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Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Frederick Kotto was an American actor for film and television. His films include the neo-noir action thriller Across 110th Street (1972), the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973), the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), the science-fiction action film The Running Man (1987), and the action comedy Midnight Run (1988). He also starred in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on th…
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entertainment · American actor (1939–2021) · television actor · film actor · stage actor · actor · director · also Yaphet Kotto, Prince Yaphet Kotto, Yaphet Frederick Kotto, Kotto
Born 15 November 1939 · Died 15 March 2021 · Q266270
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 3,686 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 880, with 0 article edits.
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Reported net worth: $5M.
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2021· 1 entry
Died 2021-03-15.
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2014· 1 entry
Voiced Parker for the video game Alien: Isolation, reprising the role he played in the movie Alien in 1979
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2000· 1 entry
Was living in Marmora, Ontario, Canada
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1987· 1 entry
Appeared in the futuristic sci-fi movie The Running Man, and in 1988, in the action-comedy Midnight Run, in which he portrayed Alonzo Moseley, an FBI agent
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1983· 1 entry
Guest-starred as mobster Charlie "East Side Charlie" Struthers in The A-Team episode "The Out-of-Towners"
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1973· 1 entry
Landed the role of the James Bond villain Mr
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1967· 1 entry
Released a single, "Have You Ever Seen the Blues" / "Have You Dug His Scene" (Chisa Records, CH006)
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1963· 1 entry
Aged 23, in an uncredited role in 4 for Texas
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1959· 1 entry
Was to a German immigrant, Rita Ingrid Dittman
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1939· 1 entry
Born 1939-11-15.
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