Calvin Lockhart facts for kids
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Calvin Lockhart
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Lockhart, 1971.
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Bert McClossy Cooper
October 18, 1934 |
| Died | March 29, 2007 (aged 72) Nassau, Bahamas
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| Nationality | Bahamian–American |
| Education | Cooper Union School of Engineering |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–2007 |
| Known for | Rev. Deke O'Malley – Cotton Comes to Harlem Biggie Smalls – Let's Do It Again |
| Spouse(s) | (?-?; divorced) Thelma Walters
(m. 1972; div. 1978)Lynn Sloan
(m. 1982; div. 1987)Jennifer Miles
(m. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
Calvin Lockhart (born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 – March 29, 2007) was an actor from the Bahamas and the United States. He was famous for his roles in movies like Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) where he played Reverend Deke O'Malley. He was also known as Biggie Smalls in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again.
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Early Life and Education
Calvin Lockhart was born Bert McClossy Cooper in Nassau, Bahamas. He was the youngest of eight children. His father, Eric Cooper, was a tailor. When he was 18, Lockhart moved to New York City, New York. He studied for a year at the Cooper Union School of Engineering. After that, he decided to become an actor. To support himself, he worked as a taxi driver and ran a carpentry business.
Acting Career Highlights
In 1960, Lockhart started his acting career on Broadway. He played a gang leader in a play called The Cool World. Later, he traveled to Italy and started his own theater company. He acted and directed plays there. He then moved to West Germany and England. In England, he got roles on British TV and in movies. Some of his early films were A Dandy in Aspic and Salt and Pepper in 1968.
Breaking Through in Film
Lockhart's first important movie role was in Joanna (1968). This film was about a romance between people of different backgrounds in London. His first main role in a movie was in Halls of Anger (1970). He played a former basketball star who becomes a vice-principal. In 1970, The New York Times newspaper described him as having "matinee-idol looks". They said he had "chiseled-out-of-marble features" and "skin the color of brown velvet".
Notable Roles and Stage Work
He also starred as Reverend Deke O'Malley in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970). This movie was based on a popular novel. In 1974, Lockhart became an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. This is a very famous theater group. In the 1980s, he appeared in seven episodes of the TV show Dynasty. He played a character named Jonathan Lake. Horror film fans might know him from The Beast Must Die (1974). In this movie, he played a rich big-game hunter.
Later Years and Passing
In the late 1990s, Lockhart moved back to the Bahamas. He worked as a director for the Freeport Players Guild. His last movie role was in Rain, a film shot in the Bahamas. It was released in 2007. Calvin Lockhart passed away on March 29, 2007. He was 72 years old and died in a Nassau hospital from problems related to a stroke.
Family Life
Calvin Lockhart was married four times and had two sons. In 1972, he married a model named Thelma Walters. They later divorced. In 1982, he married Lynn Sloan. They also later divorced. His fourth wife was Jennifer Miles. They married in 2006. One of his sons, Julien Lockhart Miles, is also an actor. He also had another son named Leslie Lockhart.
Pop Culture Connection
Calvin Lockhart played a character named Biggie Smalls in the 1975 movie Let's Do It Again. A famous musical artist, Christopher Wallace, used this name for his demo tape in 1991. Even after a lawsuit made Wallace change his name, people and the media still called him Biggie Smalls. He later became known as Notorious B.I.G..
Select Filmography
- 1961 Venere creola as Melchiorre
- 1963 Cleopatra as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1965 Family Christmas (TV)
- 1966 Talking to a Stranger (TV Series) as Leonard
- 1967 Girl in a Black Bikini (TV Series) as Lee Anderson
- 1967 Drums Along the Avon as Bus Driver
- 1968 The Mercenaries as President Mwamini Ubi
- 1968 A Dandy in Aspic as Brogue
- 1968 Light Blue (The Wednesday Play) (TV Series) as Damon Page
- 1968 Only When I Larf as Ali Lin
- 1968 Salt and Pepper as Jones
- 1968 Nobody Runs Forever as "Jamaica"
- 1968 Joanna as Gordon
- 1970 Halls of Anger as Quincy Davis
- 1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem as Deke "Reverend" O'Malley
- 1970 Myra Breckinridge as Irving Amadeus
- 1972 Melinda as Frankie J. Parker
- 1973 Le Grabuge as Pablo
- 1974 Contratto carnale as Ruma / Kofi
- 1974 The Beast Must Die as Tom Newcliffe
- 1974 Uptown Saturday Night as "Silky Slim"
- 1974 Honeybaby, Honeybaby as "Liv"
- 1978 Good Times (TV Series) as Raymond, Florida Evans' Gambler Cousin
- 1975 Let's Do It Again as "Biggie" Smalls
- 1977 The Baron as Jason
- 1978 Starsky & Hutch (TV Series) as Allen "Angel" Walter
- 1980 The Baltimore Bullet as "Snow" White
- 1988 Coming to America as Colonel Izzi
- 1990 Wild at Heart as Reggie
- 1990 Predator 2 as Willie "King Willie"
- 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as The Electrician
- 2008 Rain as Samuel
- 2014 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as The Electrician (final film role; scenes filmed in 1992)
See also
In Spanish: Calvin Lockhart para niños
