Thalmus Rasulala
Highest Rated: 90% The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Lowest Rated: 12% Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Birthday: Nov 15, 1939
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, USA
Tall, handsome, commanding black actor with a resonant voice who began his career in the 1960s as a musical comedy performer on the New York stage under the name Jack Crowder. Rasulala appeared in the off-Broadway musicals "Fly, Blackbird" with Robert Guillaume and "The Fantasticks" and won a Theater World Award for his Broadway debut as Cornelius Hackl in the Pearl Bailey production of "Hello, Dolly!" (1976). He made his film debut in "The Out-of-Towners" (1970) and throughout the 1970s and 80s was featured in the blaxploitation films "Blacula" (1972), "Bucktown" (1975) and the actioners "Cool Breeze" (1972), "Willie Dynamite" (1974), and "New Jack City" (1991). He appeared on the TV series "What's Happening!!" and gave his most notable performances in the TV movie, "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (1974) and as Kunta Kinte's father, Omoro, in the mini-series "Roots" (1977).
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Thalmus Rasulala
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitz | Judge Jackson (Character) | - | 1992 |
12% |
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Mom and Dad Save the World | General Afir (Character) | $1.8M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life on the Edge | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judgement | Judge Jackson (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blind Vengeance | Rev. Abel Mace (Character) | - | 1990 |
68% |
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The Package | Secret Service Commander (Character) | $9.3M | 1989 |
50% |
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Above the Law | Deputy Supt. Crowder (Character) | $18.6M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defiant Ones | Fred (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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The Boss' Wife | Barney (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sophisticated Gents | Snake (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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The President's Mistress | Lieutenant Gordon (Character) | - | 1978 |
57% |
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Fun With Dick and Jane | Food Stamp Man (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer on Board | Dr. Alvarez (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Hard Men | Weed (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Adios Amigo | Noah (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Mr. Ricco | Frankie Steele (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Cornbread, Earl and Me | Charlie (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Friday Foster | Blake Tarr (Character) | - | 1975 |
40% |
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Bucktown | Roy (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Hours Before Morning | Justice Sullivan (Character) | - | 1975 |
90% |
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Ned (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Willie Dynamite | Robert Daniels (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Cool Breeze | Sidney Lord Jones (Character) | - | 1972 |
46% |
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Blacula | Dr. Gordon Thomas (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bait | Eddie Nugent (Character) | - | 1972 |
TV
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92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Capt. Donald Varley (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven | Jake (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest American Hero | Victor Soucha (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Kurt Hendricks (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's Happening!! | Unknown (Character) | 1976-1977 |
76% | 65% | Roots | Omoro (Character) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Times | Ernie Harris (Guest Star) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Perry Riggs (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Chief Constable McPhee (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanford and Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 89% | All in the Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Technician (Character) | 1964 |