French film critic and historian Michel Ciment, the long-time publishing director of film magazine Positif, has died at the age of 85, French media reported on Monday evening.
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Richard Roundtree, who broke ground with his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise, passed away this afternoon, Oct. 24, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer with his family at his bedside. He was 81.
Roundtree, who was born in 1942 in New Rochelle, NY, starred in blaxploitation films in the early 1970s, including Shaft. He is best known for playing detective John Shaft in the 1971 action thriller and its sequels, Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973) as well as the short-lived 1973 Shaft TV series.
For his performance in the original film, Roundtree was nominated for a New Star of the Year Golden Globe and hailed as the first Black action hero.
Decades later, Roundtree reprised his role in the 2000 John Singleton movie Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson and the 2019 Tim Story-directed sequel.
Roundtree’s many film credits also include the 1981 Inchon, in which he appeared opposite Laurence Olivier and Ben Gazzara, the 1984 City Heat opposite Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds as well as Se7en, George of the Jungle, Body of Influence, Amityville: A New Generation and What Men Want. He was last seen last year in the Paul Weitz comedy Moving On.
On television, Roundtree played slave Sam Bennett in the acclaimed 1977 miniseries Roots. He had major roles on such series as Generations, 413 Hope St., Alias, Diary of a Single Mom, Buddies, Desperate Housewives, Soul Food, Being Mary Jane, and Family Reunion. He most recently was a Season 2 main cast member on Ava DuVernay’s OWN series Cherish the Day last year.
Roundtree’s death was confirmed to Deadline by his agency, Artists & Representatives, and his longtime manager, Patrick McMinn.
“Artists & Representatives Agency mourns the loss of our friend
French film critic and historian Michel Ciment, the long-time publishing director of film magazine Positif, has died at the age of 85, French media reported on Monday evening.
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Shaft and its sequels, has died at the age of 81.Roundtree passed away on Tuesday (October 24) in Los Angeles after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his longtime manager Patrick McMinn confirmed. “Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” McMinn said in a statement to CNN. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1942.
Samuel L Jackson is paying tribute to his late co-star Richard Roundtree.
Richard Roundtree died and Hollywood is reacting to the news as they remember the late actor.
Samuel L. Jackson took over the Shaft movie franchise in 2000 from its original lead Richard Roundtree. In the sequel to the 1971 movie, Jackson plays the nephew of John Shaft (Roundtree). The two appeared together in both the 2000 film and another Shaft sequel in 2019.