Thalmus Rasulala
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Biography
Tall, handsome, commanding black actor with a resonant voice who began his career in the 1960s as a musical comedy performer on the New York stage under the name Jack Crowder. Rasulala appeared in the off-Broadway musicals "Fly, Blackbird" with Robert Guillaume and "The Fantasticks" and won a Theater World Award for his Broadway debut as Cornelius Hackl in the Pearl Bailey production of "Hello, Dolly!" (1976). He made his film debut in "The Out-of-Towners" (1970) and throughout the 1970s and 80s was featured in the blaxploitation films "Blacula" (1972), "Bucktown" (1975) and the actioners "Cool Breeze" (1972), "Willie Dynamite" (1974), and "New Jack City" (1991). He appeared on the TV series "What's Happening!!" and gave his most notable performances in the TV movie, "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (1974) and as Kunta Kinte's father, Omoro, in the mini-series "Roots" (1977).
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1961
Performed in original West Coast production of "Fly Blackbird"
1962
Off-Broadway debut, "Fly Blackbird"
1967
Broadway debut, "Hello, Dolly!"
1970
Film debut in "The Out-of-Towners"
1972
First film as Thalmus Rasulala, "Cool Breeze"
1973
Was assistant director on "The Slams"
1977
Played Omoro in the miniseries "Roots"
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