Thalmus Rasulala

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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, Good Times, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Sophisticated Gents. His last acting role was as General Afir in Mom and Dad Save the World with Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones. He died shortly after completing his scenes, and the film, released after his death, is accordingly dedicated to his memory. He died on October 9, 1991, from heart failure in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at age 51. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thalmus Rasulala, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Cast

New Jack City

(Police Commissioner)

The Out-of-Towners

(Police Officer)

Blacula

(Gordon Thomas)

Mom and Dad Save the World

(General Afir)

Judgement

(Judge Jackson)

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

(Self (archive footage))

The Boss' Wife

(Barney)

Friday Foster

(Blake Tarr)

Lambada

(Wesley Wilson)

Bucktown

(Roy)

Mr. Ricco

(Frankie Steele)

Above the Law

(Deputy Supt. Crowder)

Cool Breeze

(Sidney Lord Jones)

Born American

(The Admiral)

Cornbread, Earl and Me

(Charlie)

Willie Dynamite

(Robert Daniels)

Blind Vengeance

(Rev. Abel Mace)

The Last Hard Men

(Weed)

Bulletproof

(Billy Dunbar)

Last Hours Before Morning

(Justice Sullivan)

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

The Defiant Ones

(Fred)

Booker

(Stepfather)

The President's Mistress

(Lt. Gordon)

Adiós Amigo

(Noah)

Killer on Board

(Dr. Alvarez)

The Package

(Secret Service Commander)

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

(Ned (age 42))

Life on the Edge

(Truman Brown)

The Bait

(Eddie Nugent)

The Jerk, Too

(Crossroads)

The Trial of the Moke

(William Chamberlain)

Fun with Dick and Jane

(Food Stamp Man)

Good Times

The Rookies

Star Trek: The Next Generation

(Capt. Donald Varley)

T. J. Hooker

(Aaron Kramer / Lt. Craig Arkin)

Kraft Suspense Theatre

(Police Sergeant)

What's Happening!!

Simon & Simon

All in the Family

(Mr. Byrd (as Jack Crowder))

The Jeffersons

Mannix

Sanford and Son

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Kojak

(Chief of Detectives)

Medical Center

Cagney & Lacey

Cannon

Stingray

The Twilight Zone

(Technician)

Khan!

Blue Thunder

The Cop and the Kid

The Fitzpatricks

The Sophisticated Gents

(Kenneth 'Snake' Dobson)

Kraft Suspense Theatre

(Technician)

WonderWorks

(Wash)

The Fitzpatricks

(Huston)

The New Dragnet

(Capt. Boltz)

Saturday Night Live

(Father Merrin (segment "Exorcist II"))

The Incredible Hulk

(Dep. Chief Harry Simon)

Roots

(Omoro)

Melba