Carl Lee (actor) facts for kids

Carl Lee (born Carl Vincent Canegata; November 22, 1926 – April 17, 1986) was an American actor. His father was actor/professional boxer Canada Lee (1907–1952).

Biography

Lee, billed as Canada Lee Jr at age 16, played a student at Tuskegee Institute in an April 1952 episode of American Inventory. His father starred in the episode as George Washington Carver. Lee made his first film appearance in Human Desire (1954). ..... He appeared in the film version released in 1961.

Lee appeared in films such as A Man Called Adam (1966) opposite Sammy Davis, Jr. and Cicely Tyson, and the blaxploitation film Superfly (with Ron O'Neal, 1972). .....

While filming The Connection, Lee fell in love with its director Shirley Clarke. Their relationship lasted almost 30 years until Lee's death.

..... In a 2000 interview, filmmaker James Toback stated "In the sort of hip world of New York, Carl Lee was the hip-black-actor icon. He was for hip people what Sidney Poitier was for mainstream people."

Acting filmography

Films

• Human Desire (1954) as John Thurston (uncredited)
• The Connection (1961) as Cowboy
• The Cool World (1964) as Priest
• A Man Called Adam (1966)
• Portrait of Jason (1967, off-screen voice; director Shirley Clarke)
• The Landlord (1970) as Carl
• Pound (1970) as Thief
• Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
• Super Fly (1972) as Eddie
• Gordon's War (1973) as Bee Bishop
• Exposed (1983) as Duke (final film role)

Television

• The Nurses (1963) as Lonnie Hill
• The Defenders (1965) as Philip Dunning
• Caribe (1975) as Haines
• Mannix (1975) as Ginger
• Barbary Coast (1975) as Currier
• Serpico (1976) as Carothers
• Good Times (1977) as Ray Woods
• Keeping On (1981) as Davis