D'Urville Martin

D'Urville Martin

Born: February 11, 1939
Died: May 28, 1984
in New York City, New York
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D'Urville Martin (February 11, 1939 – May 28, 1984) was an American actor and director in both film and television. He appeared with regularity in numerous 1970s movies in the blaxploitation genre of films. Born in New York City, D'urville began his career in the mid 1960s, soon becoming a prominent recurring figure in the genre. Martin acted in several movies of the time, including Black Like Me and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Among his partners was the famous blaxploitation actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, playing his partner Toby in the Black Charley. Martin also directed films in his career, including Dolemite, starring Rudy Ray Moore. His career ended in 1984 with a heart attack at age 45 likely caused by his hard-partying lifestyle.

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Black Hollywood
Title: Black Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: November 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies.
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The Bear
Title: The Bear
Character: Billy
Released: September 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama
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The Big Score
Title: The Big Score
Character: Easy
Released: March 17, 1983
Type: Movie
A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are looking for him. A ruthless hit man, played by Bruce Glover, will stop at nothing to get what his boss wants; the money!
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Blind Rage
Title: Blind Rage
Character: Willie Black
Released: October 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Five friends get together and decide to plan an operation to rob a bank. The main difference between this and other bank-robbing gangs, however, is that all five men are blind.
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Boss Nigger
Title: Boss Nigger
Character: Amos
Released: August 17, 1975
Type: Movie
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
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Dolemite
Title: Dolemite
Character: Willie Green
Released: April 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
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Sheba, Baby
Title: Sheba, Baby
Character: Pilot
Released: March 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
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Hell Up In Harlem
Title: Hell Up In Harlem
Character: Reverend Rufus
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a modern-day tribute to the classic 30s gangster film. Fred Williamson is Tommy Gibbs, a fearless, bulletproof tough guy who blasts his way from the gutter to become the ultimate soul brother boss. Tommy steals a ledger with the name of every crooked cop and man in the city. Enlisting the aid of his father and an army of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from defense to offense, launching a deadly attack on his enemies that sets off a violent chain reaction from Harlem all the way to the Caribbean, climaxing in one of the hottest turf-war shoot-outs in Hollywood history.
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Five on the Black Hand Side
Title: Five on the Black Hand Side
Character: Booker T.
Released: October 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
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The Soul of Nigger Charley
Title: The Soul of Nigger Charley
Character: Toby
Released: May 15, 1973
Type: Movie
After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.
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Book of Numbers
Title: Book of Numbers
Character: Billy Bowlegs
Released: April 10, 1973
Type: Movie
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
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Black Caesar
Title: Black Caesar
Character: Rev. Rufus
Released: February 7, 1973
Type: Movie
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a pay-off gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
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Hammer
Title: Hammer
Character: Sonny
Released: July 4, 1972
Type: Movie
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
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The Final Comedown
Title: The Final Comedown
Character: Billy Joe Ashley
Released: May 31, 1972
Type: Movie
Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution.
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The Legend of Nigger Charley
Title: The Legend of Nigger Charley
Character: Toby
Released: March 16, 1972
Type: Movie
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
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Watermelon Man
Title: Watermelon Man
Character: Bus Driver
Released: May 27, 1970
Type: Movie
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
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Title: The Name of the Game
Character: Carlton
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
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A Time to Sing
Title: A Time to Sing
Character: Luke Harper
Released: August 15, 1968
Type: Movie
A young farmer becomes a singer against the wishes of his uncle.
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Rosemary's Baby
Title: Rosemary's Baby
Character: Diego
Released: June 12, 1968
Type: Movie
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Character: Frankie
Released: December 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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Title: The Invaders
Character: Casey
Released: January 10, 1967
Type: TV
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
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Black Like Me
Title: Black Like Me
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.