Louis Gossett Jr
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was an American actor. He was a folk singer in the 1960s. He was best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, winning him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won an Emmy Award for his role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots.
Gossett had also starred in numerous other film productions including A Raisin in the Sun, The Landlord, Skin Game, Travels with My Aunt, The Laughing Policeman, The White Dawn, The Deep, Jaws 3-D, Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine, The Principal, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher, in an acting career that spanned over five decades.
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Early life and education
Gossett was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York City, to Hellen Rebecca (née Wray), a nurse, and Louis Gossett Sr., a porter. He is an alumnus of Mark Twain Intermediate School 239 and Abraham Lincoln High School. His stage debut came at the age of 17, in a school production of You Can't Take It with You when a sports injury resulted in the decision to take an acting class. Polio had already delayed his graduation.
After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1954, he attended New York University, declining an athletic scholarship.[1] Standing Template:Convert/and/in tall, he was offered the opportunity to play varsity basketball during his college years at NYU; he declined the basketball offer to concentrate on theater. His high school teacher had encouraged him to audition for a Broadway part, resulting in his selection for a starring role on Broadway in 1953 from among 200 other actors well before he entered NYU.
Career
Gossett replaced Bill Gunn as Spencer Scott in Broadway's Take a Giant Step,[2] which was selected by The New York Times drama critics as one of the 10 best shows of the year. He was 17, and still a student at Abraham Lincoln High School, with no formal drama training.
Gossett's Broadway theatre credits include A Raisin in the Sun (1959); he had his cinematic debut with the play's film adaptation in 1961.
Also in 1961, Gossett appeared in the original cast of Jean Genet's The Blacks, the longest running off-Broadway play of the decade, running for 1,408 performances. The original cast also featured James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Browne, Cicely Tyson, Godfrey Cambridge, Maya Angelou and Charles Gordone.[3]
In 1965, Gossett appeared in the musical play The Zulu and the Zayda on Broadway as Paulus with music and lyrics by Harold Rome.
Gossett wrote the antiwar folk song "Handsome Johnny" with Richie Havens; Havens recorded the song in 1966.
His Emmy Award-winning role of Fiddler in the 1977 television miniseries Roots first brought Gossett to the audience's attention.
In 1983, he was cast in the title role in Sadat, a miniseries which chronicled the life and assassination of Anwar Sadat. While filming An Officer and a Gentleman, Gossett was also starring in the 1982–1983 science fiction series, The Powers of Matthew Star. His role as drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was the first black male to win an Oscar in a supporting role, the second black male to win for acting, and the third black actor to win overall.
He has worked with Dennis Quaid twice in both Jaws 3-D and Enemy Mine.
In 1986, Gossett starred in another role as a military man (Colonel Chappy Sinclair) in the film Iron Eagle. It was followed by three sequels.
In 1989, Gossett co-starred in the Marvel Comics adaptation The Punisher, with Dolph Lundgren in the title role. The film was directed by Mark Goldblatt, with a screenplay by Boaz Yakin. The Punisher was filmed in Sydney, Australia and also featured Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, and Barry Otto.[4]
In 1991, Gossett starred in Manny Coto's action film Cover Up opposite Dolph Lundgren.[5]
Gossett is the voice of the Vortigaunts in the video game Half-Life 2 and is the Free Jaffa Leader Gerak in Season 9 of the sci-fi television series Stargate SG-1. He provides the voice of Lucius Fox in The Batman animated series. He recorded several commercials for a Nashville-based diabetic company, AmMed Direct, LLC. In 1997, Gossett presented When Animals Attack! 4, a one-hour special on Fox.
