Adolph Caesar

Actor

About

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

December 05, 1933

Died

March 06, 1986

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Forceful black character player whose film career had just begun to flourish in middle age when he died of a heart attack; best remembered as the rough master sergeant in "A Soldier's Story" (1984), for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor....

Filmography

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Club Paradise (1986)

The Color Purple (1985)

A Soldier's Story (1984)

Master Sergeant Vernon C Waters

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)

La Honte de la jungle (1975)

Photos & Videos

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Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) They Still Hate You

Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) White Folks In The Town

Biography

Forceful black character player whose film career had just begun to flourish in middle age when he died of a heart attack; best remembered as the rough master sergeant in "A Soldier's Story" (1984), for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Club Paradise (1986)

The Color Purple (1985)

A Soldier's Story (1984)

Master Sergeant Vernon C Waters

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)

La Honte de la jungle (1975)

Cast (Special)

Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge (1986)

Life Events

1970

TV-movie debut, "The Challenge"

1975

Feature debut, (voice only), "La Honte de la jungle"

1980

First appearance in a feature, "Fist of Fear, Touch of Death"

1984

Breakthrough role: portrayed Master Sergeant Vernon C. Waters in "A Soldier's Story"

1986

Episodic TV debut, "Fortune Dane"

1986

Final feature film, "Club Paradise"

1986

Final TV appearance in "The Twilight Zone" episode, "A Matter of Minutes"

Videos

Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) They Still Hate You Joining director Norman Jewison’s opening, Patti LaBelle the maybe implausibly excellent vocalist in fictional Tynin, La, 1944, and Adolph Caesar the intoxicated African American Army drill sergeant whose murder forms the premise, Wings Hauser the white officer debriefing troops including Denzel Washington and Larry Riley, in A Soldier’s Story, 1984.

Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) White Folks In The Town Robert Townshend is Corporal Ellis, enthusiastic driver for Captain Davenport (Howard E Rollins), the prosecutor sent to Louisiana to investigate the murder of a black sergeant, and who must report to Colonel Nivens (Trey Wilson), who has an attitude, in A Soldier’s Story, 1984, directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller’s play and screenplay.

Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) PFC Melvin Peterson Investigating the murder of Sgt. Waters (Adolph Caesar), Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) deposes Private Peterson (Denzel Washington) who recalls a baseball game starring CJ (Larry Riley), in Norman Jewison's A Soldier's Story, 1984, from Charles Fuller's play and screenplay.

Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Ciip) Crazy Kind of Hate Prosecutor Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) questions Private Wilkie (Art Evans), leading into a flashback sequence further exposing the character of murder victim Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar) in 1944 Louisiana, in A Soldier's Story 1984.

Color Purple, The - (Original Trailer) Eleven Oscar nominations went to Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the Alice Walker novel The Color Purple (1985).

Bibliography

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