Yaphet Kotto

MR. BIG in LIVE AND LET DIE, Julius Harris, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, and Roger Moore, 1973

African American actor Yaphet Kotto was one of the most prominent beneficiaries of the upsurge in black-oriented theatrical pieces of the late 1950s; he appeared in many prestigious Broadway and off-Broadway productions, taking regional theatre work rather than accept stereotypical "mainstream" roles in movies and TV. Kotto's first film was Nothing But a Man (1964), an independently produced... Read More

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