He played the role of fictional U.S. President Gerald Fitzhugh in the 2005 film Left Behind: World at War. In 2008, he filmed the "Keep It Real" series of commercials for the Namibian lager Windhoek.[citation needed]
In 2009, Gossett also lent his voice talents in the Thomas Nelson audio Bible production known as The Word of Promise. In this dramatized audio, Gossett played the character of John the Apostle. The project also featured a large ensemble of well known Hollywood actors including Jim Caviezel, John Rhys-Davies, Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Jason Alexander, Christopher McDonald, Marisa Tomei and John Schneider.[6][7]
In 2013, Gossett starred in the controversial drama Boiling Pot, which is based on true events of racism that occurred on college campuses across the US during the 2008 Presidential election. The film, written and directed by the Ashmawey brothers under AshmaweyFilms, also stars Danielle Fishel, Keith David, M. Emmet Walsh, and John Heard. Gossett plays a detective attempting to decipher a murder case that was fueled by racism, all while putting aside his own prejudices. Boiling Pot was released in 2014. Gossett returned to television in the CBS All Access series, The Good Fight, guest starring as founding partner Carl Reddick of Diane Lockhart's new firm.[8] He narrated an audiobook based on Twelve Years a Slave.[9]
In 2021, Gossett appears in the film Not To Forget (2021), which aims to raise awareness and funds for the fight against Alzheimer’s. The movie, directed by Valerio Zanoli, stars Karen Grassle and 5 Academy Award winners: Louis Gossett Jr., Cloris Leachman, Tatum O’Neal, George Chakiris, and Olympia Dukakis.
Music career
During the early 1960s, Gossett was considered to be a talented folk musician. He was also well known.[10] His singing career was helped along with appearing at the Folk City venue in New York.[11]
Signed to Powertree Records, Gossett's single, "Hooka' Dooka'", "Green Green" bw "Goodmornin' Captain" was released in early 1964.[12] Later in May, "Red Rosy Bush" bw "See See Rider" was released.[13]
A December, 1965 review of the The Zulu, original cast recording that was released on Columbia Records noted Menasha Skulnik and Gossett's vocal performance of "It's Good to Be Alive.[14] The song he co-composed with Richie Havens, "Handsome Johnny" appears on Havens' Mixed Bag album that was released in 1967. Havens performed it on the Johnny Carson Show which resulted in a standing ovation that lasted through two commercial breaks.[15]
By September, 1967, his single "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" bw "Just a Girl" was released on Warner Brothers 7078. It was a Cash Box Newcomer Pick and received a good review with the reviewer calling it "Easy-paced blues working and a mighty fine smooth vocal join forces in putting across a tempting r&b reading of the folk standard."[16]
In 1970, his album From Me to You was released on B.T. Puppy Records BTPS-1013. It contained some of his own compositions.[17][18]
Personal life
Gossett had been married three times and fathered one son and adopted one son. His first marriage was to Hattie Glascoe; it was annulled. His second, to Christina Mangosing, took place on August 21, 1973. Their son Satie was born in 1974. Gossett and Mangosing divorced in 1975. His third marriage, to Star Search champion Cyndi James-Reese, took place on December 25, 1987. They adopted a son, Sharron (born 1977). Gossett and James-Reese divorced in 1992.[19]
Louis was the first cousin of actor Robert Gossett who starred on TNT's The Closer.
Gossett stated that in 1966 he was handcuffed to a tree for three hours by the police in Beverly Hills.[20]
On February 9, 2010, Gossett announced that he had prostate cancer. He added the disease was caught in its early stages, and he expected to make a full recovery.[21][22]
On July 18, 2016, Gossett cohosted as a guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies' primetime lineup. Allowed to choose four movies to air, he selected Blackboard Jungle, Lifeboat, Touch of Evil and The Night of the Hunter.
