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Don Pedro Colley is a Actor American born on 30 august 1938 at Klamath Falls (USA)

Don Pedro Colley

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Nationality USA
Birth 30 august 1938 at Klamath Falls (USA)
Death 11 october 2017 (at 79 years)

Don Pedro Colley (born 30 August 1938) is an African American actor.

Colley was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Muriel and Pete Colley. He attended Klamath Union High School and actively played American football and athletics, which led to an unsuccessful try-out for the 1960 Summer Olympics. He later attended the University of Oregon and studied architecture.

Later, he became a theatre member and spent five years learning his craft in various productions in San Francisco.

Some of his better known roles include Gideon on Daniel Boone, Ongaro in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, SRT in George Lucas' THX 1138, and Sheriff Little in the 1980s TV series The Dukes of Hazzard.

Don Pedro has a daughter. He is now semi-retired and still makes guest appearances at various conventions across the world.

Biography

Au cinéma, Don Pedro Colley débute dans deux classiques de science-fiction, Le Secret de la planète des singes de Ted Post (1970, avec Charlton Heston et Linda Harrison) puis THX 1138 de George Lucas (1971, avec Robert Duvall et Donald Pleasence).

Suivent quatorze autres films américains, dont Black Caesar de Larry Cohen (1973, avec Fred Williamson et Gloria Hendry) et Un nouvel amour de Coccinelle de Robert Stevenson (1974, avec Helen Hayes et Keenan Wynn) ; ses deux derniers sont de 2016 (dont Midnight Massacre de Travis Bowen, où il retrouve Linda Harrison).

À la télévision américaine, il apparaît dans trente séries, depuis Daktari (un épisode, 1967) jusqu'à Shérif, fais-moi peur (dix épisodes, 1981-1984, dans le rôle récurrent du shérif Little).

Entretemps, mentionnons les séries-westerns Les Mystères de l'Ouest (un épisode, 1968) et Daniel Boone (quatre épisodes, 1968-1969, dans le rôle de Gideon), ainsi que L'Homme de fer (un épisode, 1972) et La Petite Maison dans la prairie (un épisode, 1977).

S'ajoutent cinq téléfilms, le premier diffusé en 1971 ; le dernier est Cagney et Lacey – Les Retrouvailles de James Frawley (1994, avec Tyne Daly et Sharon Gless reprenant les rôles principaux qu'elles tenaient dans la série Cagney et Lacey).

Par ailleurs acteur de théâtre, Don Pedro Colley joue notamment dans les années 1960 à San Francisco, ainsi que dans une pièce représentée Off-Broadway (New York) en 1968-1969 (Big Time Buck White, avec Donald Sutherland).

Usually with

Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen
(1 films)
Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh
(2 films)
George Lucas
George Lucas
(1 films)
Liam Dunn
Liam Dunn
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Don Pedro Colley (10 films)

