Richard Roundtree, played main character in Shaft series, dies age 81

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Richard Roundtree, who starred in classic Shaft series, is dead at 81

Richard Roundtree, the actor who helped define cinematic cool with his iconic title role in Shaft and its sequels, has died at age 81.

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Richard Roundtree, the actor who helped define cinematic cool with his iconic title role in Shaft and its sequels, has died at age 81.

Roundtree died on Tuesday afternoon after a short bout with pancreatic cancer, according to Deadline.

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Roundtree first starred as the detective John Shaft in 1971's Shaft, which was directed by the photographer and composer–turned–filmmaker Gordon Parks and featured a classic soundtrack recorded by Isaac Hayes.

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After his initial success, he played the title character in 1975's Man Friday, opposite Lawrence Of Arabia star Peter O'Toole as Robinson Crusoe.

In 1981, he appeared with Lawrence Olivier and Ben Gazzara in the Korean War drama Inchon, and he again played a private eye working with Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in 1984's City Heat.

Other classic or popular films he appeared in included Earthquake (1974), Body Of Influence (1993), Maniac Cop (1988), Se7en (1995), George Of The Jungle (1997) and Brick (2005). One of his later roles was in the 2019's What Men Want, which received poor reviews but was a box office success.

 

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Richard Roundtree, the actor who helped define cinematic cool with his iconic title role in Shaft and its sequels, has died at age 81.

Roundtree died on Tuesday afternoon after a short bout with pancreatic cancer, according to Deadline.

[...]

Roundtree first starred as the detective John Shaft in 1971's Shaft, which was directed by the photographer and composer–turned–filmmaker Gordon Parks and featured a classic soundtrack recorded by Isaac Hayes.

[...]

After his initial success, he played the title character in 1975's Man Friday, opposite Lawrence Of Arabia star Peter O'Toole as Robinson Crusoe.

In 1981, he appeared with Lawrence Olivier and Ben Gazzara in the Korean War drama Inchon, and he again played a private eye working with Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in 1984's City Heat.

Other classic or popular films he appeared in included Earthquake (1974), Body Of Influence (1993), Maniac Cop (1988), Se7en (1995), George Of The Jungle (1997) and Brick (2005). One of his later roles was in the 2019's What Men Want, which received poor reviews but was a box office success.

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