Carl Wright (actor)
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Born in Orlando, Florida, he toured as a tap dancer as a young man, and for a time performed as The Three-Leggers with a one-legged partner. Wright died of cancer at his home in Chicago in 2007.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Soul Food | Reverend Williams | |
| 1998 | Early Edition | Henderson | Episode: "Walk, Don't Run" |
| 2000 | Big Momma's House | Ben Rawley | |
| 2001 | Just Visiting | Station Master | |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Checker Fred | |
| 2003 | Platinum Playaz | Mr. Green | |
| 2003 | When Thugs Cry | Minister | |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Checker Fred | |
| 2004 | The Cookout | Grandpa | (final film role) |
References
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- ↑ Associated Press (May 20, 2007). Dancer, Actor Carl Wright Dies at 75.
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- 1932 births
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- American tap dancers
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Male actors from Chicago
- Male actors from Orlando, Florida
- Deaths from cancer in Illinois
- American male dancers
- 20th-century American dancers
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century African-American male actors
- 21st-century African-American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors