Lee Weaver, a familiar character actor known for his work bill cosby showstarring Loni Anderson Easy Street and the Coen brothers Brother, where are you?already dead. He is 95 years old.
Weaver's family announced that Weaver died on September 22 at his home in Los Angeles. They said he “brings joy, depth and representation to every role he plays and everything he does”.
Weaver played Brian Kincaid, the brother of Bill Cosby's gym teacher Chet Kincaid, from 1969-71 bill cosby showhis scenes as exhibitionist Buck Naked in the Steven Bochco series hill street blues 1982-84 and NYPD Blue 1994.
About the 1986-87 NBC Comedy Easy StreetWeaver and Jack Elam star as a pair of hapless roommates who move into a mansion recently inherited by a former Las Vegas showgirl (Anderson). The program is presented by WKRP CincinnatiHugh Wilson was canceled after one season.
exist Brother, where are you? (2000), Weaver has a memorable scene in which he plays a blind man who puts three escaped convicts (George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson) on a railroad handcar and offers them some cryptic advice about their futures.
In fact, Weaver appeared in several other notable films during his long career, including vanishing point (1971), heaven can wait (1978), Onion field (1979), bullworth (1998), How Stella got her groove back (1998), Donnie Darko (2001) and 40 year old virgin (2005).
Lee Wellington Weaver was born on April 10, 1930, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the son of a chef. He was raised by Aunt Maddie and Uncle Lee until the age of 14, when he left home to attend high school in Tallahassee and then Florida A&M University.
At 22, Weaver was drafted into the Army, serving four years before heading to New York where he worked as a typesetting engineer for a company. new york times and worked part-time as a promoter of the legendary Birdland Jazz Club. There he booked Cannonball and actors such as Nat Adderley, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane, Herb Ellis, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and the Heath Brothers.
(Cannonball Adderley, his childhood friend and best man at his wedding, recorded a song in his honor, “The Weaver,” written by Yusef Lateef, which appeared on the saxophonist's 1964 album, Japanese soul.)
Weaver played a variety of locals in his first show, in the 1955-56 syndicated series Sheena: Queen of the Jungle with a reporter al capone (1959).
In 1967 and '68, he appeared in the NBC series starring Cosby i spy. When Cosby guest-hosted tonight show At the time, Weaver was frequently announced as a guest but was unable to appear on the show because Cosby ran out of time. Weaver was later seen angry in the locker room.
Years later, Weaver showed up The Cosby Show and created by Cosby different world.
Weaver remained busy throughout the 1970s producing the following television series: Adam-12, kojak, sanford and sons, good times, the jeffersons, Soap and Starsky and Hutch and movies including Cleopatra Jones (1973) and door-to-door service (1978).
He provided the voice of the 1985-86 animated series Alpine Special Forces: Real American Heroes and in two movies.
His resume also includes the following features: lost person (1969), kiss me goodbye (1982), Buddy system (1984), wildcats (1986), two jacks (1990), Scout (1994), Thirteenth floor (1999) and Max Ross (2013) and guests 227, It's always sunny in Philadelphia and fresh prince of bel air.
Most recently, he played Mel Cordray in two episodes grace and frankie.
With his wife, actress Ta-Tanisha (Room 222), he has a daughter, Leis La-Te.