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Robert Hooks

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1937-04-18 (87 years old)

Biography

Robert Hooks (born Bobby Dean Hooks; April 18, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and activist. Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, he founded The Negro Ensemble Company. The Negro Ensemble Company is credited with the launch of the careers of many major black artists of all disciplines, while creating a body of performance literature over the last thirty years, providing the backbone of African-American theatrical classics. Additionally, Hooks is the sole founder of two significant black theatre companies: the D.C. Black Repertory Company, and New York's Group Theatre Workshop.

Filmography

all 83

TV Shows 47

Movies 36

self 4

Self

Robert Hooks

Biography

Filmography

all 83

TV Shows 47

Movies 36

self 4

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008)

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)

L.A. Dragnet (2003)

Seventeen Again (2000)

The Hoop Life (1999)

Free of Eden (1999)

Fled (1996)

Abandoned and Deceived (1995)

The Parent 'Hood (1995)

M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)

Diagnosis: Murder (1993)

The Sinbad Show (1993)

Posse (1993)

Passenger 57 (1992)

Out All Night (1992)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

The Flash (1990)

The Flash (1990)

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)

Heat Wave (1990)

Appearances (1990)

Family Matters (1989)

Seinfeld (1989)

Supercarrier (1988)

J.J. Starbuck (1987)

A Different World (1987)

21 Jump Street (1987)

Head of the Class (1986)

L.A. Law (1986)

Passion and Memory (1986)

Blacke's Magic (1986)

227 (1985)

The Execution (1985)

Words by Heart (1985)

V (1984)

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)

Hotel (1982)

Sister, Sister (1982)

Fast-Walking (1982)

T. J. Hooker (1982)

Cassie & Co. (1982)

The Sophisticated Gents (1981)

Madame X (1981)

The Oklahoma City Dolls (1981)

Dynasty (1981)

Trapper John, M.D. (1979)

Hart to Hart (1979)

The Facts of Life (1979)

Hollow Image (1979)

Time Express (1979)

Backstairs at the White House (1979)

A Woman Called Moses (1978)

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)

The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)

The Courage and the Passion (1978)

To Kill a Cop (1978)

Airport '77 (1977)

Quincy, M.E. (1976)

Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)

Aaron Loves Angela (1975)

Carter's Army (1975)

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1975)

Petrocelli (1974)

Trapped (1974)

Police Story (1973)

Trouble Man (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

The Rookies (1972)

Two for the Money (1972)

Crosscurrent (1971)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1937-04-18 (87 years old)

Birth Place
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Bobby Dean Hooks

Awards
Theatre World Award