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Robert Hooks

Actor / Theatrical Producer | * 04/18/1937 (87) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
Robert Hooks (born Bobby Dean Hooks; April 18, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and activist. Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, he founded The Negro Ensemble Company. The Negro Ensemble Company is credited with the launch of the careers of many major black artists of all disciplines, while creating a body of performance literature over the last thirty years, providing the backbone of African-American theatrical classics. Additionally, Hooks is the sole founder of two significant black theatre companies: the D.C. Black Repertory Company, and New York's Group Theatre Workshop. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | TV Movies

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It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death ...

Trouble Man

Certification unknown

1972 | 3.1/5 | 1h 39min
Crime, Action, Thriller
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Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body. ...

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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1984 | 3.3/5 | 1h 45min
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all wh ...

Airport '77

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1977 | 2.8/5 | 1h 54min
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't a ...

Passenger 57

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1992 | 3.0/5 | 1h 24min
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Robert Hooks

Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Movies with Robert Hooks as Actor(34)

as himself2004 Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Grandpa Gene Donovan2000 Seventeen Again
as Joe Sherman1999 Free of Eden
as Lieutenant Clark1996 Fled
as Doctor Peck1995 Abandoned and Deceived
as King David1993 Posse
as Dwight Henderson1992 Passenger 57
as actor 'Hurry Sundown' (archive footage) (uncredited)1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Reverend Brooks1990 Heat Wave
as Wesley1990 Appearances
as Chief Arthur Cooper1990 The Flash
as Ben Sills1985 Words by Heart
as Alton Reese1985 The Execution
as Admiral Morrow1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
as William Galliot1982 Fast-Walking
as Harry Burton1982 Sister, Sister
as John Miller1981 The Oklahoma City Dolls
as Dist. Atty. Roerich1981 Madame X
as Paul1979 Hollow Image
as Capt. Pete Rolfe1978 To Kill a Cop
as Maj. Stanley Norton1978 The Courage and the Passion
as Eddie1977 Airport '77
as Nate Simmons1976 Just an Old Sweet Song
as Commissioner Frank Wharton1976 The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Blue Haven1975 Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
as Beau1975 Aaron Loves Angela
as Sergeant Connaught1974 Trapped
as Larry Dean1972 Two for the Money
as Mr. T1972 Trouble Man
as Inspector Lou Van Alsdale1971 Crosscurrent
as Chicken1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
as Lt. Edward Wallace1970 Carter's Army
as Reeve Scott1967 Hurry Sundown
as Keel Robinson1967 Sweet Love, Bitter

TV Shows/Series with Robert Hooks as Actor(45)

2003 L.A. Dragnet
1999 The Hoop Life
1995 The Parent 'Hood
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S.
1993 The Sinbad Show
as City Attorney Andrew Chivers1993 Diagnosis: Murder
as Chief Arthur Cooper1990 The Flash
as Dean Morgan1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1989 Family Matters
as Joe Temple1989 Seinfeld
as Commander Jim Coleman1988 Supercarrier
1987 A Different World
as Dr. Tony Hoffs1987 21 Jump Street
1987 J.J. Starbuck
as Judge Earl Gregory1986 L.A. Law
1986 Head of the Class
1986 Blacke's Magic
1985 227
as Everett Charles Jensen1984 Murder, She Wrote
as George Caniff1984 V
1983 Hardcastle and McCormick
as Lt. Ellis / Detective Joe Fisher1982 T. J. Hooker
1982 Hotel
1982 Cassie & Co.
1981 Dynasty
as Ezra 'Chops' Jackson1981 The Sophisticated Gents
1979 The Facts of Life
1979 Trapper John, M.D.
1979 Time Express
1979 Hart to Hart
as John Mays1979 Backstairs at the White House
as William Still1978 A Woman Called Moses
1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978 WKRP in Cincinnati
1976 Quincy, M.E.
1974 Petrocelli
1973 Police Story
as Joe Joplin1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 The Rookies
1969 Then Came Bronson
1967 N.Y.P.D.
1967 Mannix
as Steven Harber1965 The F.B.I.
as Wilcox1965 The F.B.I.
as Frederick Douglass1964 Profiles in Courage

Full Name: Bobby Hooks
Born: Sunday, 04/18 1937 (April) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 87 years + 7 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Robert Hooks (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bobby Dean Hooks"
Robert Hooks frequently works together with these people:
Larry David (31x, Actor)
Norman Brenner (24x, Actor)
Peter Mark Richman (19x, Actor)
Jessica Walter (16x, Actress)
William Windom (16x, Actor)
Bradford Dillman (15x, Actor)
Joseph V. Perry (15x, Actor)
Scott Marlowe (15x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (14x, Actor)
Joseph Campanella (14x, Actor)
Tim O'Connor (14x, Actor)
Aaron Spelling (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:51993, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024