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Melvin Van Peebles


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Filmography

Hide HideActor (39 titles)
2011 Pile On! (short) (post-production)
Hobo
 
2013 We the Peeples (completed)
Grandpa Peeples
 
2012 We the Party
Big D
 
2010 Redemption Road
Elmo
 
2009 Mario's Green House (TV series)
 
2009 Us: A Love Story (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2008 All My Children (TV series)
Melvin Woods
Episode #1.9931 (2008) … Melvin Woods
Episode #1.9912 (2008) … Melvin Woods
 
2007/III Blackout
George
 
2006 Hard Luck (video)
Hospital Prophet
 
2005 Girlfriends (TV series)
Kenneth Daly
Trial and Errors (2005) … Kenneth Daly
Everything Old Is New Again (2005) … Kenneth Daly
 
2003 Baltimore (short)
 
2000 Antilles sur Seine
L'Américain à la soirée
 
2000 Time of Her Time
Thompson
 
1999 Smut
 
1999 Love Kills
Abel
 
1997 The Shining (TV mini-series)
Richard Hallorann
 
1997 Riot (TV movie)
Vernon (segment "Homecoming Day")
 
1997 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
Bennett Jackson
The Documentary (1997) … Bennett Jackson
 
1996 Calm at Sunset (TV movie)
Mr. Bucket
 
1996 Gang in Blue (TV movie)
Andre Speier
 
1996 Living Single (TV series)
Warner Devant
Likes Father, Likes Son (1996) … Warner Devant
 
1995/I Panther
Old jailbird
 
1995 Fist of the North Star
Asher
 
1994 Terminal Velocity
Noble
 
1994 Dream On (TV series)
Norman Green
Steinway to Heaven (1994) … Norman Green
 
1993 Posse
Papa Joe
 
1992 Boomerang
Editor
 
1991 True Identity
Taxi Driver
 
1990 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Nathaniel Halwell
An Angry Woman (1990) … Nathaniel Halwell
 
1988-1990 Sonny Spoon (TV series)
Mel Spoon
Papa Rozzi (1990) … Mel Spoon
Diamonds Aren't Forever (1988) … Mel Spoon
Tough Habit (1988) … Mel Spoon
Semper Fi (1988) … Mel Spoon
 
1989 Identity Crisis
The Inspector
 
1987 Taking Care of Terrific (TV movie)
Hawk
 
1986 America
Man Interviewed
 
1985 O.C. and Stiggs
Wino Bob
 
1981 The Sophisticated Gents (TV movie)
Walter 'Moon' Porter/Silky
 
1970 Watermelon Man
Sign Painter (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (17 titles)
2003 Baadasssss! (book "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto")
 
2000 Bellyful
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
 
1995/I Panther (novel "Panther" / screenplay)
 
1995 Vrooom Vroom Vrooom (short)
 
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
 
1981 The Sophisticated Gents (TV movie)
 
1977 Greased Lightning (written by)
 
1976 Just an Old Sweet Song (TV movie)
 
1973 Don't Play Us Cheap (writer)
 
1971 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (written by)
 
1969 Slogan (writer)
 
1963 Cinq cent balles (short) (writer)
 
1957 Sunlight (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (16 titles)
2003 The Real Deal (video short)
 
2000 Bellyful
 
1997 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Bodies of Evidence (1997)
 
1996 Gang in Blue (TV movie)
 
1996 Tales of Erotica (segment "Vroom Vroom Vroooom")
 
1995 Vrooom Vroom Vrooom (short)
 
1989 Identity Crisis
 
1970 Watermelon Man
 
1970 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Really Cool (1970)
 
1963 Cinq cent balles (short)
 
1957 Sunlight (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
2000 Bellyful (delegate producer)
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1996 Gang in Blue (TV movie) (producer)
 
1995/I Panther (producer)
 
1995 Vrooom Vroom Vrooom (short) (producer)
 
1989 Identity Crisis (producer)
 
1981 The Sophisticated Gents (TV movie) (associate producer)
 
1973 Don't Play Us Cheap (producer)
 
1957 Sunlight (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowComposer (10 titles)
Show ShowEditor (4 titles)
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1989 Identity Crisis (writer: "Same Ole Raggedy Song" / performer: "Same Ole Raggedy Song")
 
1989 Homebound (writer: "Apple Stretching")
 
1973 Don't Play Us Cheap (writer: "Quittin' Time")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1981 The Sophisticated Gents (TV movie) (composer: song "Greased Lightning")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2002 Baadasssss Cinema (TV documentary) (source)
 
1973 Wattstax (documentary) (special staging)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2012 The House I Live In (documentary) (thanks)
 
2011 Kinyarwanda (very special thanks)
 
2010 Fair Game? (documentary) (thanks)
 
2000 Bamboozled (thanks)
 
1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
2012 Directors on Directing (documentary) (filming)
Melvin VanPeebles
 
2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Freakonomics (documentary)
Himself - Narrator (segment "It's Not Always A Wonderful Life")
 
2010 Way Black When (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Fair Game? (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Black List: Volume Two (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 American Swing (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Disappearing Voices: The Decline of Black Radio (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Sex: The Revolution (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Save It for Marriage (2008) … Himself
 
2006 The 2006 Black Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 Breaking the Rules (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 American Stag (documentary)
Melvin Van Peebles
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema (video documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself
Baadasssss (2004) … Himself
 
2002 Baadasssss Cinema (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Jim Brown: All American (TV documentary)
Himself (Actor, Producer, Director)
 
2000 Acapulco Black Film Festival (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1995 Lauren Hutton and... (TV series)
Himself
Melvin Van Peebles (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 March 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Without Walls (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Last Action Hero
Himself
 
1992 Farewell, Babylon!
Himself - Cineaste
 
1990 Family Figures (TV series)
Himself - Host
 
1989 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Louis Armstrong's words read by
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989) … Himself/Louis Armstrong's words read by (voice)
 
1986 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 September 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1976 Black Journal (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 April 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1975 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 August 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1974 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Guest
 
1974 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.37 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 Wattstax (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.179 (1971) … Himself
Episode #3.161 (1971) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Interviewed in "Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak", 2009. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 5 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about criticism of his "eccentric" taste in antiques] They laughed at Columbus when he said the world was round, too. See more »

Trivia:

Father of actor Mario Van Peebles See more »

Star Sign:

Leo