Bill Duke

Bill Duke

Born: February 26, 1943
in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
William Henry "Bill" Duke, Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director with over 30 years of experience. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke's work frequently dwells within the action/crime and drama genres but also includes comedy.

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Title: Gaslit
Character: Charles Anderson
Released: April 24, 2022
Type: TV
A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.
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Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Title: Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influential sub-genre in the years that followed.
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In Search of Tomorrow
Title: In Search of Tomorrow
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: February 19, 2022
Type: Movie
A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.
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The Vandal
Title: The Vandal
Character: Harold
Released: July 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Set in a world not unlike mid-20th century America, The Vandal centers on Harold, whose tormented search for peace from traumatic loss results in an unexpectedly destructive awakening after he undergoes a lobotomy. When the procedure “turns his mind inside out” and his great love is suddenly gone, Harold’s desperate search intensifies.
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No Sudden Move
Title: No Sudden Move
Character: Aldrick Watkins
Released: June 24, 2021
Type: Movie
A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.
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In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Title: In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Character: Himself
Released: September 1, 2019
Type: Movie
The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.
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Hollow Point
Title: Hollow Point
Character: Senior Guard James
Released: June 13, 2019
Type: Movie
When his wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.
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High Flying Bird
Title: High Flying Bird
Character: Spence
Released: January 27, 2019
Type: Movie
During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke, presents his rookie client, Erick Scott, with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity.
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Mandy
Title: Mandy
Character: Caruthers
Released: September 13, 2018
Type: Movie
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
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Title: Black Lightning
Character: Agent Percy Odell
Released: January 16, 2018
Type: TV
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
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American Satan
Title: American Satan
Character: Gabriel
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: Movie
A young rock band, half from England and half from the US, drop out of college and move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.
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Restored Me
Title: Restored Me
Character: Officer Brantley
Released: September 11, 2016
Type: Movie
A troubled ex-con joins the colorful crew of an old movie theater and begins to rebuild his life, only to find his faith in God tested when he learns the theater he has grown to love is not what it seems.
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Bad Country
Title: Bad Country
Character: John Nokes
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: Movie
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
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A Fuller Life
Title: A Fuller Life
Character: Self - Reader (segment "Freelance")
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha.
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Battledogs
Title: Battledogs
Character: President Donald Sheridan
Released: April 5, 2013
Type: Movie
When a strange werewolf virus threatens to decimate first New York and then the world, a rogue general uses the disease to create an army of super-soldiers.
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Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Title: Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2012
Type: Movie
'Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp', examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These books were the birth of Street Lit and explored the world of the ghetto in gritty and poetic detail and have made him a cultural icon. Interviews with Iceberg Slim, Chris Rock, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Quincy Jones.
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Freaky Deaky
Title: Freaky Deaky
Character: Wendell Robinson
Released: April 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.
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The Big Bang
Title: The Big Bang
Character: Drummer
Released: February 3, 2011
Type: Movie
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, three brash LAPD detectives, an aged billionaire looking for the Big Bang, and the billionaire's stunningly gorgeous wife. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million and just might explain - well - everything.
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Henry's Crime
Title: Henry's Crime
Character: Frank
Released: January 14, 2010
Type: Movie
An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
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Directors on Directing
Title: Directors on Directing
Character: Self
Released: September 24, 2009
Type: Movie
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Title: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on the best-selling book by author Deepak Chopra, and featuring all-new music from Olivia Newton-John...
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Yellow
Title: Yellow
Character: Miles Emory
Released: December 8, 2006
Type: Movie
Amaryllis Campos is a young, classically trained Puerto Rican ballerina, who dreams of leaving her impoverished home in Puerto Rico to pursue fame and fortune as a dancer. Amaryllis heads for New York City, where she is forced to work in a seedy strip club to make ends meet. Setting audiences afire with her erotic moves, Amaryllis quickly becomes the strip club's hottest attraction, but must finally decide between true love and realizing her dream of becoming a star.
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X-Men: The Last Stand
Title: X-Men: The Last Stand
Character: Trask
Released: May 24, 2006
Type: Movie
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Title: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Character: Levar
Released: November 9, 2005
Type: Movie
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Title: The Boondocks
Released: November 6, 2005
Type: TV
When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.
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Title: Battlestar Galactica
Character: Phelan
Released: October 18, 2004
Type: TV
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
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Title: Lost
Character: Warden Harris
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: TV
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
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Title: Karen Sisco
Character: Amos Andrews
Released: October 1, 2003
Type: TV
As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life while tracking down fugitives. She also struggles to win the respect of her fellow officers. Karen occasionally gets advice from her father, a retired Miami police officer turned private investigator, who is Karen’s confidant, counselor, and confessor.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Grover Boone
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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National Security
