First Name
Richard
Middle Name
Arnold
Last Name
Roundtree
Full Name
Richard Arnold Roundtree
Other Names
Richard
Richard Arnold Roundtree
Richard Roundtree
Age
Date of Birth
9 July 1942
Birthplace
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Date of Death
24 October 2023
Location of Death
Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of Death
Pancreatic Cancer
Build
Average
Height
6' 3" (190 cm)
Eye Color
Brown - Dark
Hair Color
Black
Star Sign
Cancer
Ethnicity
Black
Nationality
American
High School
New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, New York, United States (1961)
University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States
Occupation
Actor, former Model
Claim to Fame
his roles as John Shaft in the 1971 blaxploitation crime action thriller film Shaft and four of its subsequent sequels, Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973), its 2000 sequel film and its 2019 sequel film, as well as the eponymous television series (1973-1974), Sam Bennett in the ABC epic drama miniseries Roots, Dr. Daniel Reubens in the NBC daytime soap opera Generations, Mr. Kwame in the 1997 comedy film George of the Jungle, and Mr. Shaw in the ABC comedy-drama mystery series Desperate Housewives
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