See "Tree" Star Richard Roundtree at 79
The man behind the privately fresh private detective is still acting today.
Even if you did not see the movie in years - or at all, in this regard, there is no doubt that you know theTree Song Theme, and the famous breed dryer: "Shaft, can you dig?" The 1971 film, its suites and a short-life TV adaptation all playedRound-rum As a private titular detective, John Tree. The role has made it aaction action and one of the most popular actors of the kind blaxploitation. Now, more than 50 years since the firstTree The film came out, ROUNDTREE always acts. And there is a good chance that he has arisen one of your favorite television broadcasts. Read more about your life and career today.
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He is always a busy and working actor.
ROUNDTREE continued to act since its big break, on television, in the movies and on stage. Some of its recent roles include television seriesMARY JANE,Family meeting, andCherish the dayand moviesWhich men want and the 2019TreeSuite, who co-playedSamuel L. JacksonandJessie T. Usher like the son of the tree and the grandson, respectively. It will also appear in the next movieMove next toLily Tomlin andJane Fonda.
ROUNDTREE also had invited and recurring roles on many other television broadcasts over the years, includingA.k.a,Desperate housewives,The closest,The Gray Anatomy,Hero, andThe Chicago fire.
He is a cancer survivor.
The round shirt was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 after noticing a bump on his chest. Heshared his diagnosis publicly After being cancer free for five years. "Ironically, my only trepidation shared my condition with anyone in Hollywood because the industry does not like patients," he shared withEssence In 2020. "I had never worried about telling any of my male friends, but the industry, yes, so I never left it and I have never told anyone until I was cancer and a five-year survivor. "
Since the opening of cancer, it has sensitized breast cancer in men. In an interview with theBoston Herald In 2019, he said thatAn edge agent told him once, "" You saved my husband's life. I made it read the article inTime Magazine on your trip and it made it fall and it saved one's life. "" Roundtree continued ", I had answers from this story several times. That's why I call it a disguised blessing. Because I was able to talk about it, he left men know that the detection early can save your life. "AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
It's a father of five years.
ROUNDTREE is married twice: atMary Jane Grant from 1963 to 1973 andKaren Mr. Ciernia From 1980 to 1998. It has five children from the total of two weddings.
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He played again at the tree if he was lucky.
After the three originalsTree Films and television adaptation, ROUNDTREE resumed the role twice more: in 2000 and 2019. In an interview with 2019 withThe New York Times,ROUNDTREE says, "Go. If they say, let's do it again, and Sam [Jackson] is involved, I'm on board. Without a doubt."
The round shirt has also shared in the interview how to be recognized as the tree feels it feels.
"Not a day goes only I'm not somewhere when someone recites the lines of the theme song or movie lines, as if I have never heard them before. [Illegal his head of disapproval.] I am Like, "Yeah, man. Cool. Okay, "he says." But that's what it's. And at the same time, what would I do else? I'm still there. Many of my friends and associates are no longer here, no more in the business, and I am always paid. So keep it moving, roundabout. "
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