Thalmus Rasulala

Thalmus Rasulala

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thalmus Rasulala (November 15, 1939 – October 9, 1991) was an African American actor who was an original cast member of ABC's soap opera One Life to Live from its inception in 1968 until he left the show in 1970. Born as Jack Crowder in Miami, Florida, he appeared in many films and made guest appearances in TV shows. Notable roles include Lt. Jack Neal in One Life to Live, Roy in Bucktown, Blake Tarr in Friday Foster, Bill Thomas in What's Happening!!, and Omoro Kinte (Kunta Kinte's father) in Roots. He also appeared in The Twilight Zone, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Sophisticated Gents. His last acting role was as General Afir in Mom and Dad Save the World with Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones. He died shortly after completing his scenes, and the film, released after his death, is accordingly dedicated to his memory. He died on October 9, 1991, from heart failure in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at age 51. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thalmus Rasulala, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For: Acting

Born: Miami, Florida, USA, 1939-11-15

Died: 1991-10-09

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	The Out-of-Towners	Police Officer	68
2	1972	Cool Breeze	Sidney Lord Jones	51
3	1972	Blacula	Gordon Thomas	55
4	1973	The Bait	Eddie Nugent	64
5	1974	Willie Dynamite	Robert Daniels	64
6	1974	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Ned (age 42)	66
7	1974	The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute	Self (archive footage)	77
8	1975	Mr. Ricco	Frankie Steele	60
9	1975	Last Hours Before Morning	Justice Sullivan	20
10	1975	Cornbread, Earl and Me	Charlie	67
11	1975	Bucktown	Roy	56
12	1975	Friday Foster	Blake Tarr	60
13	1975	Adiós Amigo	Noah	30
14	1976	The Last Hard Men	Weed	62
15	1977	Fun with Dick and Jane	Food Stamp Man	65
16	1977	Killer on Board	Dr. Alvarez	50
17	1978	The President's Mistress	Lt. Gordon	67
18	1978	The Trial of the Moke	William Chamberlain	55
19	1983	For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers		0
20	1984	The Jerk, Too	Crossroads	30
21	1984	Booker	Stepfather	0
22	1986	The Boss' Wife	Barney	49
23	1986	The Defiant Ones	Fred	47
24	1986	Born American	The Admiral	39
25	1988	Above the Law	Deputy Supt. Crowder	61
26	1988	Bulletproof	Billy Dunbar	50
27	1989	The Package	Secret Service Commander	61
28	1989	The Preppie Murder	Judge Bell	58
29	1990	Lambada	Wesley Wilson	55
30	1990	Blind Vengeance	Rev. Abel Mace	10
31	1991	New Jack City	Police Commissioner	66
32	1992	Life on the Edge	Truman Brown	0
33	1992	Mom and Dad Save the World	General Afir	49
34	1992	Judgement	Judge Jackson	32

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	The Twilight Zone	Technician	84
2	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Police Sergeant	53
3	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Technician	53
4	1967	Mannix		67
5	1969	Medical Center		61
6	1971	All in the Family	Mr. Byrd (as Jack Crowder)	79
7	1971	Cannon		65
8	1972	Sanford and Son		74
9	1972	The Rookies		68
10	1973	Kojak	Chief of Detectives	70
11	1974	Good Times		80
12	1975	The Jeffersons		73
13	1975	Khan!		50
14	1975	Saturday Night Live	Father Merrin (segment "Exorcist II")	70
15	1975	The Cop and the Kid		0
16	1976	What's Happening!!		75
17	1977	Roots	Omoro	74
18	1977	The Fitzpatricks		50
19	1977	The Fitzpatricks	Huston	50
20	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Dep. Chief Harry Simon	73
21	1981	The Sophisticated Gents	Kenneth 'Snake' Dobson	70
22	1981	Simon & Simon		67
23	1982	T. J. Hooker	Lt. Craig Arkin	64
24	1982	T. J. Hooker	Aaron Kramer	64
25	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
26	1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		63
27	1984	Blue Thunder	Marley Winston	69
28	1984	WonderWorks	Wash	0
29	1985	Stingray		72
30	1986	Melba		100
31	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Capt. Donald Varley	84
32	1989	The New Dragnet	Capt. Boltz	60

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