In late December 2020, Gossett was hospitalized in Georgia with COVID-19.[23]
Filmography
Film
| Template:Dagger | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Template:Sortname | George Murchison | |
| 1969 | Template:Sortname | Tembo | |
| 1970 | Template:Sortname | Copee | |
| 1971 | Skin Game | Jason O'Rourke | |
| 1972 | Travels with My Aunt | Zachary / 'Wordsworth' | |
| 1973 | The Fuzz Brothers | Francis Fuzz | |
| 1973 | Template:Sortname | Inspector James Larrimore | |
| 1974 | Template:Sortname | Portagee | |
| 1976 | Template:Sortname | Dr. Dudley Stanton | |
| 1976 | J. D.'s Revenge | Reverend Elija Bliss | |
| 1977 | Template:Sortname | Henri Cloche | |
| 1977 | Template:Sortname | Calvin Motts | |
| 1980 | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Leo Garcia | |
| 1982 | Template:Sortname | Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |
| 1983 | Jaws 3-D | Calvin Bouchard | Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Century | |
| 1985 | Enemy Mine | Jareeba 'Jerry' Sheegan | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| 1986 | Iron Eagle | Colonel Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | |
| 1986 | Firewalker | Leo Porter | |
| 1987 | Template:Sortname | Jake Phillips | |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Mathu | |
| 1988 | Iron Eagle II | Colonel / Brigadier General Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | |
| 1989 | Template:Sortname | Detective Jake Berkowitz | |
| 1991 | Cover Up | CIA Chief Lou Jackson | |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers | Dean Parker | |
| 1992 | Aces: Iron Eagle III | Brigadier General Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | |
| 1992 | Diggstown | Roy 'Honey Roy' Palmer | |
| 1993 | Monolith | Captain MacCandless | |
| 1994 | Flashfire | Ben Durand | |
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins | |
| 1994 | Template:Sortname | Professor Sam Adekunle | |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Ellis | |
| 1995 | Iron Eagle on the Attack | Brigadier General Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair (Ret.) | |
| 1996 | Managua | Paul | |
| 1997 | Template:Sortname | Narrator | |
| 1997 | Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | |
| 1999 | Terminal Countdown | Morgan | |
| 2000 | The Highwayman | Phil Bishop | |
| 2002 | Deceived | Colonel David Garrett | Direct-to-video release |
| 2005 | Window | Ralph Stanley | Included as part of African American Short Films[24] |
| 2005 | Left Behind: World at War | President Gerald Fitzhugh | |
| 2006 | All In | Caps | |
| 2006 | Club Soda | 'Doc' | |
| 2007 | Daddy's Little Girls | Willie | |
| 2007 | Cover | Detective Hicks | |
| 2008 | Template:Sortname | Cool Papa Bell | |
| 2008 | Delgo | Zahn | Voice only |
| 2009 | Dog Jack | Grown Up Jed | |
| 2009 | Shannon's Rainbow | Max Donovan | |
| 2009 | Template:Sortname | Samuel Benton | |
| 2010 | Smitty | Mr. Smith | |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Porter | |
| 2011 | Template:Sortname | George Wright | |
| 2011 | Template:Sortname | Glen | |
| 2011 | Template:Sortname | The Genie | |
| 2012 | The Undershepherd | Bishop Redford | |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man | 'Cubby' | |
| 2014 | The Dependables | Lou Jones | |
| 2015 | Boiling Pot | Detective Haven | |
| 2017 | Undercover Grandpa | Mother | |
| 2017 | Double Play | 'Coco' | |
| 2017 | Breaking Brooklyn | Miles Bryant | |
| 2019 | Foster Boy | Judge | |
| 2019 | The Cuban | Luis Garcia | |
| 2019 | Supervized | Pendle | |
| 2021 | Not to Forget | Pastor John | |
| 2022 | Three Months | Benny | |
| 2023 | The Color Purple Template:Dagger | Ol' Mister | Post-production |
| 2024 | If Template:Dagger | Template:TBA | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Template:Sortname | Jamie Goodwin | Episode: "The Stubbornest Man" |
| 1962 | Template:Sortname | William Taylor | Episode: "The Prisoner" |
| 1967-1968 | Cowboy in Africa | Fulah Hemera |
Episode: "Fang and Claw" Episode: "The Quiet Death" |
| 1968 | Template:Sortname | Ollie | Episode: "The Vise" |
| 1968 | Daktari | Mkono | Episode: "Adam and Jenny" |
| 1968 | Companions in Nightmare | Lieutenant Adam McKay | NBC television film |
| 1970 | Template:Sortname | 'Hurricane' Smith | Episode: "The Return of Big Bad Bubba Bronson" |
| 1970-1971 | Template:Sortname | Isak Poole | |
| 1971 | Big Fish, Little Fish | Jimmie Luton | |
| 1971 | Template:Sortname | Sam | Episode: "Soul Club" |
| 1971 | Bonanza | Buck Walter | Episode: "The Desperado" |
| 1971 | Longstreet | Sergeant Cory | Episode: "The Way of the Intercepting Fist" |
