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John Shaft is a fictional private investigator created by author/screenwriter Ernest Tidyman for the 1970 novel of the same name.He was portrayed by Richard Roundtree in the original 1971 film and in its four sequels—Shaft's Big Score!, Shaft in Africa, Shaft (2000) and Shaft (2019)—as well as in the seven 1973–74 Shaft television films.
Richard Arnold Roundtree (July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and four of its sequels, Shaft's Big Score!
Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft II, a private investigator and ex-NYPD Detective, father of J.J. Shaft and son [a] of John Shaft Sr; Jessie T. Usher as John “J.J.”Shaft, III, an FBI computer analyst, estranged son of John Shaft and grandson of John Shaft Sr, whom he meets for the first time since he was a baby.
Often heralded as the first Black action hero, Roundtree shot to superstardom with his portrayal of private eye and smooth lady's man John Shaft in 1971's "Shaft." Richard Roundtree, star of the ...
(Reuters) - Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing Black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the "Shaft" films of the 1970s and also took on dramatic roles dealing with race relations in ...
Richard Roundtree, who played the iconic lead character in the 1971 movie Shaft and its sequels, has died at the age of 81. The actor passed away on Tuesday “after a brief battle with pancreatic ...
Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman [4] and John D. F. Black. [5] It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series.
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