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hugh-l-hurd-86158 |website=The Broadway League |accessdate=3 March 2019}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Neel|first1=Alice|last2=Hills|first2=Patricia|title=Alice Neel: Paintings of Two Decades [Exhibition] Boston University Art Gallery, October 9 Through November 2, 1980|year=1980|publisher=Boston University Art Gallery|oclc=894173571}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Hugh Hurd |url=https://collection.crystalbridges.org/objects/6597/hugh-hurd?ctx=0b9232ae-b48d-446c-9e43-7805f9e3017f&idx=9 |website=Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |accessdate=3 March 2019}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web |title=Hugh Hurd - Filmography |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1694934 |website=British Film Institute |accessdate=2 March 2019}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web |title=Hugh Hurd - Filmography |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/71718-Hugh-Hurd |website=American Film Institute |accessdate=2 March 2019}} Further reading
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