Robert Townsend
Multi-talented figure who graduated from stand-up comedy to eilm, making his screen acting debut in Paul Mazursky's "Willie and Phil" (1980) and contributing a fine dramatic performance in "A Soldier's Story" (1984).
Frustrated at the dearth of significant screen roles for blacks, Townsend scraped together some $100,000 (putting most of it on his assortment of… See Full Robert Townsend Biography
Partial Filmography
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
- Phantom Punch (2008)
- Of Boys and Men (2007)
- Tao of the Golden Mask (2007)
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