| 1971 | Template:Sortname | Dr. Karnes | Episode: "One Lonely Step" |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | Joe Sims | Episode: "The Bounty Hunter" |
| 1971 | Cade's County | Unknown | Episode: "The Alien Land" |
| 1975 | Insight | The Man | Episode: "The Man from Inner Space" |
| 1972 | The Living End | Doug Newman | CBS television pilot |
| 1972 | Template:Sortname | Toby Jones | Episode: "Covenant with Death" |
| 1972 | Love, American Style | Freddy | Segment: "Love and the Christmas Punch..." |
| 1968-1972 | Template:Sortname | 'Smitty' (1968) / Lloyd (1969) / Charley Jameson (1972) | Episode: "When Smitty Comes Marching Home" (1968) Episode: "The Uptight Town" (1969) Episode: "Can You Hear Me Out There?" (1972) |
| 1973 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Unknown | Episode: "An Often and Familiar Ghost" |
| 1974 | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | CBS television film |
| 1974 | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | TV remake of Gossett's 1971 Skin Game CBS television film |
| 1974 | Template:Sortname | Portagee | ABC television film |
| 1974 | McCloud | Dewey Justin | Episode: Shivaree on Delancy Street |
| 1974 | The New Land | Simon York | Episode: "The Word is: Dignity" (never aired) |
| 1974–1975 | Petrocelli | District Attorney Kurt Olson | Episode: "A Very Lonely Lady" and "A Fallen Idol" |
| 1974–1975 | Good Times | Donald Knight / Uncle Wilbert | Episode: "Thelma's Young Man" Episode: "Michael's Big Fall" |
| 1975 | Lucas Tanner | Bobby Koball | Episode: "Bonus Baby" |
| 1975 | Black Bart | Bart 'Black Bart' | CBS television film |
| 1975 | Delancey Street: The Crisis Within | Otis James | NBC television film |
| 1975 | Caribe | David Wallace | Episode: "The Assassin" |
| 1975 | Harry O | Cleon Jackson | Episode: "Shades" |
| 1975 | Template:Sortname | Wendell Brown | Episode: "George's Best Friend" |
| 1975 | Template:Sortname | O'Flaherty | Episode: "Clark Templeton O'Flaherty" |
| 1975–1976 | Police Story | Freddie / Virgil Barnes | Episode: "The Cut Man Caper" Episode: "50 Cents-First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day" |
| 1976 | Little House on the Prairie | Henry Hill | Episode: "The Long Road Home" |
| 1976 | The Rebels | Unknown | |
| 1976–1977 | Template:Sortname | Marcus 'Gabby' Hayes | Episode: Foul on the First Play and Just Another Polish Wedding |
| 1977 | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | ABC television film |
| 1977 | Roots | Fiddler | ABC miniseries Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series TV Land Award |
| 1977 | Visions | Rex | Episode: "Freeman" |
| 1978 | The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | Himself | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program |
| 1978 | To Kill a Cop | Everett Walker | Uncredited Role NBC television film |
| 1978 | The Critical List | Lem Harper | NBC television film |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Levi Mercer | NBC miniseries Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special |
| 1979 | Lawman Without a Gun | Tom Hayward | NBC television film |
| 1979 | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | ABC television film |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, USA | Fredrick Douglas Jackson | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| 1981 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | ABC television film |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Unknown | Episode: "Zora Is My Name!" |
| 1982 | Benny's Place | Benny Moore | ABC television film |
| 1982 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Louis Gossett Jr/George Thorogood & the Destroyers" |
| 1982–1983 | Template:Sortname | Walter 'Walt' Shepherd / D'Hai | |
| 1983 | Sadat | Anwar al-Sadat | Television film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1984 | The Guardian | John Mack | Nominated — CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries HBO television film |
| 1987 | Template:Sortname | Mathu | CBS television film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1987 | Template:Sortname | Father Clements | NBC television film |
| 1988 | Sam Found Out: A Triple Play | Unknown | ABC television film |
| 1988 | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | John 'Big John' Creed | Disney Channel television film |
| 1988 | Roots: The Gift | Fiddler | ABC television film |
| 1988 | Straight Up | Cosmo | |
| 1989 | Gideon Oliver | Gideon Oliver | |
| 1990 | El Diablo | Van Leek | HBO television film |
| 1990 | Sudie and Simpson | Simpson | Television film |
| 1991–1992 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Commander Clash | Voice role (3 episodes) |
