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Lou Rawls (1933–2006)

Rawls was born on 1st December 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. His father abandoned his family and Lou was raised by his grandmother. His first meeting with music was when he was seven years old, in a Baptist church choir. He was mostly influenced by the Chicago Regal theatre where he had the opportunity to see the best in black entertainment... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (45 titles)
2003 Uh Oh!
King Tooetu
 
2002 The District (TV series)
Red
Explicit Activities (2002) … Red
 
2002 The Code Conspiracy
Carriage Driver
 
2001 Betaville
Kirby the Elder
 
2000 A Man Is Mostly Water
Mailman
 
2000 Bel Air
Rusty
 
1999 Morella
Professor Larson
 
1999 Michael Jordan: An American Hero (TV movie)
Security guard
 
1996-1999 Hey Arnold! (TV series)
Harvey / Bus Driver / Pop Daddy
Helga's Parrot/Chocolate Turtles (1999) … Harvey (voice) / Pop Daddy (voice)
Casa Paradiso/Gerald's Tonsils (1998) … Harvey (voice)
Arnold's Halloween (1997) … Harvey (voice)
 
1999 Malevolence
Rev. Luke Thomas
 
1999 Wildly Available
Jazzman
 
1998 The Rugrats Movie
Newborn Baby (voice)
 
1998 The Secret Files of the SpyDogs (TV series)
Anubis
Twilight/Fetch (1998) … Anubis (voice)
 
1998 Watchers Reborn
Doc Grimes
 
1998 Knock Out (TV movie)
Boxing Coach/Manager
 
1997 Motel Blue
Gospel Minister
 
1997 Snowden on Ice (TV movie) (voice)
 
1997 Don King: Only in America (TV movie)
Harold Logan
 
1997 The Price of Kissing
Ben
 
1997 Early Edition (TV series)
Hanratty
The Wall: Part 2 (1997) … Hanratty
 
1997 After the Game
Joe Wilkins
 
1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)
Bat
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1997) … Bat (voice)
 
1996 Driven
Charlie
 
1995-1996 Baywatch Nights (TV series)
Lou Raymond
Heat Rays (1996) … Lou Raymond (credit only)
A Closer Look (1996) … Lou Raymond (credit only)
Rendezvous (1996) … Lou Raymond (credit only)
Epilogue (1996) … Lou Raymond (credit only)
Vengeance (1996) … Lou Raymond (credit only)
 
1996 Dream On (TV series)
Minister
Finale - Part One (1996) … Minister
 
1996 The Real Thing
MC
 
1995 Leaving Las Vegas
Concerned Cabbie
 
1994 Lookin' Italian
Willy
 
1992 Baywatch (TV series)
Ozzie Thompson
Lifeguards Can't Jump (1992) … Ozzie Thompson
 
1992 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV series)
Dr. Rice
The Guinea Pigs (1992) … Dr. Rice (voice)
 
1991 Saturday's (TV movie)
Jack Saturday
 
1989 This Is America, Charlie Brown (TV mini-series)
Vocalist
The Music and Heroes of America (1989) … Vocalist (singing voice)
 
1986 Tall Tales & Legends (TV series)
Jim Wallace
John Henry (1986) … Jim Wallace
 
1983 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Charles 'Diggs' Whelan
Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends (1983) … Charles 'Diggs' Whelan
 
1981 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Country Joe Walker
The Fall Guy (1981) … Country Joe Walker
 
1972 Mannix (TV series)
Vince Logan
Lifeline (1972) … Vince Logan
 
1969 The Big Valley (TV series)
Joshua Watson
Joshua Watson (1969) … Joshua Watson
 
1960 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Safari Attendant
Safari (1960) … Safari Attendant (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (46 titles)
2012 Hit and Run (performer: "Pure Imagination")
 
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
2009 Hung (TV series)
Pilot (2009) (performer: "You'll Never Find a Love" - uncredited)
 
2008 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Round 2 (2008) (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - uncredited)
 
2008 The Wire (TV series)
Clarifications (2008) (performer: "You'll Never Find a Love Like Mine")
 
2007 Disturbia (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
2007 Psych (TV series)
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead (2007) (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
2005 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2005) (performer: "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town")
 
2005 South Park (TV series)
Wing (2005) (writer: "You'll never Find Another Love like Mine")
 
2004 Surviving Christmas (performer: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town")
 
2004 Soul Plane (performer: "You'll Never Find")
 
2002 The Hot Chick (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
2002 The Tuxedo (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
2002 High Crimes (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
 
2000 What Women Want (performer: "Nobody But Me")
 
1999 That '70s Show (TV series)
The Pill (1999) (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
1999/I Payback (performer: "If I Had My Life to Live Over")
 
1998 The Rugrats Movie (performer: "This World Is Something New to Me")
 
1997 That Old Feeling (performer: "At Last")
 
1996 Jingle All the Way (performer: "So They Say It's Christmas")
 
1996 Jungle Cubs (TV series)
 
1996 The Great White Hype (performer: "I've Got You Under My Skin")
 
1995 Women of the House (TV series)
That's What Friends Are For (1995) (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
1989 Garfield's Thanksgiving (TV movie) (performer: "Make Thanksgiving One Whole Meal")
 
