Albert Popwell

Known For

Sudden Impact (1983)

Magnum Force (1973)

The Enforcer (1976)

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

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Actor (65 titles)

1995 A Last Goodbye
O.C. Lee

1991 Scissors
Officer (uncredited)

1990 Wild at Heart
Barkeeper at Zanzibar (scenes deleted)

1989 Deadly Embrace (video)

1989 The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Jones

1987 Who's That Girl
Parole Chairman

1986 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
David Crawford

– Missing Melody (1986) … David Crawford

1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)

– The Human Interest Story (1985)

1984 The Facts of Life (TV series)
Bailiff

– The Rich Aren't Different (1984) … Bailiff

1983 Sudden Impact
Horace King

1983 The A-Team (TV series)
Digger

– The Out-of-Towners (1983) … Digger

1982 Sister, Sister (TV movie)
The Drunk

1981 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Hardened Criminal

– Details at Eleven (1981) … Hardened Criminal

1980 The Incredible Hulk (TV series)
Doctor

– Long Run Home (1980) … Doctor

1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Koren

– Cosmic Whiz Kid (1979) … Koren

1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series)
Fader

– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Fader

1979 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
2nd Pimp

– A Small Circle of Friends (1979) … 2nd Pimp

1979 Butterflies in Heat
Ned

1978 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Gaffer

– The Deadly Dolphin (1978) … Gaffer

1978 The Buddy Holly Story
Eddie

1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
Keino

– The Mystery of the African Safari (1977) … Keino

1977 Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (TV movie)

1975-1977 Police Story (TV series)
Black Stallion / Daniel Casey

– Trial Board (1977) … Daniel Casey

– The Cut Man Caper (1975) … Black Stallion

1976 The Enforcer
Mustapha

1976 Sanford and Son (TV series)
Dr. Davis

– Sanford and Gong (1976) … Dr. Davis

1976 Steel Cowboy (TV movie)
Miller

1975 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Nappy

– Poisoned Snow (1975) … Nappy

1975 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Matthew Johnson

1975 Emergency! (TV series)
Ofcr. II Les Taylor

– 905-Wild (1975) … Ofcr. II Les Taylor

1968-1974 Ironside (TV series)
1st Driver / China-Boy / Counterman

– The Far Side of the Fence (1974) … Counterman

– The Last Payment (1973) … China-Boy

– Barbara Who (1968) … 1st Driver

1974 Police Woman (TV series)
Willie Roper

– Seven Eleven (1974) … Willie Roper

1974 Columbo (TV series)
Al Como

– A Friend in Deed (1974) … Al Como

1974 The Single Girls
Morris

1974 Lost in the Stars

1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
Peters

– The New Broom (1974) … Peters

1974 Kojak (TV series)
Danny Boy

– Die Before They Wake (1974) … Danny Boy

1973 Magnum Force
Pimp

1973 Sleeper
Reprogramming Scientist (uncredited)

1973 Shaft (TV series)
Logan

– The Killing (1973) … Logan

1973 Charley Varrick
Percy Randolph

1973 Cleopatra Jones
Matthew Johnson

1973 Blume in Love
Guest at Party (uncredited)

1972-1973 Search (TV series)
Griffin

– The Packagers (1973) … Griffin

– A Honeymoon to Kill (1973) … Griffin

– The Gold Machine (1972) … Griffin

– Flight to Nowhere (1972) … Griffin

– The Bullet (1972) … Griffin

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1972 Fuzz
Lewis

1972 Probe (TV movie)
Dr. Griffin

1972 Glass Houses

1970-1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
3rd Reporter (segment "The Nature of the Enemy") / Sergeant Imo (segment "Logoda's Heads")

– The Different Ones/Tell David.../Logoda's Heads (1971) … Sergeant Imo (segment "Logoda's Heads")

– Room with a View/The Little Black Bag/The Nature of the Enemy (1970) … 3rd Reporter (segment "The Nature of the Enemy")

1971 Dirty Harry
Bank Robber (uncredited)

1971 The Peace Killers
Blackjack

1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Hughes

– Operation: Bandera (1971) … Hughes

1971 That Girl (TV series)
Maurice

– Chef's Night Out (1971) … Maurice

1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)

– The Deadly Pact (1970)

1970 Mannix (TV series)
Kenoto

– The World Between (1970) … Kenoto

1970 McCloud (TV series)
Guard / Gus Milner

– The Stage Is All the World (1970) … Gus Milner

– Portrait of a Dead Girl (1970) … Guard

1970 Lost Flight (TV movie)
Black Militant

1968-1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Chagga / Lieutenant Umando

– The Skin Game (1970) … Lieutenant Umando

– The Black Answer (1968) … Chagga

1970 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Hayes

– Goober's Brother (1970) … Hayes

1968 Coogan's Bluff
Wonderful Digby

1968 Journey to Shiloh
Samuel

1967-1968 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
M.P. / Marine

– Goodbye, Dolly (1968) … Marine

– Gomer, the Privileged Character (1967) … M.P.

1968 Tarzan (TV series)
Lounga

– Trek to Terror (1968) … Lounga

1967-1968 Cowboy in Africa (TV series)
Lukora / Van Allen

– African Rodeo: Part 2 (1968) … Van Allen

– Lake Sinclair (1967) … Lukora

1967 Daktari (TV series)
Askari corporal

– Crime Wave at Wameru (1967) … Askari corporal

1963 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Tenant at Meeting

– Who Do You Kill? (1963) … Tenant at Meeting (uncredited)

1953 The Joe Louis Story
Reporter in Locker Room (uncredited)

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(1942). Stage Play: The Pirate. Comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman. Suggested by an idea in a play by Ludwig Fulda. Incidental music by Herbert Kingsley. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Costume Design by Miles White. Assistant to Mr. White: Sylvia Saal. Choreographed by Felicia Sorel. Directed by Alfred Lunt... See more »

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)

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Starred in the first four "Dirty Harry" movies with Clint Eastwood. He portrayed 4 different characters in each of the "Dirty Harry" films. He was the bank robber in Dirty Harry, a pimp in Magnum Force, a black militant leader in The Enforcer and Harry's partner in Sudden Impact. See more »

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Albert Popwell (1926–1999)

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