| 1991 | Template:Sortname | Sidney Williams | HBO television film Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | NBC television film |
| 1992 | Keeper of the City | Detective James Dela | Television film |
| 1993 | Story of a People | Host | Miniseries |
| 1993 | Gridiron Gang | Host | Documentary film |
| 1993 | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | Unknown | NBC television film |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Isom Pickett | Miniseries |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | Rick Jennings | Episode: "Terms of Estrangement" |
| 1994 | Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice | Ray Alexander | NBC television film |
| 1995 | A Father for Charlie | Walter Osgood | CBS television film |
| 1995 | Zooman | Rueben Tate | |
| 1995 | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Ray Alexander | |
| 1996 | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | James Mink | Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Television film |
| 1996 | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | Television film |
| 1996 | Inside | Questioner | Television film |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | Anderson Walker | Episode: "Amazing Grace" NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
| 1997 | To Dance with Olivia | Daniel Stewart | CBS television film |
| 1997 | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | Showtime television film Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special Nominated —CableACE Award for Best Children's Special - 7 and Older Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special |
| 1997 | Early Edition | Jim Matthews | Episode: "The Medal" |
| 1997 | Ellen | Sergeant Timko | Episode: "G.I. Ellen" |
| 1998 | Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | Showtime television film |
| 1999 | Love Songs | Reuben | Segment: "A Love Song for Dad"; Showtime television film Black Reel Award for Best Director: T.V. Movie/Cable Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Actor: T.V. Movie/Cable |
| 1999 | Strange Justice | Vernon Jordan | Showtime television film |
| 2000 | Dr. Lucille | David Mulera | Television film |
| 2000 | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Inspector Frank Hughes | Showtime television film |
| 2000 | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Lou Hastings | CBS television film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2001 | For Love of Olivia | Daniel Stewart | CBS television film |
| 2002 | Opening Ceremony Salt Lake Paralympic Winter Games | Narrator | Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special |
| 2002 | What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway | Dr. Barnes | UPN television film |
| 2002 | Resurrection Blvd. | Ezekiel 'Zeke' Grant | Episode: "En Un Momento" and "Esperando Lagrimas" |
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | Pastor David Lewis | Episode: "Zion" |
| 2003 | Jasper, Texas | R.C. Horn | Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Showtime television film |
| 2003 | Momentum | Raymond Addison | SCI FI television film |
| 2004 | Half & Half | Ray Willis | Episode: "The Big Lover, My Brother Episode" and "The Big Thanks for Nothing Episode" |
| 2005 | Solar Attack | President Ryan Gordon | Direct-to-DVD release |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | HBO television film |
| 2005–2006 | Stargate SG-1 | Gerak | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Family Guy | Sergeant Angryman | Voice role Episode: "Saving Private Brian" |
| 2007 | Template:Sortname | Lucius Fox | Voice role |
| 2009 | ER | Leo Malcolm | Episode: "The Family Man" |
| 2012 | Psych | Lloyd | Episode: "Heeeeere's Lassie" |
| 2013 | Boardwalk Empire | Oscar Boneau | Episode: "Havre de Grace" |
| 2014–2015 | Extant | Quinn | Recurring; 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Father Laurent Vasseur | Episode: "The Call" |
| 2015 | The Book of Negroes | Daddy Moses | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Spoils Before Dying | Duke Webster | Episode: "The Trip Trap" |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Carl Reddick | Episode: "Reddick v Boseman" |
| 2018 | Hap and Leonard | Bacon | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Hawaii Five-0 | Percy Grover Sr. | Episode: "Lele pū nā manu like" (Hawaiian for: "Birds of a Feather...") |
| 2019 | Watchmen | Will Reeves / Hooded Justice | 7 episodes Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
Theatre
- 1964: Supporting role in the Broadway musical adaptation of Odets' Golden Boy.
