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Melvin Van Peebles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melvin "Block" Van Peebles (August 21, 1932 - September 21, 2021) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer. He was most famous for creating the acclaimed film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African American focused films. He was the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvin Van Peebles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1932-08-21

Died: 2021-09-21

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Sunlight		0
2	1970	Watermelon Man	Sign Painter (uncredited)	64
3	1971	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	Sweetback	52
4	1973	Wattstax	Self	68
5	1986	America	Man Interviewed	33
6	1987	O.C. and Stiggs	Wino Bob	45
7	1987	Jaws: The Revenge	Mr. Witherspoon	41
8	1988	Taking Care of Terrific	Hawk	0
9	1989	Identity Crisis	The Inspector	13
10	1989	Making 'Do the Right Thing'	Self	67
11	1991	True Identity	Taxi Driver	55
12	1992	Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong (voice)	70
13	1992	Boomerang	Editor	57
14	1993	Posse	Papa Joe	53
15	1993	Last Action Hero	Self	65
16	1993	Farewell, Babylon!	Self	0
17	1994	Terminal Velocity	Noble	53
18	1995	Fist of the North Star	Asher	43
19	1995	Panther	Old Jail Bird	62
20	1996	Gang in Blue	Andre Speier	50
21	1996	Calm at Sunset	Mr. Bucket	56
22	1997	Riot	Vernon	55
23	1998	Classified X	Self	45
24	1999	Love Kills	Able	20
25	2000	René Vautier, le rebelle	Self	100
26	2002	BaadAsssss Cinema	Self	61
27	2003	The Real Deal: What It Is	Self	0
28	2003	The Hebrew Hammer	Sweetback	54
29	2005	Unstoppable	Self	0
30	2005	How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)		70
31	2006	Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition	Self (archive footage)	0
32	2006	Hard Luck	Hospital Prophet	56
33	2007	Blackout	George	56
34	2008	Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha	Melvin Van Peebles	65
35	2009	The Black List: Volume Two	Self	60
36	2009	Directors on Directing	Self	0
37	2009	American Swing	Self	51
38	2011	Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door		0
39	2011	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975	Self (voice)	76
40	2011	Redemption Road	Elmo	50
41	2012	Salty Dog Blues	Self (Interviewee)	0
42	2013	Peeples	Grandpa Peeples	56
43	2018	Armed	Grandpa V.	44
44	2021	Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking	Self	63
45	2022	Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood	Self	80
46		SMUT	Elmoore	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Bucket	86
2	1981	The Sophisticated Gents	Walter 'Moon' Porter	70
3	1988	Sonny Spoon		55
4	1990	Dream On	Norman Green	69
5	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street		80
6	1993	Living Single		84
7	1997	The Shining	Richard Hallorann	63
8	2000	Girlfriends		72
9	2008	Sex: The Revolution		70