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Rupert Crosse (November 29, 1927 – March 5, 1973) was an American television and film actor [1] noted as the first African American to receive a nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award — for his role in the 1969 adaptation of William Faulkner's The Reivers.
Detective George Robinson: (Rupert Crosse) George is Lennie's best friend, longtime partner, and sarcastic steadying force. He was in every episode. He was in every episode. He is a tall black man, prone to roll his eyes and shake his head at Lennie and his antics, and even less is known about him.
1904 Winton Flyer from The Reivers at Stahls Automotive Collection. The Reivers (also known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the U.K.) [3] is a 1969 Technicolor film in Panavision starring Steve McQueen and directed by Mark Rydell, based on the 1962 William Faulkner novel The Reivers, a Reminiscence. [4]
Sir Alfred Rupert Neale Cross QC FBA (15 June 1912 in Chelsea, London – 12 September 1980, Oxford) was an English legal scholar. He was the second of two sons of Arthur George Cross, an architect in Hastings, [ 1 ] and Mary Elizabeth (née Dalton).
A gang of outlaws led by Blind Dick (Harry Dean Stanton) stop a stagecoach, kill the guard and rob the occupants.Another trio of cowboys, Vern (Cameron Mitchell), Wes (Jack Nicholson) and Otis (Tom Filer), unknowingly come upon the gang's remote hideout and stop to rest for the night.
The screenwriter tailored the script for close friends Jack Nicholson and Rupert Crosse. [4] In adapting the novel, Towne removed Buddusky's "closet intellectualism and his beautiful wife". [5] The screenwriter also changed the ending so that Buddusky lives instead of dying as he does in the book. [5]
"The Vulcan Affair" is the first episode of the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It was edited from the pilot, "Solo", which was shot in colour, but was broadcast in black-and-white, to conform with the rest of the first season.
Too Late Blues is a 1961 black-and-white American film directed by John Cassavetes and starring Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens and Everett Chambers. It is the story of jazz musician "Ghost" Wakefield and his relationship with both his fellow band members and his love interest, Jess, a beautiful would-be singer.