Dorian Harewood
Birthday: 1950-08-06
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Biography: Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an African American actor. He first garnered attention for his portrayal of Simon Haley (father of author Alex Haley) in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. He is also known for his roles in Full Metal Jacket and The Jesse Owens Story, and for his co-starring role in the ABC Television series Strike Force. In 1994, he was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, for his recurring role as jazz/blues saxophonist Clarence "Cool Papa" Charleston on the NBC drama series I'll Fly Away. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorian Harewood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow rec...
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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people o...
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Pacific Heights
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately ...
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Tank
After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargea...
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Sparkle
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a succe...
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Against All Odds
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in despera...
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The Christmas Shoes
Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a h...
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Gray Lady Down
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a ...
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12 Angry Men
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the gui...
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Sudden Death
When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demandi...
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Framed
New York detective Mike Santini is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers a f...
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Evasive Action
When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners looking fo...
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The Pagemaster
Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, l...
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Levity
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted...
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Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
When the Boogey Man causes Grim to lose his powers, rank, and title in the Underworld Court for misu...
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Kiss Shot
A struggling, single mom with a precocious young daughter also has an unpaid mortgage. She falls bac...
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Shattered Image
An FBI agent investigating the kidnap then apparent murder of a wealthy businessman, has his suspici...
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An American Christmas Carol
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue at...
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Polly
An musical adaptation of the book "Pollyanna" set in the 1950's in which an orphan tries to use glad...
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Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
A Hollywood star (Fawcett), fed up with her husband's cheating, hires a private investigator to tail...
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Change of Heart
Beneath Jim Marshall's veneer as the all-American father and husband, lies a long suppressed desire ...
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A History of God
For over 4,000 years, adherents of the world's monotheistic faiths have wrestled with the question o...
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Glitter
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots...
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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private yac...
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The Easter Story
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that...
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I, Desire
A coroner's assistant, who is also a law student, gets involved in a strange case involving his girl...
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Siege
A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. Aft...
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Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible
Inspired by the theatrical magicians Siegfried and Roy, this animated adventure transplants the stag...
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Archibald the Rainbow Painter
Vietnam veteran Archibald Wright is a house painter hired to work on a Beverly Hills mansion where h...
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The Jesse Owens Story
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood pl...
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Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Becau...
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Panic in Echo Park
A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating...
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Grave Misconduct
A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/f...
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When The Cradle Falls
An adoption service is kidnapping healthy white babies an adopting them to infertile couples for a p...
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Polly: Comin' Home!
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involve...
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Assault on Precinct 13
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick ...
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Getting Up and Going Home
A middle-aged lawyer struggles to face his inner demons as he finds himself embroiled in affairs wit...
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Gothika
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that sh...
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The Falcon and the Snowman
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend ...
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The Ambush Murders
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he ...
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Hendrix
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richa...
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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Get ready for all of the laughs, adventure and hip-hopping good times in this all-new imaginative an...
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Mayor Cupcake
A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. With...
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The Triangle
This made-for-TV movie follows a group of friends as they try to find a boat lost for 50 years in th...
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God Bless the Child
Single mother, Theresa Johnson, becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young ...
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Solar Crisis
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to ...
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Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem
This historical documentary chronicles the 18-month period from mid-1933 to late 1934 when John Dill...
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The Last Debate
A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into the...
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Walter and Henry
Walter and his 12-year-old son Henry are a pair of New York City street musicians living at poverty ...
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Looker
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are se...
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Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
Kangaroo Jack is back but this time he's animated! Three Teenagers go to the Outback, and find thems...
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The Making of the Wiz Live!
Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long speci...
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Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
This special has the band hiring a slick-talking new manager in an attempt to make a comeback. Under...
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God's Trombones
A trilogy of African-American poems that applies artistic interpretation to religious parables....
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The Right Girl
A young woman learns valuable lessons while developing a relationship with her new boss and his youn...
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Space Jam
With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to wi...
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The Knife and Gun Club
Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the ...
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Foster & Laurie
The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by ...
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High Ice
A grizzled veteran forest ranger finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Search...
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Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the th...
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Miss Moffat
A filmed production of the musical Miss Moffat based on The Corn is Green starring Bette Davis....
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Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
Under the stage name "Le Petomane," Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century Paris. Audienc...
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