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Thalmus Rasulala

 
Actor: Thalmus Rasulala
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  • Born: Nov 15, 1939 in Miami, Florida
  • Died: Oct 09, 1991 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-'80s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Bucktown, Blacula, Friday Foster
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Twilight Zone: The Brain Center at Whipple's (1964)

Biography

Commanding African American actor Thalmus Rasulala launched his film career in such blaxploitationers of the 1960s and 1970s as Cool Breeze, Blacula, Bucktown and Friday Foster. He was prominently cast in the Emmy-winning made-for-TV feature The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, played Omro in the 1977 miniseries Roots, and was one of the nine stars of the 1981 multipart drama The Sophisticated Gents. Rasulala's series-TV manifest included the occasional role of Mabel King's ex-husband on What's Happening!! (1976-79), and a substantial run on the daytime drama One Life to Live. In the 1991 TV movie Above the Law, Rasulala played a character named Crowder, which happened to be his given name. Thalmus Rasulala died of heart failure and leukemia at the age of 51; his last film, Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), was released posthumously. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Thalmus Rasulala
Born Jack Crowder
November 15, 1939(1939-11-15)
Miami, Florida
Died October 9, 1991 (aged 51)
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Thalmus Rasulala (November 15, 1939 - October 9, 1991) was an African American actor who was an original cast member of ABC's soap opera One Life to Live from its inception in 1968 until he left the show in 1970.

Born as Jack Crowder in Miami, Florida, he appeared in many films and made guest appearances in TV shows. Notable roles include Lt. Jack Neal in One Life to Live, Roy in Bucktown, Blake Tarr in Friday Foster, Bill Thomas in What's Happening!!, and Omoro Kinte (Kunta Kinte's father) in Roots. He also appeared in The Twilight Zone, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and The Sophisticated Gents.

He died on October 9, 1991, from heart failure in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at age 51.

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