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Piranha
Piranha (1995)
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors William Katt, Alexandra Paul, Soleil Moon Frye, Mila Kunis, Leland Orser, Darlene Carr
Roles Leonard
Rating40% 2.016512.016512.016512.016512.01651
Piranha stars William Katt as Paul Grogan, Alexandra Paul as Maggie, Soleil Moon Frye as the camp counselor Laura, Mila Kunis as Susie (Paul's daughter), Leland Orser as director Terry Wechsler, and Darleen Carr as Dr. Leticia Baines (a gender-reversed role previously essayed by Kevin McCarthy in the original) as the doctor experimenting upon the killer fish. A private investigator, Maggie McNamara (Alexandra Paul), is hired by wealthy resort owner J.R. Randolph (Monte Markham) to find his missing niece. During her search she and local resident Paul Grogan (William Katt) stumble upon a deserted Army research facility and unwittingly release the Piranha into the river.
Quest of the Delta Knights, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors David Warner, Olivia Hussey, Corbin Allred, Brigid Brannagh, Sarah Douglas, Richard Kind
Roles Black Spy
Rating21% 1.070321.070321.070321.070321.07032
The plot revolves around a young boy named Travis (nicknamed "Tee") who learns from his master that he is the key to saving the world from an evil plot. Tee joins the secret organization of the Delta Knights and embarks on a quest to attempt to recover the lost treasures inside the fabled Lost Storehouse of Archimedes. The plot is markedly similar to that of Robert Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy, including its essentially identical setup of a young slave boy—who is really the lost heir of a powerful family—being bought for a pittance by a seeming beggar, who is himself really a spy, and who suspects the boy's true identity.
Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill (1974)
, 1h31
Directed by Paul Maslansky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Marki Bey, Zara Cully, Charles Robinson, Richard Lawson
Roles Baron Samedi
Rating58% 2.90192.90192.90192.90192.9019
The story centers on Diana, a voodoo queen using zombies to take revenge on a group of white gangsters. With a former practitioner named Mama Maitresse, she intends on destroying the gangsters who killed her boyfriend and now want her club. Helping her out is the voodoo lord of the dead, Baron Samedi. The zombies in this film more closely resemble the creatures of voodoo legend - i.e., the walking dead who do the bidding of a human master - than the flesh-eating "living dead" ghouls popularized by George A. Romero. According to the film, the zombies are the preserved bodies of slaves brought to the United States from Guinea.
Herbie Rides Again, 1h28
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn, John McIntire, Liam Dunn
Roles Barnstorff
Rating57% 2.858572.858572.858572.858572.85857
Ruthless real estate magnate Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn) is pursuing his newest indoor shopping center, the 130-story Hawk Plaza. His only obstacle is an archaic firehouse inhabited by "Grandma" Steinmetz (Helen Hayes), widow of its former owner, Fire Captain Steinmetz, and aunt of mechanic Tennessee Steinmetz who appeared in The Love Bug; her displaced neighbor, flight attendant Nicole Harris (Stefanie Powers); and their sentient machines: Herbie the Love Bug, an orchestrion that chooses its own songs, and a retired cable car known as "Old No. 22". It is explained that Tennessee has gone to Tibet to visit his ailing philosophy teacher, while Herbie's former owner, Jim Douglas, has gone to Europe.
Black Caesar, 1h35
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, D'Urville Martin, Julius Harris, Don Pedro Colley, Minnie Gentry
Roles "Craw"
Rating63% 3.195523.195523.195523.195523.19552
Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is an African-American who grew up in Harlem, New York City. As a kid, he was brutally assaulted by racist white cop McKinney. The incident led him to a life of crime. As an adult, he joins New York mafia and becomes the head of a black crime syndicate in Harlem. He wages a gang war with the Italian mobsters of New York City and begins to establish a criminal empire, keeping a ledger book of all his dealings as leverage over his business associates, including McKinney.
The World's Greatest Athlete, 1h33
Directed by Robert Scheerer, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Children's films
Actors John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, Jan-Michael Vincent, Billy De Wolfe
Roles Morumba
Rating56% 2.800692.800692.800692.800692.80069
In a series of establishing shots, Sam Archer (Amos) and his assistant Milo Jackson (Conway) are depicted as coaches at the fictitious Merrivale College; their teams invariably lose. A series of plot coincidences sends the pair to Africa, where they catch sight with their Safari guide Morumba (Don Pedro Colley) of the Tarzan-like Nanu, who can outrun a cheetah in full bound.
The Legend of Nigger Charley, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, Don Pedro Colley, Tricia O'Neil, Keith Prentice, Joe Santos
Roles Joshua
Rating59% 2.954092.954092.954092.954092.95409
An aging and dying plantation owner is deep in debt. Another man of the nature of Simon Legre is in the process of taking control of the estate and selling off the slaves to other plantation owners. The dying owner, however has freed Charley, giving him a paper that frees him. The Simon equivalent takes his paper and tears it up, beating Charlie, tying him up, intent on selling him despite his having been freed. The white man is drunk and goes to where Charlie is presumed to still be tied up, awaiting sale. Charlie is free of his bonds however and when attacked he defends himself and kills the white man. Two other slaves had already prepared to escape and were waiting for Charlie with three horses when the fight occurred and they flee together, pursued a few hours later by a group of vigilantes led by a man with a reputation as a slave hunter/killer.
THX 1138
THX 1138 (1971)
, 1h28
Directed by George Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Action
Themes Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe, Maggie McOmie, Sid Haig
Roles SRT
Rating65% 3.2991153.2991153.2991153.2991153.299115
In the story's society, sexual intercourse is prohibited, whereas use of mind-altering drugs is mandatory to enforce compliance among the city's residents and to ensure their ability to conduct dangerous and demanding tasks. Everyone is clothed in identical uniform, except the police androids (who wear black) and robed monks.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes, 1h35
Directed by Chuck Roberson, Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about apes, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, David Watson, Roddy McDowall, Linda Harrison
Roles Ongaro
Rating60% 3.0022953.0022953.0022953.0022953.002295
Following the events of Planet of the Apes, time-displaced astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) and the mute Nova (Linda Harrison) are riding on horseback through the desert of the Forbidden Zone. Without warning, fire shoots up from the ground and deep chasms open. Confused by the strange phenomenon, Taylor investigates a cliff wall and disappears before Nova's eyes.