- 2006: Dvorak's New World: Chamber Music Plus. Louis Gossett Jr., narrator, with Aubrey Allicock (Baritone), Sanda Schuldmann (piano), and Harry Clark (writer).[25][26]
References
- ↑ Pfefferman, Naomi. "Louis Gossett Jr. to Give Shul Inaugural Ball Toast", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, January 15, 2009. Accessed September 23, 2009. "Gossett suspects that his English teacher at Abraham Lincoln High School, Gustave Blum, identified with African Americans because he had experienced anti-Semitism as a result of the blacklists."
- ↑ "Take A Giant Step". Jan Hus Playhouse. Lortel Archives. http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=4654.
- ↑ "Louis Gossett Jr.". The History Makers. 30 March 2005. http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/louis-cameron-gossett-jr.
- ↑ Clarke, Frederick S (1989). Cinefantastique. F. S. Clarke. p. 14. https://books.google.com/books?id=yysnAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ Cettl, Robert (30 September 2009). Terrorism in American cinema: an analytical filmography, 1960–2008. McFarland. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7864-4155-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=nV4BvL8AqEwC&pg=PA80. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ "The Word of Promise: Cast". Word of Promise (Thomas Nelson Publishing). http://wordofpromise.thomasnelson.com/cast.php.
- ↑ Groves, Martha (16 November 2009). "BELIEFS : Stars lined up for elaborate audio Bible : Michael York, Jason Alexander and many others gave voice to a 79-CD reading of Old and New Testaments". LA Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/16/local/me-beliefs16.
- ↑ Ng, Philiana (9 February 2017). "Exclusive: 'The Good Fight' Creators Reveal Three New Guest Stars". ET Online. CBS Television Distribution. http://www.etonline.com/tv/209957_the_good_fight_creators_reveal_three_new_guest_stars/.
- ↑ Morgan, Jennifer Wilde (February 23, 2016). Come to the Garden: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. p. 200. ISBN 9781501131332. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUmVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA200.
- ↑ Boweryboyshistory.com, August 7, 2009 - Cafe Wha?: the whys, wheres, whos and hows
- ↑ New York Daily News, Aug 14, 2017 - MUSIC, Greenwich Village and the birth of the folk movement By David Hinckley
- ↑ 45Cat - Lou Gossett - Discography, USA
- ↑ Billboard, May 30, 1964 - Page 28 Powertree Inks
- ↑ Billboard, December 25, 1965 - Page 30 ALBUM REVIEWS (continued), SPECIAL MERIT PICKS, ORIGINAL CAST SPECIAL MERIT, THE ZULU
- ↑ Rock Song Index by Bruce Pollock - Page 132 Handsome Johnny
- ↑ Cash Box, September 16, 1967 - Page 34 RECORD REVIEWS, Newcomer Picks
- ↑ Discogs - Louis Gossett, Jr., Discography, Albums
- ↑ BadCat Records - Lou Gossett
- ↑ "Louis Gossett Jr.". Superior Pics. http://www.superiorpics.com/louis_gossett_jr_/.
- ↑ "ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR LOUIS GOSSETT JR. TALKS WITH "CBS SUNDAY MORNING" ABOUT ACTING, HIS FIRST BRUSH WITH RACISM IN HOLLYWOOD AND ACTIVISM". Viacom CBS. July 17, 2020. https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/cbs-news/releases/view?id=55626.
- ↑ Abrams, Natalie (9 February 2010). "Louis Gossett Jr. Diagnosed with Cancer". TVGuide.com. CBS Interactive Inc.. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Louis-Gossett-Jr-1014849.aspx.
- ↑ Moring, Mark (23 February 2011). "A Healing Journey". Christianity Today. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/februaryweb-only/healingjourney.html. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ "Louis Gossett Jr. Hospitalized with COVID, But Left Out of Fear". TMZ. December 31, 2020. https://www.tmz.com/2020/12/31/louis-gossett-jr-covid-19-left-hospital-out-coronavirus/.
- ↑ "African American Short Films". http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/african-american-short-films/347559.
- ↑ "Dvorak's New World". CMP South West. 3 December 2006. http://www.cmpsouthwest.org/dvorakshow.htm.
- ↑ Reel, James (30 November 2006). "Burleigh's Greatest Hits". Tucson Weekly. https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/burleighs-greatest-hits/Content?oid=1086158.
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- 20th-century African-American male singers
- 21st-century African-American male singers
- African-American male singer-songwriters
- American folk singers
