Biography
Ji-Tu Cumbuka (March 4, 1940 – July 4, 2017) was an American actor.
He is best remembered as "Torque" in the short-lived TV series A Man Called Sloane together with Robert Conrad and Dan O'Herlihy.
In 2011, Cumbuka published his autobiography A Giant to Remember: The Black Actor in Hollywood. He has a son and a granddaughter.
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Filmography
all 60
Movies 33
TV Shows 27
Hot Dog Vendor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
TV
6.33
Reginald Brown
Midnight Edition (1993)
Movie
Hardball (1989)
TV
Alien Nation (1989)
TV
6
Josh
Caged in Paradiso (1989)
Movie
Mookie
Glitch! (1988)
Movie
The Bronx Zoo (1987)
TV
Cab Driver
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Movie
7
Amen (1986)
TV
6
Lemar
Out of Bounds (1986)
Movie
Matlock (1986)
TV
6
227 (1985)
TV
6
Cicero
Volunteers (1985)
Movie
5.92
Duboff
Covenant (1985)
Movie
Melvin
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Movie
5.84
Bernie Feldstein
Doin' Time (1985)
Movie
Calder Williams
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Homer
Hunter (1984)
TV
Alley Pimp
Bachelor Party (1984)
Movie
5.87
Giles
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
TV
5.71
Emperor's Bodyguard
The Nightingale (1983)
Movie
Gravedigger / Bubba
The A-Team (1983)
TV
3.29
St. Elsewhere (1982)
TV
Trucker
Knight Rider (1982)
TV
7.1
Emperor's Bodyguard
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
TV
Falcon Crest (1981)
TV
Torque
Death Ray 2000 (1981)
Movie
Brother Lateef
The Jericho Mile (1980)
Movie
Knots Landing (1979)
TV
5.33
Woody Shaw
Flesh & Blood (1979)
Movie
Torque
A Man Called Sloane (1979)
TV
Thurston
Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979)
Movie
Sgt. Gannett
Walk Proud (1979)
Movie
Lothar
Mandrake (1979)
Movie
Officer Marv Pulaski (uncredited)
Last of the Good Guys (1978)
Movie
Hogan's Henchman
Angela (1977)
Movie
Hawk
Young Dan'l Boone (1977)
TV
Guard
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Movie
Slim Snedeger
Bound for Glory (1976)
Movie
Lt. Jackson
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
Movie
Cicero
Mandingo (1975)
Movie
Leroy 'Tank' Whittier
The Blue Knight (1975)
Movie
S.W.A.T. (1975)
TV
6
Obbie
Amy Prentiss (1974)
Movie
Johannes
Lost in the Stars (1974)
Movie
Soldier
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
TV
6.86
Slade / John 'Blue' Andrews
Kojak (1973)
TV
6
Oscar
Maurie (1973)
Movie
Orange Stripe
Trader Horn (1973)
Movie
Police Story (1973)
TV
Black Captain
Up the Sandbox (1972)
Movie
Kung Fu (1972)
TV
7.14
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV
6.86
Skillet
Blacula (1972)
Movie
6
Sanford and Son (1972)
TV
10
Roommate
Brian's Song (1971)
Movie
Hawk
Change of Habit (1969)
Movie
Rick
Uptight (1968)
Movie
Obbie
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Lucas Hunter
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Ratings
Average 5.95
Based on 454 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1979
1976
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1940-03-04
Deathday2017-07-04 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceMontgomery, Alabama, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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