Calvin Lockhart
Calvin Lockhart | |
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Born | Bert McClossy Cooper[1] October 18, 1934 |
Died | March 29, 2007 Nassau, Bahamas | (aged 72)
Nationality | Bahamian–American |
Education | Cooper Union School of Engineering |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1960–2007 |
Known for | Rev. Deke O'Malley – Cotton Comes to Harlem Biggie Smalls – Let's Do It Again |
Spouse(s) | (?-?; divorced)[1] Thelma Walters
(m. 1972; div. 1978)Lynn Sloan
(m. 1982; div. 1987)Jennifer Miles (m. 2006) |
Children | 2 |
Calvin Lockhart (born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 – March 29, 2007) was a
Early life
Lockhart was born Bert McClossy Cooper, the youngest of eight children in
Career
In 1960, Lockhart made his Broadway debut, playing a gang leader in The Cool World (a dramatization of Warren Miller's novel of the same name), which closed after just two performances. Lockhart then traveled to Italy and formed his own theater company in which he both acted and directed, before moving to West Germany and then England, where he landed various roles on British television and small roles in films such as 1968's A Dandy in Aspic and Salt and Pepper.
Lockhart's first notable screen role was in
Later life
Lockhart headed a Los Angeles campaign called "Getting Off Drugs," an anti-drug effort to get teenagers off drugs in the late 1970s.[5] Lockhart returned to the Bahamas in the late 1990s and worked as a director on several productions of the Freeport Players Guild. Lockhart's last film role was in Rain, a movie that was shot in the Bahamas and was released in 2007.
Death
Lockhart died on March 29, 2007, in a Nassau hospital from stroke-related complications, at the age of 72.
Personal life
Lockhart was married three times[1] and had two sons. In 1972, he married Jamaican model Thelma Walters;[2] they divorced in 1978. In August 1982, Lockhart married British businesswoman Lynn Sloan in the Bahamas;[1] they later divorced. Calvin met his third wife Jennifer Miles in 1979 which led to the birth of actor Julien Lockhart Miles in 1981. The couple officially married 25 years later in 2006, with Julien walking his Mom down the aisle. In addition to Julien, Lockhart has another son named Leslie Lockhart.[5]
Pop culture
Lockhart character's name in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again, Biggie Smalls, was used by musical artist Christopher Wallace for his 1991 demo, and was still used by media and friends after a lawsuit forced Wallace to change it to Notorious B.I.G.
Filmography
- 1961 Venere creola as Melchiorre
- 1963 Cleopatra as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1965 Family Christmas (TV)
- 1966 Talking to a Stranger (TV Series) as Leonard
- 1967 Girl in a Black Bikini (TV Series) as Lee Anderson
- 1967 Drums Along the Avon as Bus Driver
- 1968 The Mercenariesas President Mwamini Ubi
- 1968 A Dandy in Aspic as Brogue
- 1968 Light Blue (The Wednesday Play) (TV Series) as Damon Page
- 1968 Only When I Larf as Ali Lin
- 1968 Salt and Pepper as Jones
- 1968 Nobody Runs Forever as "Jamaica"
- 1968 Joanna as Gordon
- 1970 Halls of Anger as Quincy Davis
- 1970 Leo the Last as Roscoe, The Pimp
- 1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem as Deke "Reverend" O'Malley
- 1970 Myra Breckinridge as Irving Amadeus
- 1972 Melinda as Frankie J. Parker
- 1973 Le Grabuge as Pablo
- 1973-1974 Every Nigger is a Star
- 1974 Contratto carnale as Ruma / Kofi
- 1974 The Beast Must Die as Tom Newcliffe
- 1974 Uptown Saturday Night as "Silky Slim"
- 1974 Honeybaby, Honeybaby as "Liv"
- 1978 Good Times (TV Series) as Raymond, Florida Evans' Gambler Cousin
- 1975 Let's Do It Again as "Biggie" Smalls
- 1975 The Marijuana Affair
- 1977 The Baron as Jason
- 1978 Starsky & Hutch (TV Series) as Allen "Angel" Walter
- 1980 The Baltimore Bullet as "Snow" White
- 1988 Coming to America as Colonel Izzi
- 1990 Wild at Heart as Reggie
- 1990 Predator 2 as Willie "King Willie"
- 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as The Electrician
- 2008 Rain as Samuel
- 2014 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as The Electrician (final film role; scenes filmed in 1992)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Actor Calvin Lockhart Marries Businesswoman", JET Magazine, September 27, 1982.
- ^ a b c "Calvin Lockhart's Father Dies In Nassau, Bahamas", JET Magazine, December 9, 1976.
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (April 23, 2007). "Film". Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ "Calvin Lockhart, 72, Blaxploitation Actor, Dies", The New York Times, April 10, 2007.
- ^ a b "Calvin Lockhart Reveals How Angel Dust Nearly Destroyed His Son's Life", JET Magazine, August 30, 1979.
External links
- Calvin Lockhart at IMDb
- McLellan, Dennis, "Calvin Lockhart, 72; Bahamian-born actor", The Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2007.
- "The Cocoa Lounge Remembers Calvin Lockhart". Biography. Cocoalounge.com
- Calvin Lockhart(Aveleyman)