1989 The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (TV movie) (performer: "Yesterday", "Help Me Make It Through The Night")
 
1988 Angel III: The Final Chapter (performer: "Secrets")
 
1987 A Garfield Christmas Special (TV short) (performer: "Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie", "You Can Never Find an Elf When You Need One")
 
1987 Garfield Goes Hollywood (TV short) (performer: "They Love Us", "Hollywood Feels So Good")
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Take My Breath Away")
 
1986 Garfield in Paradise (TV short) (performer: "Hello, Hawaii Can I Come Over?", "Beauty and the Beach" / as Garfield)
 
1985 New Love, American Style (TV series)
Love and the Housekeeper (performer: "Love American Style")
 
1985 Garfield in Disguise (TV movie) (performer: "This Is the Night", "Scaredy Cat" / as Garfield)
 
1984 E/R (TV series)
 
1982 Here Comes Garfield (TV short) (performer: "Foolin' Around", "Here Comes Garfield", "Long About Midnight", "Together Again")
 
1981 The Cannonball Run (performer: "Love Is on the Air", "If and When")
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Episode #2.15 (1977) (performer: "Groovy People", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "You're the One")
 
1976 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Episode dated 9 September 1976 (1976) (performer: "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine")
 
1975 The Specialist (performer: "The Specialist")
 
1974 Welcome to Arrow Beach (performer: "Who Can Tell Us Why")
 
1973 The Soul of Nigger Charley (performer: "Sometime Day")
 
1971 Believe in Me (performer: "Believe in Me")
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Jean")
 
1969 Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London (TV series)
Episode #2.3 (1969) (performer: "Cotton Fields" - uncredited, "I Love You, Yes I Do" - uncredited)
Episode #2.2 (1969) (performer: "Charmaine" - uncredited, "Rockin' Chair" - uncredited)
 
1968 Duffy (performer: "I'm Satisfied")
 
1968 The Best on Record (TV movie) (writer: "Dead End Street" / performer: "Dead End Street")
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Episode #1.50 (1965) (performer: "Cold, Cold Heart", "Three O' Clock in the Morning")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
1996-1998 Jungle Cubs (TV series) (performer: "Bare Necessities" - 13 episodes)
Nice Tiger/Sleepless in the Jungle (1998) (performer: "Bare Necessities")
Tree for Two/Waiting for Baloo (1997) (performer: "Bare Necessities")
A Tale of Two Tails/Hair Ball (1997) (performer: "Bare Necessities")
Old Green Teeth/The Elephant Who Couldn't Say No (1997) (performer: "Bare Necessities")
Birthday Snake/The Five Bananas (1997) (performer: "Bare Necessities")
 
1991 Garfield Gets a Life (TV short) (vocals)
 
1988 Angel III: The Final Chapter (composer: end theme)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1987 The 4th Annual Black Gold Awards (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
1986 The 3rd Annual Black Gold Awards (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2003 Uh Oh!
 
Show ShowSelf (112 titles)
2006 Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (video documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2006 An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.173 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Father of the Pride (TV series)
Himself
Donkey (2004) … Himself (voice)
 
2004 The Wayne Brady Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 January 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 11 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 10 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 9 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 8 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The Nick at Nite Holiday Special (TV movie)
Himself (voice)
 
2003 Sam Cooke: Legend (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love and Soul (TV special documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2003 God Only Knows: Vocal Harmony - The Voice (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 DeFord Bailey: A Legend Lost (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2002 The Proud Family (TV series)
Himself
The Party (2002) … Himself (voice)
 
2001 Christmas with the Stars (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 My Wife and Kids (TV series)
Himself
Michael's Garden (2001) … Himself
 
2001 32nd NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence (TV special documentary)
Himself - Co-Host
 
2001 Petula Clark: A Sign of the Times (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Cowsills (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Jazz Channel Presents Lou Rawls (video)
Himself
 
1999 Norm (TV series)
Himself
Norm and Shelly in Love (1999) … Himself
 
1999 CD Highway (TV series)
Himself
 
1998 The Good News (TV series)
Himself
Gospelfest: Part 2 (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Martin (TV series)
Himself
California, Here We Come: Part 2 (1997) … Himself
 
1996/I The Prince
Himself
 
1994 Roc (TV series)
Himself
The Concert (1994) … Himself
 
1993 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.55 (1993) … Himself
 
1992 Hollywood Fantasy Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Vicki! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.75 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 The Chuck Woolery Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.62 (1991) … Himself
 
1980-1989 Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode dated 30 December 1989 (1989) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 17 December 1988 (1988) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 27 December 1986 (1986) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 28 December 1985 (1985) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 10 December 1983 (1983) … Himself - Host
 
