| 词条 | Ji-Tu Cumbuka |
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| name = Ji-Tu Cumbuka | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|03|04}} | birth_place = Helena, Alabama, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|7|4|1940|3|4}} | death_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1968–2004 | children = 1 }}Ji-Tu Cumbuka (March 4, 1940 – July 4, 2017) was an American actor.[1][2] In 2011, Cumbuka published his autobiography A Giant to Remember: The Black Actor in Hollywood.[2][3] He has a son and a granddaughter. Early lifeBorn in 1940 in Helena, Alabama,[4] to a Baptist minister who believed acting was "the devil's work", he left home and moved to New York. After several difficult years, he enlisted in the Army, where he played football and ran track. He made All-Army in both sports. He was offered many college scholarships, but chose to attend Texas Southern University.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} After Texas Southern, he moved to California to pursue his acting career, and later continued his education at Columbia College in New York City, earning a bachelor of arts in theatre and a master's degree in cinematography. After three years of attending acting classes and acting in community plays and workshops, he landed a role in the 1968 movie Uptight directed by Jules Dassin.[5] Acting careerCumbuka appeared in such television productions as the Roots miniseries, Daniel Boone, Young Dan'l Boone, Knots Landing, The A-Team, The Dukes of Hazzard, “Murder She Wrote”,Walker, Texas Ranger, Crime Scene Investigation, Sanford and Son, and In the Heat of the Night. He was a regular cast member of the short-lived spy series A Man Called Sloane.[6] Cumbuka also appeared in numerous films. He appeared as former NBA guard Oscar Robertson in the biodrama pic Maurie (1973) about the life of Maurice Stokes.[6] In Harlem Nights (1989), he plays the toothless drunk gambler who gets shot over money. Other films include Change of Habit with Elvis Presley (1969), Blacula (1972), Trader Horn (1973), Lost in the Stars (1974), Mandingo (1975), Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976), Bound for Glory (1976), The Jericho Mile (1979), Doin' Time (1985), Brewster's Millions (1985), Volunteers (1985), Out of Bounds (1986), Moving (1988) and Caged in Paradiso (1990), as well as appearances in other films. DeathCumbuka died at the age of 77 on July 4, 2017, after a six-month battle with cancer.[7][8] References1. ^{{cite web|work=TV Guide | title=Ji-Tu Cumbuka|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ji-tu-cumbuka/credits/156960/}} 2. ^{{cite book|publisher=Google Books | title=A Giant to Remember: The Black Actor in Hollywood|date=2011|author=Cumbuka, Ji-Tu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UltVDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://agianttoremember.com/|website=Agianttoremeber.com|title=A Giant to Remember}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=UltVDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=ji-tu+cumbuka+1940&source=bl&ots=3asile_AlL&sig=BxD8hXZ_nhgD00LPLMhdl3Ck5TE&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ7NONuvLUAhVI2IMKHT58AwIQ6AEIYzAM#v=onepage&q=ji-tu%20cumbuka%201940&f=false |title=Ji-Tu Cumbuka: A Giant to Remember |accessdate=5 July 2017 |publisher=books.google}} 5. ^Ji-Tu Cumbaka bio, VH1.com; accessed April 8, 2015. 6. ^1 {{IMDb name|191783}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ji-tu-cumbuka-dead-roots-harlem-nights-actor-was-77-1018990|work=The Hollywood Reporter | title=Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Actor in 'Roots' and 'Harlem Nights,' Dies at 77|date=July 9, 2017|author=Barnes, Mike}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.eurweb.com/2017/07/ji-tu-cumbuka-veteran-actor-starred-roots-dies-77/|website=Eurweb.com|title=We Remember Ji-Tu Cumbuka: Veteran Actor Who Starred In ‘Roots’ Dies At 77|author=Croom, Tene`|date=July 5, 2017}} External links
10 : 1940 births|2017 deaths|American male film actors|American male stage actors|American male television actors|African-American male actors|Male actors from Montgomery, Alabama|Columbia University School of the Arts alumni|United States Army soldiers|Writers from Alabama |
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