Title: National Security
Character: Lieutenant Washington
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on opposite sides of the law during a routine traffic stop that escalated out of control; now as lowly security guards they're thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
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Red Dragon
Title: Red Dragon
Character: Police Chief
Released: October 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
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Title: Fastlane
Character: Capt. Bob Parish
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: TV
Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003.
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Love and a Bullet
Title: Love and a Bullet
Character: Mysterious Voice on Phone
Released: August 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Malik Bishop is the best killer in the business, but when his crimelord employer wants his girlfriend, who may be unfaithful, eliminated, Bishop doesn't count on falling in love with the woman. Now he must choose between his heart and, perhaps, his life.
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Title: Justice League
Character: Detective (voice)
Released: November 17, 2001
Type: TV
The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.
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Exit Wounds
Title: Exit Wounds
Character: Chief Hinges
Released: March 16, 2001
Type: Movie
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives secretly operating a drug ring, Boyd joins forces with an unlikely ally -- gangster Latrell Walker -- to bring down the rotten cops.
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Never Again
Title: Never Again
Character: Earl
Released: March 11, 2001
Type: Movie
A man and a woman who have pledged never to fall in love again meet in a gay bar.
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Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
Title: Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
Character: Sheriff Chirumenga Jenga
Released: July 16, 2000
Type: Movie
From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the other cases closed. Some of the parents of the slain children were critical of the way the cases were handled and believed there was some sort of cover up. Nearly four years after the conviction of Williams, "Spin" magazine editor Ron Larson and reporter Pat Laughlin come to Atlanta in search of the truth.
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The Limey
Title: The Limey
Character: Head DEA Agent (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1999
Type: Movie
The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Ed Pastrino
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Fever
Title: Fever
Character: Detective Glass
Released: May 16, 1999
Type: Movie
A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.
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Payback
Title: Payback
Character: Det. Hicks
Released: February 5, 1999
Type: Movie
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
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Susan's Plan
Title: Susan's Plan
Character: Detective Scott
Released: October 29, 1998
Type: Movie
Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed.
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Always Outnumbered
Title: Always Outnumbered
Character: Blackbird Wills
Released: March 21, 1998
Type: Movie
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.
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Frank Capra's American Dream
Title: Frank Capra's American Dream
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Title: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Character: Mr. Johnson
Released: December 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.
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Menace II Society
Title: Menace II Society
Character: Detective
Released: May 26, 1993
Type: Movie
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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Bird on a Wire
Title: Bird on a Wire
Character: Albert Diggs
Released: May 18, 1990
Type: Movie
An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.
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Street of No Return
Title: Street of No Return
Character: Lieutenant Borel
Released: May 17, 1989
Type: Movie
A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, drunkenly roams the city, torn apart by sponsored race riots. When accused of murder, he may have the chance to get revenge on the magnate who maimed him.
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Action Jackson
Title: Action Jackson
Character: Capt. Earl Armbruster
Released: February 12, 1988
Type: Movie
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
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No Man's Land
Title: No Man's Land
Character: Malcolm
Released: October 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.
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Predator
Title: Predator
Character: Mac Eliot
Released: June 12, 1987
Type: Movie
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
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Dallas: The Early Years
Title: Dallas: The Early Years
Character: Seth Foster
Released: March 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Prequel to the popular "Dallas" TV series focuses on the origins of the Ewing-Barnes feud during the 1930's. Larry Hagman provides the opening narration for the film. The story opens at a 1951 barbecue with "Digger" Barnes firing a shot at "Jock" Ewing. Immediately flashing back to the depression, the two men first meet in a boxcar as both are hoboing. Their original friendship is built on their desires to find oil. But their failings start as they both compete for the hand of the beautiful Miss Ellie. Jock is shown to be an honorable man caught up in a backlash. Digger is a neurotic, alcoholic with a gift for finding oil.
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Commando
Title: Commando
Character: Cooke
Released: October 3, 1985
Type: Movie
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
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Title: Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Released: March 20, 1980
Type: TV
Palmerstown, U.S.A. is a drama series. It centers on the lives of two 9-year-old best friends, one black and one white, growing up in a small Southern town during the 1930s.
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American Gigolo
Title: American Gigolo
Character: Leon James
Released: February 8, 1980
Type: Movie
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Title: Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Character: Sgt. Langford
Released: August 21, 1978
Type: Movie
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
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Love Is Not Enough
Title: Love Is Not Enough
Character: 'Happy' Jordan
Released: June 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A black family leaves the ghetto of Detroit to look for a better life in Los Angeles.
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Car Wash
Title: Car Wash
Character: Duane – Abdullah
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: Movie
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
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Title: Charlie's Angels
Character: David Pearl
Released: September 22, 1976
Type: TV
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Character: Officer Dryden
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Sylk
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Santiago's Ark
Title: Santiago's Ark
Character: Mr. Sands
Released: December 6, 1972
Type: Movie
An early ABC Afterschool Speical about an imaginative and determined 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy who builds a sailing ship to sail around Central Park. Followed in 1975 by the sequel "Santiago's America."