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Thalmus Rasulala(1939-1991)

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Thalmus Rasulala in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
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Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
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Thalmus Rasulala was born on 15 November 1939 in Miami, Florida, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for New Jack City (1991), Above the Law (1988) and Roots (1977). He was previously married to Shirlyn Mozingo and Martha Roberts. He died on 9 October 1991 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
BornNovember 15, 1939
DiedOctober 9, 1991(51)
BornNovember 15, 1939
DiedOctober 9, 1991(51)
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Lee Chamberlin, Thalmus Rasulala, Danielle Spencer, and Bill Walker in What's Happening!! (1976)
Fred Berry, Haywood Nelson, Thalmus Rasulala, and Ernest Thomas in What's Happening!! (1976)
Redd Foxx and Thalmus Rasulala in Sanford and Son (1972)
Marla Gibbs, Sherman Hemsley, and Thalmus Rasulala in The Jeffersons (1975)
Pam Grier and Thalmus Rasulala in Friday Foster (1975)
Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Eartha Kitt, Ted Lange, and Thalmus Rasulala in Friday Foster (1975)

Known for

Judd Nelson, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Mario Van Peebles in New Jack City (1991)
New Jack City
6.6
  • Police Commissioner
  • 1991
Steven Seagal in Above the Law (1988)
Above the Law
6.0
  • Deputy Supt. Crowder(as Thalamus Rasulala)
  • 1988
Roots (1977)
Roots
8.4
TV Mini Series
  • Omoro
Charlton Heston, James Coburn, and Barbara Hershey in The Last Hard Men (1976)
The Last Hard Men
6.2
  • Weed
  • 1976

Credits

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Actor

  • Elliott Gould in Hitz (1992)
    Hitz
  • Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
    Mom and Dad Save the World
  • Life on the Edge (1992)
    Life on the Edge
  • Maurice Benard, Ingo Rademacher, Julie Berman, Steve Burton, Tyler Christopher, Nancy Lee Grahn, Rebecca Herbst, Kelly Monaco, Kirsten Storms, Laura Wright, Dominic Zamprogna, and Chad Duell in General Hospital (1963)
    General Hospital
  • Dragnet (1989)
    Dragnet
  • Judd Nelson, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Mario Van Peebles in New Jack City (1991)
    New Jack City
  • Marg Helgenberger and Gerald McRaney in Blind Vengeance (1990)
    Blind Vengeance
  • Kelly Rutherford, Anthony Addabbo, and Kristoff St. John in Generations (1989)
    Generations
  • Melora Hardin and J. Eddie Peck in Lambada (1990)
    Lambada
  • The Preppie Murder (1989)
    The Preppie Murder
  • Tommy Lee Jones, Gene Hackman, and Joanna Cassidy in The Package (1989)
    The Package
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
    CBS Schoolbreak Special
  • Circus
  • Mary Page Keller and Matthew Laurance in Duet (1987)
    Duet

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Slams (1973)
    The Slams

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Blacula
Trailer 1:59
Blacula
Willie Dynamite
Trailer 2:01
Willie Dynamite
The Last Hard Men
Trailer 1:11
The Last Hard Men
Mom and Dad Save the World
Trailer 1:56
Mom and Dad Save the World
Friday Foster
Trailer 0:19
Friday Foster

Personal details

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    • November 15, 1939
    • Miami, Florida, USA
    • October 9, 1991
    • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA(heart attack)
    • November 6, 1984 - October 9, 1991 (his death, 4 children)

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    Died of a heart attack 2 days before Redd Foxx (who also died of a heart attack), with whom he guest-starred on Sanford and Son (1972), playing the role of a man warning of heart attacks among African-Americans.

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