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Best remembered for his raunchy humor, Robin Harris became famous in supporting roles in movies such as Do The Right Thing as Sweet Dick Willie and House Party. He has left a legacy that fans and actors will truly miss due to his career which was cut by a massive heart attack at the age of 36. Spike Lee dedicated Mo'Better Blues to Harris after his untimely death. See full bio »

Born:

Robin Hughes Harris
August 30, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

March 18, 1990 (age 36) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Known For

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing (1989)

House Party

House Party (1990)

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Bébé's Kids

Bébé's Kids (1992)

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Filmography

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Actor (5 titles)

1990 Mo' Better Blues
Butterbean Jones

1990 House Party
Pop

1989 Harlem Nights
Jerome

1989 Do the Right Thing
Sweet Dick Willie

1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Bartender at Sam's

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Writer (3 titles)

1992 Bébé's Kids (characters)

1991 The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime (TV movie) (writer)

1990 One Night Stand (TV series)

– Robin Harris (1990)

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Thanks (2 titles)

1990 You're Right... I'm Sorry (TV movie) (dedicated to the memory of)

1990 In Living Color (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)

– The Wrath of Farrakhan (1990) (in memory of)

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Self (2 titles)

1991 The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime (TV movie)
Himself

1990 One Night Stand (TV series)
Himself

– Robin Harris (1990) … Himself

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Archive Footage (4 titles)

2006 We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story (video documentary)
Himself

2006 Robin Harris: Live from the Comedy Act Theater (video)
Himself

2004 BET Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Himself (In Memory Of)

1993 Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (TV documentary)
Himself

Related Videos

Mo' Better Blues -- US Home Video Trailer from Universal

House Party -- Open-ended Trailer from New Line

Do the Right Thing -- On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album, "Bé-Bé's Kids," Wing/PolyGram Records 841 960, 1990.

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Trivia:

Was best friends with Robert Townsend and Spike Lee. See more »

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Virgo