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Shaft

He's cool and tough. He's a black private dick that's a sex machine with all the chicks. He is the man who would risk his neck for his brother man. I'm talkin' about . Can you dig it?
The man who became John for the movie also became John for his entire career. Richard Roundtree started his career as a model, working for a while in a black theater in New York City. Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1937 and went on to attend Southern Illinois University. It was there that he began his acting career which consisted of big roles in small plays and small roles in small movies until he became the complicated man that no one understands but his woman.
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much of the negative typecasting that had haunted black actors up until then, it also typecast Roundtree as a black action hero in a time when actors could not build successful careers on action films. Since then, he has landed numerous small roles in television, including parts in "Roots" and two recent "Bonanza" specials. His work in film has consisted mainly of over twenty low-budget action films. But none of his roles have matched the visibility or popularity of John . ...

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