1971-1989 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 December 1989 (1989) … Himself
Episode dated 12 December 1988 (1988) … Himself
Episode dated 24 September 1985 (1985) … Himself
Episode dated 3 July 1979 (1979) … Himself
Episode dated 4 December 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1988 Lou Rawls Presents Black Gold Hits (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1971-1988 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself - Guest / Himself
Lou Rawls/Otis Clay/The Peaches (1972) … Himself - Guest
Lou Rawls/The 100 Proof/The Emotions (1971) … Himself - Guest
 
1988 The 15th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1987 Throb (TV series)
Himself
Rainy Day People (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The 4th Annual Black Gold Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1987 The 14th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1986 The New Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Panelist
Episode dated 12 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
Episode dated 11 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
Episode dated 10 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
Episode dated 9 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
Episode #1.61 (1986) … Himself - Panelist
 
1986 The 3rd Annual Black Gold Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1986 The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1985 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982-1985 Solid Gold (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.42 (1985) … Himself
Episode #5.41 (1985) … Himself
Episode #2.28 (1982) … Himself
 
1985 Motown Returns to the Apollo (TV special)
Himself
 
1984 The Secret World of the Very Young (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1984 The 11th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1983 The President's Command Performance (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 The 10th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Ray Charles: A Man & His Soul (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Himself
Ty's One Man Band (1983) … Himself (voice)
 
1981 The 8th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1980 Uptown: A Tribute to the Apollo Theatre (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1980 Horas doradas (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 May 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1972-1980 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 28 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 3 October 1977 (1977) … Himself
Episode dated 24 October 1972 (1972) … Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 17 October 1972 (1972) … Himself - Co-Host
 
1979 The Ronnie Corbett Special (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 May 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 The 21st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 The 6th Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1978 The 20th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 International Cabaret (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.5 (1978) … Himself
 
1973-1977 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
Episode #6.13 (1977) … Himself - Host
Episode #6.8 (1977) … Himself - Host
Episode #6.1 (1977) … Himself
Episode #5.30 (1977) … Himself - Host
Episode #1.9 (1973) … Himself - Host
 
1977 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.15 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 The Captain and Tennille (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.16 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 The 4th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1975-1976 Rock Concert (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.7 (1976) … Himself
Episode #3.7 (1975) … Himself
 
1976 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.206 (1976) … Himself
 
1975 Musical Chairs (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 October 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Lou Rawls: Soul on Ice! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969-1974 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Celebrity Roast: Hank Aaron (1974) … Himself
Episode dated 9 April 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 22 January 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 10 April 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1973-1974 The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 March 1974 (1974) … Himself
Episode #2.19 (1973) … Himself
 
1972-1973 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.5 (1973) … Himself
Episode #2.22 (1973) … Himself
Episode #2.6 (1972) … Himself
 
1969-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.168 (1972) … Himself
Episode #3.51 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.68 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 November 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 November 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 22 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Julie Felix (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Perfomer
 
1970 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #2.24 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1970 Playboy After Dark (TV series)
Singer / Himself - Singer
Episode #2.5 (1970) … Singer
Episode #1.22 (1969) … Himself - Singer
Episode #1.16 (1969) … Singer
 
1970 Frost on Sunday (TV series)
Himself - Guest Star
Episode #2.8 (1970) … Himself - Guest Star
 
1967-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.17 (1970) … Himself
How the West Was Swung (1967) … Himself
 
1970 The Barbara McNair Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.2 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 January 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Sesame Street (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.43 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.135 (1969) … Himself
Episode #1.56 (1969) … Himself
Episode #1.2 (1969) … Himself
 
1968-1969 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself - Guest Vocalist
Singing Waiters, Hillbilly Songwriters (1969) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
Don't Look a Wooden Gift Horse in the Mouth (1969) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
Episode #17.19 (1968) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
 
1968-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Episode #4.48 (1969) … Himself
Episode #3.227 (1969) … Himself
Episode #3.165 (1969) … Himself
Episode #3.153 (1969) … Himself - Guest Host
Episode #3.125 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.2 (1969) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1969 Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.3 (1969) … Himself
Episode #2.2 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.10 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #6.8 (1968) … Himself - Singer
 
1968 Jack Benny's Bag (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968 Soul (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1968 Lulu's Back in Town (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 June 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Best on Record (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968 Die Drehscheibe (TV series)
Singer
Episode dated 20 March 1968 (1968) … Singer
 
1966-1968 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #21.26 (1968) … Himself - Singer
Episode #20.27 (1967) … Himself - Singer
Episode #20.9 (1966) … Himself - Singer
 
1967 Malibu U. (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #1.4 … Himself - Singer
 
1966 Shivaree (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 January 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #1.50 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1964 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 May 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2013 Unsung (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 My Wife and Kids (TV series)
 
1995 Women of the House (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Anthology" (Capitol) (2-disc set) See more »

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception, all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life. I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul taking up time and space before I learned." - on surviving a 1958 car crash. Rawls was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital. He was in a coma for five days. See more »

Trivia:

Cousin of Wanda Mitchell. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius