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Melvin Van Peebles

Actor | Writer | Director

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Father of Megan Van Peebles and Max Van Peebles. See more trivia »

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in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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2011 Pile On! (short) (post-production)
Hobo
 
2013 Peeples
Grandpa Peeples
 
2012 Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail (short)
Narrator
 
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 The Hebrew Hammer
Sweetback
 
2003 Baltimore (short)
 
2000 Antilles sur Seine
L'Américain à la soirée
 
2000 Time of Her Time
Thompson
 
1999 Love Kills
Abel
 
1999 Smut
 
1997 The Shining (TV mini-series)
Richard Hallorann
– Episode #1.3 (1997) … Richard Hallorann
– Episode #1.1 (1997) … 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
 
1989 Identity Crisis
The Inspector
 
1988 Sonny Spoon (TV series)
Mel Spoon
– Diamonds Aren't Forever (1988) … Mel Spoon
– Papa Rozzi (1988) … Mel Spoon
– Never Go to Your High School Reunion (1988) … Mel Spoon
– Too Good to Be True, Too Good to Get Caught (1988) … Mel Spoon
– Tough Habit (1988) … Mel Spoon
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1987 Jaws: The Revenge
Mr. Witherspoon
 
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
 
1971 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweetback
 
1970 Watermelon Man
Sign Painter (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (18 titles)
2012 Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail (short)
 
2008 Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (screenplay)
 
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)
– The Day They Came to Arrest the Book (1987) (writer)
 
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 (screenplay)
 
1968 The Story of a Three-Day Pass (writer)
 
1963 Cinq cent balles (short) (writer)
 
1957 Sunlight (short)
 
1957 Three Pickup Men for Herrick (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (17 titles)
2012 Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail (short)
 
2008 Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
 
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
 
1973 Don't Play Us Cheap
 
1971 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
 
1970 Watermelon Man
 
1970 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
– Really Cool (1970)
 
1968 The Story of a Three-Day Pass
 
1963 Cinq cent balles (short)
 
1957 Sunlight (short)
 
1957 Three Pickup Men for Herrick (short)
 
Show ShowComposer (11 titles)
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
2008 Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (producer)
 
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)
 
1971 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (producer)
 
1957 Sunlight (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (5 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)
2005 Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (TV documentary) (music producer)
 
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)
 
2004 C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (special thanks)
 
2000 Bamboozled (thanks)
 
1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2012)
 
2011 Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door (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 Directors on Directing (documentary)
Melvin VanPeebles
 
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 How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (TV 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
– Kiss My Baadasssss Ice-T's Guide to Blaxploitation (1994) … 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
– Bill Withers/The Soul Children/Melvin Van Peebles (1974) … 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

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Album: "The Melvin Van Peebles Collection", 1971. See more »

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Personal Quote:

[about his somewhat eccentric taste in antiques] Some people get a sense of being alive by shopping and spending money. I get that feeling by giving unwanted things a new life. See more »

Trivia:

Father of Megan Van Peebles and Max Van Peebles. See more »

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