Biography
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
Also known as
Jack Crowder · Jack Bernarde Crowder
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
66
Acting credits
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Directing
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Writing
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Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.5The Twilight Zone
1959 · tv · as Technician
- 2
★ 8.4Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · tv · as Capt. Donald Varley
- 3
★ 7.8All in the Family
1971 · tv · as Mr. Byrd (as Jack Crowder)
- 4
★ 7.4Roots
1977 · tv · as Omoro
- 5
★ 7.3The Jeffersons
1975 · tv · as Kurt Hendricks
- 6
★ 7.2Kojak
1973 · tv · as Chief of Detectives
- 7
★ 7.2The Incredible Hulk
1977 · tv · as Dep. Chief Harry Simon
- 8
★ 6.9Blue Thunder
1984 · tv · as Marley Winston
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
1959 1 title(s)
1967 1 title(s)
1969 1 title(s)
1970 1 title(s)
1972 4 title(s)
1974 4 title(s)
1975 11 title(s)
Adiós Amigo
movie · as Noah · ★ 4.0
Bucktown
movie · as Roy · ★ 5.8
Cornbread, Earl and Me
movie · as Charlie · ★ 6.8
Friday Foster
movie · as Blake Tarr · ★ 6.1
Khan!
tv · Acting · ★ 6.0
Last Hours Before Morning
movie · as Justice Sullivan · ★ 4.5
Mr. Ricco
movie · as Frankie Steele · ★ 6.2
Saturday Night Live
tv · as Father Merrin · ★ 6.9
The Cop and the Kid
tv · Acting
The Jeffersons
tv · as Kurt Hendricks · ★ 7.3
When Things Were Rotten
tv · as Prince Enjomo · ★ 7.3
